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Mr Peabody
08-23-2005, 04:42 PM
It took years for it to dawn on me that "prog" was short for progressive rock, so this time I will just ask, what is Indie? Am I classificationally challenged?

Stone
08-24-2005, 04:21 AM
It took years for it to dawn on me that "prog" was short for progressive rock, so this time I will just ask, what is Indie? Am I classificationally challenged?

"Indie" is short for independent, which really was originally descriptive of artists on "independent" labels, that is labels that were/are not major labels. The term "indie" has really taken on a life of its own and is used differently by different people. There's an explanation from AMG here (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47916DC4AAB7F20F7A6106AEC9554D73BF16E DFA13E086561F1941864C32E59CC40F882CFF79824CE3EE3F7 31A65E10D1CAEE53B0D46C3F3E87ECAE704943&sql=77:2687).