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A brand new programme from 6 Music Indie Forever! Johnny Marr and Shaun Keaveny discuss the origins of indie music, learning a Pretenders set in two days and performing with Gorillaz.

Produced in Salford by BBC Audio North for BBC Radio 6 Music Indie Forever.

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Music Played

  • The Strokes

    Last Nite

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

    • Polydor.

  • Florence + the Machine

    You've Got The Love

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MOSHI MOSHI.
    • 1.

  • The Stone Roses

    Fools Gold

    • Precious - Various Artists.
    • Dino.

  • David Bowie

    Sound And Vision

    • EMI.

  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.

  • Talking Heads

    Ruby Dear

    • Naked.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.

  • Blondie

    Rip Her To Shreds

    • Telstar.

  • Bryan Ferry

    Soldier of Fortune

    • Avonmore.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Television

    See No Evil (2003 Remaster)

    • Marquee Moon / Adventure / Live at the Waldorf: The Complete Elektra Recordings.
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 1.

  • Pretenders

    Stop Your Sobbing

    • Real.

  • The Only Ones

    City Of Fun

    • The Only Ones.
    • Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
    • 4.

  • Pretenders

    Tattooed Love Boys

    • Pretenders.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 4.

  • Eddie & the Hot Rods

    Do Anything You Wanna Do

    • Virgin.

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    American Girl

    • MCA.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)

    • Vertigo.

  • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

    Breakdown

    • MCA.

  • Gorillaz

    Feel Good Inc.

    • Parlophone.

  • Japan

    Quiet Life

    • The Very Best Of.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Gorillaz

    Plastic Beach

    • Parlophone.

  • The The

    Slow Emotion Replay

    • Epic.

  • Gang of Four

    Damaged Goods

    • MCA.

  • Wire

    Outdoor Miner

    • EMI Gold.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    The Cutter

    • Korova.

  • The Smiths

    What Difference Does It Make?

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 3.

  • Subway Sect

    Stop That Girl

    • Twenty Odd Years.
    • Motion Records.
    • 24.

  • Orange Juice

    Rip It Up

    • Polydor.

  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Love My Way

    • White Label.

  • New Order

    Blue Monday

    • Factory.

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