Wikipedia:WikiProject Indie music

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[edit] Introduction

Many punk and indie music communities have local scenes that are vibrant and creative. However, the bands that are/were involved in this local scenes are/were not popular enough or released enough to merit articles on Wikipedia. I have seen a good number of bands deleted via VfD because (a) the bands did not register well on a google test and/or (b) the wikipedians felt the bands weren't big enough. Comments such as "amateur band" and "just some kids" represent usual VfD responses to articles of underground, local bands.

A local underground music scene, if it is strong and enduring, should be documented. That the bands, venues and scene are not popularly known should not prevent them from being archived and described.

A wiki is the logical environment for a community to compile and document its history. The Wiki markup utilized in Wikipedia is by far the most advanced, sophosticated, and user-friendly Wiki available. Therefore, WikiProject Indie music has been created to facilitate the advancement of this project.

Initially, this project will focus on the local music scene of Santa Cruz, California. However, it is my hope that other scenes (including those in Japan) will come on board.

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WikiProject Indie music

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to document local punk and indie music scenes. Bands, releases and venues will be at the forefront.

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is Wikipedia:WikiProject Music genres.

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Discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic.

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The Applicators
Melanie Goldberg drums & vocals
Michelle Hannigan bass & vocals
Formed: November 22, 1998
Disbanded: September 14, 2000

[edit] Comments

I'm not really certain what the point is of this infobox. This should be in the first paragraph (or even sentence) anyway. It could at least have a discography, if any, or a statement of home location or record label or something. Tuf-Kat 08:31, Feb 25, 2004 (UTC)

To be useful, we could add a list of genres, perhaps with the main style highlighted. I agree, it's a tricky one, because you want to have that info in the first para anyway, if we start introducing infoboxes, it might be hard to maintain, and make people less likely to include important information in the text, if it's already in the box. In any case, any such infobox for bands should be wikipedia-wide and independent of genre, and not specific to indie music --Lexor|Talk 08:52, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I wasn't really thinking when I made that box. There really was no more thought to it than "Hey! I can make a box!" We can play with it, but it really isn't essential. Kingturtle 08:56, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

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Indie
Stylistic origins: Alternative and punk
Cultural origins: Mid 1980s College rock; Late 1980s Washington, DC; early 1990s Seattle and Olympia
Typical instruments: Guitar, Bass, Toy instruments
Mainstream popularity: some in 1990s United States, otherwise very limited
Related genres
Emo - Indietronica - Indie pop - Indie rock - Lo-fi - Math rock - Post-rock - Riot grrl - Twee - Dream pop - Sadcore
Local scenes
Olympia - Sacramento - Santa Cruz - Toronto - London - Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Other topics
Fashion - Timeline - Culture - Labels - Australia - DIY
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