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Joe Mac said:
I seem to remember the NME fawning over the trio of The Strokes, The Vines and The White Stripes. Then our own scene seemed to explode the year after. The Flaming Lips were around then too but they seemed to be off doing their own mad thing and both fitted in perfectly with everything without being a part of anything.

I want to say that the Arcade Fire weren’t a apart of that and didn’t emerge for a further 3 or 4 years?
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That's correct, Arcade Fire was 2004 and the period of time you're discussing is 2001-2002. In the states, it was The Strokes, The White Stripes, and Interpol who were the biggies (at least where I was).
 
Joe Mac said:
I seem to remember the NME fawning over the trio of The Strokes, The Vines and The White Stripes. Then our own scene seemed to explode the year after. The Flaming Lips were around then too but they seemed to be off doing their own mad thing and both fitted in perfectly with everything without being a part of anything.

I want to say that the Arcade Fire weren’t a apart of that and didn’t emerge for a further 3 or 4 years?
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With your own scene, you’re talking about The Libertines? :love:
 
wmeugene said:
That's correct, Arcade Fire was 2004 and the period of time you're discussing is 2001-2002. In the states, it was The Strokes, The White Stripes, and Interpol who were the biggies (at least where I was).
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Yeah and I think it was even 2005 before their debut made it across to us. I think of them more as emerging at the same time as LCD Soundsystem which over here was the time of Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand et al leading to the emergence of the Arctic Monkeys.
 
Joe Mac said:
They were certainly the biggest but I, personally, always preferred The Coral and then there seemed to be a new band emerging every week, even if they didn’t all stand the test of time.
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The Coral was my favourite as well - at least in terms of musical progress.
wmeugene said:
That's correct, Arcade Fire was 2004 and the period of time you're discussing is 2001-2002. In the states, it was The Strokes, The White Stripes, and Interpol who were the biggies (at least where I was).
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Such a nice trio. I’m still in love with their debut records - and the second albums.
But sadly, most of those indie bands didn’t make it after that.
Same goes for The Libertines, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, B.R.M.C, etc.

Can’t believe that it’s almost 20 years since most of their debuts. :eek:
 
phramenma said:
The Coral was my favourite as well - at least in terms of musical progress.

Such a nice trio. I’m still in love with their debut records - and the second albums.
But sadly, most of those indie bands didn’t make it after that.
Same goes for The Libertines, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, B.R.M.C, etc.
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I’d take Arctic Monkeys out of that. While Humbug wasn’t popular at the time it was hugely important at the time and led to them progressing to become, for me, a better band. That said you can’t beat the adrenaline rush of their debut either.

The rest of them, spot on!
 
Joe Mac said:
I’d take Arctic Monkeys out of that. While Humbug wasn’t popular at the time it was hugely important at the time and led to them progressing to become, for me, a better band. That said you can’t beat the adrenaline rush of their debut either.

The rest of them, spot on!
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Lest we forget Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Hives, Kings of Leon, Mando Diao, The National, The Walkmen, British Sea Power, etc. :)
 
Joe Mac said:
That I said I never felt that Nirvana were never as good as they are supposed to be...
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