Who among us described themselves as ‘indie’ when they were a teen?
I can’t say I was immune, so this trend on Twitter has really spoken to me. There was a certain era of music that happened throughout the 2000s, characterised by curly haired white men and guitars, and bands like The Strokes, We Are Scientists, The Rakes, and regrettably, The Pigeon Detectives.
People have been tweeting today about the most quintessentially indie moments that ever happened in their lives and it is simultaneously mortifying and so gas.
Here are just a few of the best.
Got dumped by text message on the way to a Franz Ferdinand/Editors/The Rakes gig in Birmingham in 2005 #indieamnesty
— Samuel Koisser (@SamuelKoisser) April 6, 2016
Had my picture taken with the cast of Skins for NME magazine #indieamnesty
— Charles (@dankpym) April 6, 2016
used to worship alex turner like some sort of God-like religious figure #indieamnesty
nah I am definitely still in this phase
— elliot (@deadnightagain) April 6, 2016
when i was 16 i asked glenn hansard to sign my pumpkin, which he did, with aplomb #indieamnesty
— Tim MacGabhann (@TimMacGabhann) April 6, 2016
I had The Fratellis’ “Chelsea Dagger” as my ringtone for the entire 1st & 2nd years of university. #indieamnesty
— Tom Hoare (@HoareTom) April 6, 2016
I used to wear one of these #indieamnesty pic.twitter.com/K2CsbkNJQO
— Will Street (@WillStweet) April 6, 2016
My friend Patrick and I once loaded the pub jukebox up with Blur songs when we spied Liam Gallagher in the corner drinking. #indieamnesty
— Nikesh Shukla (@nikeshshukla) April 6, 2016
I was allowed to jump the queue outside a club in 2007 because they thought I was Luke from the Kooks. #indieamnesty
— Greg James (@gregjames) April 6, 2016
Kate Nash grassed on my friend for sleeping with her teacher at BRIT school :/ #indieamnesty
— Sophie Wilkinson (@sophwilkinson) April 6, 2016
sent a four-page handwritten letter to pete doherty’s jail cell and he responded with this drawing #indieamnesty pic.twitter.com/wTBTfdpJcn
— Ryan Bassil (@ryanbassil) April 6, 2016
Meeting @fredmacpherson at Underage festival (and faking my then 20:20 vision) #indieamnesty pic.twitter.com/TUTaHjuu7b
— Olivia Grace (@livpurvis) April 6, 2016
