- published: 20 May 2016
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Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include indie pop, grunge, jangle pop, C86, and lo-fi, among others. Originally used to describe record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. As grunge and punk revival bands in the US, and then Britpop bands in the UK, broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground and less testosterone-driven perspective. In the 2000s, as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet, a number of indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success, leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term.
Indie rock, derived from "independent", describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists involved. Although distribution deals are often struck with major corporate companies, these labels and the bands they host have attempted to retain their autonomy, leaving them free to explore sounds, emotions and subjects of limited appeal to large, mainstream audiences. The influences and styles of the artists has been extremely diverse, including punk, psychedelia, rock and country. The terms alternative rock and indie rock were used interchangeably in the 1980s, but after many alternative bands followed Nirvana into the mainstream in the early 1990s it began to be used to distinguish those bands, working in a variety of styles, that did not pursue or achieve commercial success.
I don't care what you say
And I won't hit the hay
I don't know what you do
But I know I'm not you
We've got something that you'll never have
And we will never listen to your rules, oh
We will never do what others do, oh
If you want a fight, we'll fight with you, oh
Cause we will never listen to your rules, no
You're not my mom and dad
And even they watch their backs
Cause they know what I hate
Any rules that I can't break
I don't care (I hate work) What you say (So let's play)
And I won't (And don't get) Hit the hay (In my way)
I don't know (I like people) What you do (to be cool)
But I know (I like people) I'm not you (To break rules)
We've got something that you'll never have.
We will never listen to you
And we will never listen to your rules, oh
We will never do what others do, oh
If you want a fight, we'll fight with you, oh
Cause we will never listen to your rules, no