#IndieAmnesty.
That’s the harmless little hashtag that’s storming social media at the moment, as waves of people chimed in with their most embarrassing stories from the indie music era of the early 2000s.
Remember this?
Then you may be a fan of some of these:
Stories of odd celebrity experiences…
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
https://twitter.com/joe_zadeh/status/717692716390424576
https://twitter.com/Lindawggydawg/status/717711679065366528
Terrible decisions…
I I stopped going on Libertines fan forum because someone ruined the ending of Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince #indieamnesty
— Sophie Hall (@SophLouiseHall) April 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/Flossieraptor/status/717698300477046784
I paid to see The Bravery, twice. #IndieAmnesty
— Jack Pitt-Brooke (@JackPittBrooke) April 6, 2016
Once told a girl at Glastonbury I was the manager of The Paddingtons as I figured it would help me pull. It didn't #indieamnesty
— Ben Pikssoc (@benpikssoc) April 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/rtotheh/status/717712122231320577
Some awful fashions…
https://twitter.com/chris_mandle/status/717707179889917952
https://twitter.com/mePadraigReidy/status/717712282021707776
And a lot of copping off…
https://twitter.com/thepigeonpost/status/717709070300524544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Cheated on my boyfriend with someone from The Maccabees in 2009 #indieamnesty
— rachel grace almeida (@_rachelgrace) April 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/jaspires/status/717659777157971968
Still, glad to know we’re all out of that awful indie era and decided to pick up something else.
Like being a hipster.
Or deep house.
Or getting well into grime off one that Skepta track.
Indie4Eva.
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