We recently visited the website "UKTribes.co.uk" and researched the Indie genre. Here is some vital information that represents our band image:
Indie kids corkboards
Tribes takes a look at an Indie Kids' corkboard to get a snapshot of life in the Tribe
Photos “Being an indie kid is about documentation. Remember those fleeting moments.”80s club night poster “Can’t go wrong with a groove to some 80s classics. It’s not irony, you know.”
Newspaper article “Friends in the press must be documented in full view!’
Hairbands, jewelley “The days of dowdy indie sexlessness are over. It’s about glamour now.” Morrissey “Pay your dues.”
VIP wrist band “It’s not all beer in plastic cups and sticky floors, you know.”
Minicab firm card “We might be late back. So what if it’s a school night?”
Kitchen towel doodle “Every little thing is sentimental. Everything is worth keeping”
NME awards aftershow ticket “Proof of the slick blags that have been made.”
Edward Munch + Take me to the other side flyers “Art and clubs are also a big part of an indie kid’s life. We’re after that intellectual/hedonist vibe”
Badges “You can never have too many badges. Or bags.”
Cinema tickets “We spend many, and I mean many, hours in dingy cinemas watching art-house films.”
Pete Doherty flyer “Pete Doherty’s name on something has the same effect on indie kids as a shiny thing does on a magpie”
Wristbands “Indie ephemera – even paper wristbands can be preserved.”
Fireplace “Run out of wall space? Then spread out to doors, windows and fireplaces.”
Cartoon “Too many ticket stubs can make your room look like a newsagent’s window. Break up the look with a few extra titbits.”
Adequate 7 tickets “Favourite bands need to be seen over and over.”
Flyers “If you paid on the door, preserve the memory after the ink-stamp has washed off.”
The website states that the Indie genre wear certain brands of clothing and watch certain music and media channels:
Luke
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