I'm an indie rocker. ask me anything.

[ButterflyBlood]

n/t

[aquaman]

1. Do you like Interpol?

???????

[ButterflyBlood]

4. nah

they're kind of boring

[tarkus]

2. Do you wear glasses with big black frames?

[ButterflyBlood]

3. no

I have the bedhead hair though

[Lady Freedom]

5. DO you...

like to have sex like everbody else?

hehehe! Sorry I'm in a mood! :evilgrin:

[ButterflyBlood]

7. find someone at my college who doesn't

n/t

[Lady Freedom]

9. What College is that?

It sounds as if your talking about mine! hehehe!

[ButterflyBlood]

10. Minnesota State University, Mankato

the biggest party school and biggest party town in the state.

[Lady Freedom]

13. If you like to party...

then it has to be Missouri Southern State College! A libral island in the middle of Repukesville!

[Section_43]

20. Don't you mean Mo. So. State University?

I'm from Carthage

[aquaman]

6. What is your favorite band at this moment in time?

????

[ButterflyBlood]

8. Red Animal War

n/t

[aquaman]

11. What is your social security number?

?????

[tarkus]

12. I listen to some of what I think is indie. Is it?

Does listening to Don Caballero and Godspeed You! Black Emporer give me indie credibility?

[ButterflyBlood]

14. yes

[DemBones DemBones]

15. What's your definition of indie rock? n/t

[ButterflyBlood]

16. non-mainstream sounding stuff on independent labels

that's obviously not death metal, ect.

[DemBones DemBones]

17. So. . . (heavy philosophical question coming up) when an indie

band is signed to a major label, what would you call them then? (Assume that they are still making the same type of music.)

And, (part 2) what do you think of once-indie rockers like REM, B-52s who were already on major labels 15-20 years ago? So you consider them a) classic indie rock or b) passe or c) something else (please define.)

Since I'm no longer teaching, I'm curious what college students are thinking these days.

[ButterflyBlood]

18. I would still consider them indie

if they kept the sound they had before (ie Modest Mouse).

I've always thought of REM and the B-52s as just alternative. Classic would be like the Velvet Underground if anything.

[DemBones DemBones]

19. Ah, but how does alternative differ from indie -- in your view?

Can a newer band be alternative, too? I know it's difficult to classify music without overlaps and exceptions, just wondering what you think, what category you would look for in the store.

[ButterflyBlood]

24. in my opinion, no

alternative has been dying for a long time, and died after the breakup of the Smashing Pumpkins. I've always thought of alternative as grunge and post-grunge, but before the 90's it clearly was different, i suppose then ironically the difference was that it was more mainstream (considering the name), it's practically a useless phrase now. And I usually go to the punk/ska/hardcore/indie section of the store in Mankato...

[leftofthedial]

21. got anything recorded?

what instrument(s) do you play?

do you sing?

do you write?

do you gig regularly?

[ButterflyBlood]

22. no don't play anything

i'm too lazy.

[ForrestGump]

23. Are you from Indianapolis?

[ButterflyBlood]

25. click on profile

I live at home in Bismarck, ND now. I go back to school in Mankato, MN in less than a week. When school's done I'll probably try to find a place down there.