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

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

I hated it loads, and will gladly nominate The House of Love's Destroy The Heart for 1988, and REM's The One I Love from 1987 (the end of the time when they were considered indie). I'll also say that when it comes to EPIC angst, then the key Smiths track is surely I Know It's Over, no?
And then there's I'm Straight by The Modern Lovers, which I guess dates from around '72 in its various forms, but wasn't released until years later.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

GOOD SPOT on the One I Love. I thought of Destroy T'Heart too of course.