Are Modern "Indie" Bands Just The Modern Equlivants Of Manafactured Boy Bands?

I'm talking like bands like The Killers, The Kaiser Chiefs and all of those other bands who release music that sounds pretty much the same.

The reason I am making this thread is because I just watched a programme about The Arcade Fire and then some guy said that they were more indie because they really didn't change after they got their record deal, they didn't go overboard with publicising and that other "indie" bands you see today are really just manufactured.

No, bands like The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs aren't even indie.

Originally posted by Solo
No, bands like The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs aren't even indie.

Hence my "indie"... They are classed by indie as many people; the general concensus. I happen to agree with you.

People who think they're indie have no idea what indie is.

Originally posted by §P0oONY
Hence my "indie"... They are classed by indie as many people; the general concensus. I happen to agree with you.

So we're to refer to them with the same label as idiots who don't know how to label, just because there's more of them?

No, they're pop bands. Well, The Killers most certainly are.

The Killers, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco etc; These are today's boy bands.

Nothing to do with indie.

-AC

Originally posted by Solo
People who think they're indie have no idea what indie is.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
So we're to refer to them with the same label as idiots who don't know how to label, just because there's more of them?

No, they're pop bands. Well, The Killers most certainly are.

The Killers, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco etc; These are today's boy bands.

Nothing to do with indie.

-AC

Originally posted by §P0oONY
I'm asking if they are just the modern equivalent of the Backstreet Boys or Take That.

Originally posted by §P0oONY
But they are advertised as indie... That is my point. I'm asking if they are just the modern equivalent of the Backstreet Boys or Take That.

So what? Who cares what they are advertised as? They're not indie. If Britney Spears started MCing and got advertised as hip hop, doesn't mean she would be.

They're not indie. This is a fact.

However, to answer your question, yes, they are. I guess the one saving grace is that it's a step in the right direction; They at least play instruments and write their own songs.

They're still shit, though.

-AC

I know their not indie... The quotation marks sort of implied that.

Thanks for giving some input that is actually relevant to the discussion I was trying to start though AC.

They aren't 'the' modern equivalent, because boy bands are still around. They are similar phenomena, though.

The only boy band I know of that are around are Take That.... And they came back more as a gimmick than anything. What are the others?

I don't know. I don't read Smash Hits magazine.

However, whenever the radio is on, or I flick through the music channels, I see some shitawful collection of idiots singing summat.

The Backstreet Boys.

There are others.

-AC

The Backstreet Boys are still around? I've not seen anything by them in years. Is it just in the US mainly? Maybe I've just not been paying enough attention to them.

Originally posted by §P0oONY
The Backstreet Boys are still around? I've not seen anything by them in years. Is it just in the US mainly? Maybe I've just not been paying enough attention to them.

I just heard from a girl I know who loves them that they had a new album out, cos she went to their show in NY or something. As in, lives in NY, not travelled to.

Also someone I know has a sister who is still stuck in that phase.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I just heard from a girl I know who loves them that they had a new album out, cos she went to their show in NY or something. As in, lives in NY, not travelled to.

Also someone I know has a sister who is still stuck in that phase.

-AC

i think the fact that none of the band's mentioned are on an independent label KIND OF gives a hint. kind of.

Originally posted by §P0oONY
But they are advertised as indie... That is my point. I'm asking if they are just the modern equivalent of the Backstreet Boys or Take That.

[QUOTE=8795614]Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
So what? Who cares what they are advertised as? They're not indie. If Britney Spears started MCing and got advertised as hip hop, doesn't mean she would be.

They're not indie. This is a fact.

However, to answer your question, yes, they are. I guess the one saving grace is that it's a step in the right direction; They at least play instruments and write their own songs.

They're still shit, though.

-AC

There is a first time for everything, and this would be one of those instances. I agree with Alpha Centauri.

Who cares what they are advertised as. Relient K are most definately NOT Christian Rock... but they get classed as such.

But, to answer your initial question, no. One of the defining points of "Boy Bands" or the manufactured music is that they do not write their own music and/or play their own instuments.

But, with bands like Panic! at the Disco, The Killers, Hellogoodbye or any other "pop indie" they do.

Originally posted by manorastroman
i think the fact that none of the band's mentioned are on an independent label KIND OF gives a hint. kind of.