A Chronological History Of Epic Indie Angst

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

One for each year pls. I feel this will lead to a socio-cultural roadmap of adolescent alienation from the late twentieth century to the present day, innit. Go back as far as you can. The word "indie" is not as important as the words "epic" or "angst" - bohemian, emo, freak, all these will do fine.

To start with:

1986 - The Smiths - "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
1992 - Manic Street Preachers - "Motorcycle Emptiness"
2006 - My Chemical Romance - "Welcome To The Black Parade"

GO!

(Inspired in a roundabout way by the latest Popular entry)

Comments

[cis.livejournal.com]

my real actual 15-year-old (maybe sixteen?) epic indie angst record of choice is ALL of ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead's 'Madonna' album but maybe this is not strings-and-soaring enough?

that's 1999 - ...aywkubttod - "clair de lune"

[cis.livejournal.com]

or maybe this is too obscurantist? i can't really think of any soaring epic nu-metal tracks, not even heartwarming folksong 'wait and bleed' ('99) or lighters-aloft singalong 'spiders' ('98) have quite the right feel to them.