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unusual facts about indie-rock



17 Days

Seventeen Days, album by rock band 3 Doors Down, released 2005.

A Classic Case of Cause and Effect

A Classic Case of Cause and Effect is the second album by English rock band Laruso, released in May 2009 on Autonomy Recordings.

Andrew Rock

In the 2004 Olympic Games, Rock ran for the American 4x400m relay team in the qualifying heats, securing the team a place in the final.

Beograd, uživo '97 – 1

Beograd, uživo '97 – 1 (trans. Belgrade, Live '97 - 1) is the first disc of the fourth live album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba, released in 1997.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1955

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1955 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1955.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1965 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1965.

Dan Stuart

Daniel Gordon "Dan" Stuart (born March 5, 1961, Los Angeles) is an American musician best known as the leader/singer/songwriter of 80s post punk, alt-country rock band, Green On Red (other members included Chuck Prophet, Chris Cacavas and Jack Waterson), and for his teaming with Steve Wynn as Danny & Dusty

Daniel Victor

He later followed that with the second single "The World is Darker" featuring Melissa Auf der Maur (of The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole and Auf der Maur), and then the driving rock song "Where We Are" featuring Rob Dickinson of the UK band, The Catherine Wheel.

Das Oath

Their self-conscious move away from a typical punk rock aesthetic presaged a signing to Dim Mak Records, an extremely varied and commercial label that released Das Oath's most critically well-received release, their self-titled LP from 2004.

Deweare

Deweare's music was greatly influenced by the resurgence of French punk cult bands such as Bérurier Noir and Ludwig von 88, as well as by rock musician, comedian and poet Alain Bashung and by American music artist Beck—another musician to whom Deweare's vocals have been compared.

Dusty Saxton

In 2005 Dusty responded to a MySpace ad for a guitarist spot in Dallas, Texas based rock band, Analogue, fronted by eventual Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights bassist, Nick Jay.

Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary

Ira Robbins of Trouser Press lauded the band's single releases as "classy trash", noting that on the better tracks of the album, Tenpole Tudor's "good humor and rock energy are undeniably infectious".

Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys Story

The film is a biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys.

English Chamber Choir

The English Chamber Choir came into existence in 1972 its earliest engagements included Haydn's Nelson Mass, Fauré's Requiem and Kodály 's Laudes Organi with Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra, and live performances at the old Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, of the rock-opera Tommy with The Who.

Everybody Have a Good Time

"Everybody Have A Good Time" is a song by the British rock band, The Darkness, released as a promotional single from their third studio album, Hot Cakes, released in June 2012.

Fire and Fame

Fire And Fame is a memoir co-written by Joerg Deisinger, former bassist and founding member of the German hard rock band Bonfire, and Carl Begai, a Canadian writer and music journalist.

Full of It

Sam tells lies like "I drive a Porsche", "My dad's a rock star", "My dog ate my homework", "I never miss a shot" (at basketball) and that Vicki Sanders and his English teacher Mrs. Moran are lusting after him.

Har Gilo

Archaeological excavations in 1998 revealed the remains of two buildings and a rock-cut winepress, both dating back to the Iron age III (586-539 BCE).

Jogighopa

Within the city are the remains of the five rock cut rock-cut caves, examples of Salasthambha period architecture.

Kathleen Chalfant

They have a son, David Chalfant, who was the bass player for the folk-rock band, The Nields, and a daughter, Andromache, who is a set designer in New York.

KDRF

The format shifted to modern rock in early 2003 adding hard rock acts like System of a Down but also keeping bands like Coldplay from its old format and also playing 90s alternative bands like Green Day and Bush as well as modern bands like The White Stripes and later Modest Mouse and The Killers which were not heard on other local stations.

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

To these ends, Klosterman engages on an "epic" road trip, visiting the death sites of rock stars such as Duane Allman and Kurt Cobain.

Kiss Symphony: Alive IV

The live versions of "Rock and Roll All Nite", "God of Thunder" and "Lick It Up" were featured on the soundtrack for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground.

League of Lights

Formed around vocalist Farrah West and keyboard player/producer Richard West from British rock band Threshold, League of Lights recorded their debut album with contributions from guitarist Ruud Jolie of Dutch symphonic rock act Within Temptation, drummer Mark Zonder of US progressive metallers Fates Warning, and bassist Jerry Meehan.

