Back in 2011, I took one of my many trips down Amnesia Lane. A little bit like this one, in fact. I decided to create a list of all the great UK indie bands from the early 1990s. The problem was, I wasn’t an expert at all, and I’d never lived in the UK.
But who needs Wikipedia? I had a whole bunch of friends on Facebook who were all alive at the time. They were also going through more-or-less the same stages of sentimentality and nostalgia. Why not ask them?
![](https://daveydreamnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/indiebands1990s-detail.jpg)
So, I opened up the comments on a Facebook post, and together we came up with a list of over 100 bands. 100 is too big a number for what was an obscure moment in musical history.
Besides, many of the bands nominated were not actually indie, UK-based, or active in the early 1990s.
Others were shit so I excluded them with no regrets whatsoever. But, in the interests of scientific objectivity, I am reproducing the entire list here. Perhaps, one day, someone will come up with a more detailed and informative version. Oh, wait.
![A screenshot from a 2011 Facebook thread in which users listed UK indie bands from the 1990s.](http://daveydreamnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/indiebands1990s.jpg)