Lou Gramm

In April 1997, two months after providing vocals for Christian rock band Petra's Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus, and on the eve the band was to leave for a Japan tour, Gramm was diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called a craniopharyngioma.

Lummis Day

The first event, on Sunday, June 4, 2006, featured East L.A. rock band Quinto Sol, musician Severin Browne, Ann Likes Red, Cuban-born musician Juan Carlos Formell, Danza Azteca Cuahtlehuanitl, the Tongva-Gabrielino Native American Dancers, Pilipino folk ensemble Panama Rondalla and poets B. H. Fairchild, William Archila and Suzanne Lummis.

Marcus Harrison

Harrison played high school football at Mills High School in Little Rock.

Memić

Seid Memić, Bosnian singer and the vocalist for the Yugoslav rock band Teška industrija

Nintendocore

The rock group Minibosses "are one of the most well-established bands in the Nintendocore genre, with an impressive roster of covers including Contra, Double Dragon, Excitebike," and other video game themes.

Pisgah Mountain

The east end of the ridge is named Mount Pisgah and represents a hard rock knob that towers 700–900 feet above Lehigh River towns Jim Thorpe to the east, and Nesquehoning to its north.

Polish rock

Meanwhile, there was second wave of Polish rock called Krajowa Scena Młodzieżowa (Sztywny Pal Azji, Chłopcy z Placu Broni, Róże Europy, Kobranocka, Tilt, Mr Z'OOB, Rezerwat), but with minor market and/or artistic success.

Ripe Banana Skins

RBS also participated in the popular Paraguayan rock festival "Quilmes Rock", playing in front of more than 40,000 people.

Rock 'n' Roll Bolero

"Rock 'n' Roll Bolero" was later included as a bonus track on the remaster of the 1977 album Whatever Happened to Slade, the 2006 Japanese Air Mail Archive remaster of the 1979 album Return to Base, and part of the 2006 four-disc box set The Slade Box.

Rock art of Figuig

Comparable rock engravings have been described more to the east in the surroundings of Djelfa and in Constantine, Algeria.

Ryszard Riedel

Ryszard Henryk Riedel (September 7, 1956 in Chorzów - July 30, 1994 in Chorzów) – was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem (Polish for 'jam').

Steve Zodiac

Steve Zodiac (pseudonym adopted from the lead character of Fireball XL5) is a rock guitarist and prolific songwriter, who gained recognition in the early 1980s as frontman of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band Vardis.

Terry Waldo

Against the current tide of rock and roll, the young ragtimer played with Turk Murphy's Jazz Band, and studied with other prominent jazz musicians such as Pops Foster, Lu Watters, Wally Rose, and Clancy Hayes, all the while living in a room above Mcgoon's for one dollar per day.

Tessellation

"Tessellate" - song by the British alternative indie pop quartet Alt-J (∆).

The Boldness of Style EP

"The Boldness Of Style EP" is the first single from the American rock band Thelonious Monster's second studio album, Next Saturday Afternoon.

The Emerson Theater

The album Live: No Time for Tuning by Indianapolis junk rock band Sloppy Seconds was recorded at the Emerson Theatre on April 15, 1995.

The Stone Book Quartet

When she asks for a book, he shows her an older writing – his own stonemason's emblem carved in rock deep within Alderley Edge and dating back countless centuries.

The Twelve Sisters

In Tambon Mon Nang, Phanat Nikhom District, Chonburi Province, there is a shrine to the Twelve Sisters with the rock they used as pillow when they wandered in the wilderness and a Carissa carandas tree.

The Walls Fell Down

"The Walls Fell Down" is a third single by the English rock duo The Marbles, Lead vocals by Graham Bonnet it was released in March 1969, and it was written and produced by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, of the Bee Gees, and was also produced by Robert Stigwood, It reached #28 in the United Kingdom, but in the Netherlands it reached #3.

The Way I Rock My Clothes

"The Way I Rock My Clothes" is a single released by Hip-hop artist/Producer Funkghost.

Time Stands Still

Time Stand Still, the sixth studio album by American rock band The Hooters, released in 2007

Violent Silences

As well as addressing themes that appear to be close to the artist's heart, Violent Silences includes an electro-rock cover of the Talking Heads classic Psycho Killer and a collaboration with electronic-music legend Gary Numan, entitled "Crazier".

Volvelle

The rock band Led Zeppelin employed a volvelle in the sleeve design for the album Led Zeppelin III (1970).

Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!

Side One closes with the long progressive-rock influenced "Whaler", pairing Ronnie Montrose's acoustic guitar alongside Novi Novog's viola.

Waydowntown

The radio station CJAY 92 that plays "Start A Rumour Day" throughout the film is a real rock station in Calgary, with the station's actual DJs (the DJ "Bob", is Bob Steele, no longer with the station).

WUKY

Owned by the University of Kentucky, it is an Adult Album Alternative (Indie Rock) station that airs over 100 hours of music a week, in addition to programming from NPR, Public Radio International, the BBC, and American Public Media.


see also

Alex McAulay

Under the name Charles Douglas, Alex has recorded five indie-rock albums, including The Lives of Charles Douglas which features Maureen Tucker from The Velvet Underground on drums, and Statecraft with Joey Santiago from The Pixies on guitars.

Baybeats

Presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Baybeats was launched in 2002 primarily to create a platform to showcase indie-rock musicians in Asia, especially local musicians, and to expose Singapore audiences to quality acts in the genre as well as to develop the industry.

Caustic Casanova

As of September 2010, the band is currently in the studio recording a follow up record to Imminent Eminence with record producer/indie rock musician J. Robbins at his Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, Maryland.

Clearfield, Utah

He is the only permanent member of indie rock band The Brobecks and also plays bass for Panic! at the Disco.

Conlee

Jenny Conlee (b. 1971), accordionist/pianist for the indie rock band The Decemberists.

Dan Sealey

Prior to joining Ocean Colour Scene, Sealey was singer and rhythm guitarist in Late, a four-piece indie/rock band from Astwood Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire who were active between 1997 and 2001.

Digital Revolution Studios

In December 2011, the indie-rock band Foster the People teamed up with Digital Revolution Studios to produce the 3D music video for their hit song, "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)." The video, featuring Precious star Gabourey Sidibe as an accidental getaway driver, was the first such music video created specifically for the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS game system.

Ed Kemper Trio

The band played two mini-tours with Man or Astroman, as well as shows with many noise, metal, and indie rock bands of the day including: Craw, The Flying Luttenbachers, Jucifer, Sweep the Leg Johnny, Ex Models, The Violent Femmes, The Locust, Hot Rod Circuit, Cream Abdul Babar, VHS or Beta, Pferd, Apollo Up, and others.

FWN

Favourite Worst Nightmare, album by Sheffield indie rock band Arctic Monkeys

Gariné Torossian

Torossian was commissioned by the American indie rock band Sparklehorse to produce a music video.

Goodnight Lights

Goodnight Lights is an indie-rock band from Collingswood, New Jersey formed in 2007.

I Hate Myself

Dear God, I Hate Myself, a 2010 album by American indie rock band Xiu Xiu

Inpress

, Jeff Jenkins' Howzat! (indie rock and pop news), Clem Bastow's Singled Out (singles reviews column) and Anthony Carew's (some would say) notorious film reviews column in Interval, Film Carew.

Kasai Allstars

In 2011, Kasai Allstars took part in the Congotronics vs Rockers project, a "superband" including ten Congolese and ten indie rock musicians (also including members of Deerhoof, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Konono No.1, Skeletons and Juana Molina), who collaborated to create a common repertoire and performed at 15 major festivals and venues in ten countries.

Kat Flint

In 2009, Kat Flint formed the band Shipwreckers for live shows, featuring two members of London indie/rock band Revere - Nicholas Hirst (guitar; piano; accordion; percussion) and Kathleen McKie (cello) - and her former bandmate Andrew Thompson (bass; vocals; percussion).

Kilcar

Indie rock band The Revs come from Kilcar and often play at the annual Kilcar Festival in August.

Kissing the Beehive

The novel received renewed attention in early 2008, when Kissing the Beehive was announced as a tentative title for the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade.

Live at Maxwell's

Live at Maxwell's is the first live album by indie rock band Imperial Teen.

Lovedrug

After signing to The Militia Group, an indie-rock label, the band released their first full-length Pretend You're Alive on July 27, 2004.

Matter-Eater Lad

American indie rock band Guided By Voices recorded a song based on the character called "Matter-Eater Lad" for their 1994 EP Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer.

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

The English indie rock band Let's Wrestle covered the song for the 2009 Mojo compilation album Abbey Road Now!, an album in which numerous artists covered the whole of the Abbey Road album.

Metal Guru

American Indie Rock band Louis XIV (band) were also heavily influenced by this song for the composition of A Letter to Dominique, which is from their second album The Best Little Secrets Are Kept.

Miriam Nakamoto

In 2005, Nakamoto was the Female Lead in the music video Tired of Being Sorry directed by Joaquin Phoenix and performed by indie rock band Ringside.

Montclair Plaza

John Darnielle, of indie rock band the Mountain Goats, wrote an impromptu song regarding a date with his first girlfriend that took place at the mall during a sound check at Haverford College in 2003.

Mutual Appreciation

Shot in black-and-white, the film stars Justin Rice of the indie rock band Bishop Allen and features music from the band's debut album Charm School.

New Attitude

New Attitude EP, a 2006 EP by American indie rock band Dirty Projectors

Opposite Day

Indie rock artist Andrew Bird has a song entitled "Opposite Day" on his 2005 album Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs.

Paul Munster

It has now become the norm, that every time Munster scores at Windsor Park they play indie rock band The Automatic's chart hit "Monster".

Peter Gammons

Gammons has a penchant for indie rock and the blues, and is active in the Boston indie rock scene when his other commitments allow him the time; he has been sighted at several Midnight Oil shows, and has mentioned the band in several columns.

Peter Theobalds

He was originally guitarist for a multitude of underground bands including Xerox Girls (pop punk - 1992), Photographing Girls (psychedelic pop/rock - 1992-4), Three Days By Camel (Instrumental/experimental 1993-4), Salem Orchid (death/black/psychedelic metal 1994 - precursor to Akercocke) and eventually turned bassist with indie rock band Fosca and latterly British progressive death metal band Akercocke from 1997-2007 with whom he recorded four full length studio albums.

Present age

The indie rock band Arcade Fire have cited Kierkegaard's writings on "the present age" as a major influence for their 2013 album Reflektor.

Rake.

It was rumored that the band chose its name from indie rock "supergroup" Velvet Monkeys' album Rake, which was released on Rough Trade Records in 1989, about a year before Rake's first single.

Ruby Falls

"Ruby Falls" is also the title of a song by the indie rock band Guster, which appears on their 2006 album Ganging Up on the Sun.

Sarah Benson

She has also directed new works by artists including Gregory S. Moss, Polly Stenham, and the Brooklyn-based indie-rock band The Lisps.

Seminal Rats

Seminal Rats were an Australian punk/indie rock band, based in Melbourne, who existed from 1984 until the death of lead guitarist Michael Weber on 2 January 1999.

Starflyer

Starflyer 59, an indie rock/shoegaze band from Riverside, California

Stay Poor Stay Happy

Stay Poor.Stay Happy is the second album by the indie-rock band Cub Country, released on 28 September 2004, through the Future Farmer label.

SubAudible Hum

SubAudible Hum are an indie rock band based in Melbourne, Australia.

Sue Tompkins

Tompkins also provided the vocals for indie rock band Life Without Buildings, along with other students of the Glasgow School of Art.

Swearing's for Art Students

Swearing's for Art Students is the first EP and commercial release by Brighton indie rock band Elle Milano, released on 2 April 2006.

The Clearing - EP

The Clearing is an EP by San Diego indie Rock band Weatherbox released in 2006 on Doghouse Records.

The Trampformers

Indie-rock four piece The Trampformers first started playing at Calday Grange Grammar School on the Wirral, (The Coral's keyboards player Nick Power is a former pupil) where they won the school's 2005 Battle of The Bands Competition and came to the notice of a local promoter.

Tord Øverland Knudsen

Tord is part of Liverpool indie rock trio The Wombats alongside Dan Haggis (drums) and Matthew Murphy (vocals, guitar); "at first The Wombats were a joke they didn't want anyone to find funny".

Transona Five

Transona Five are a Dallas, Texas-based American spacerock or indie-rock band that began playing together in 1995, and named after a song on the Mars Audiac Quintet album by Stereolab.

Who's Ya Daddy?

The Jaywalks, an indie rock Australian band formerly known as Who's Ya Daddy