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Ah, the joys of sharing yourself with the online world via the use of a one-time-only trending hashtag. People may take their online image seriously, but thankfully most people feel the need to lose all their self-worth over 140 characters, either to be retweeted, or just genuinely make people laugh.
Just as Johnny Borrell’s recent article in Noisey went up on their site, somebody has thought of the most brilliant hashtag. #IndieAmnesty is their choice of weapon, and luckily, for everyone, they’ve decided to focus it around the weird, but wonderful, time of the early 2000s.
To be fair, fan girl/boy-ing was cool at one point. It wasn’t about jumping on anyone who gave your favourite artist shit, it was about just trying to have a pint with them, or for Libertines’ fans, having a tattoo session. Times may have changed, but by god, those memories won’t have.
The most important thing you’ll learn from looking at the #indieamnesty tweets is that in the early 2000s no laws applied. It was all do as you please, just make sure you can laugh about it.
Here are some of the results of such a fantastic hashtag...
In a field? With Noel Fielding? Sweet sweet irony:
Watched my friend get fingered by Noel Fielding at a club night in Camden #indieamnesty
— Rachel Grace Almeida (@_rachelgrace) April 6, 2016
Like every true hipster, this guy was ahead of his time:
Wore this to a Kasabian gig at a festival when I was 16. #indieamnesty pic.twitter.com/8FBC8E9KqC
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) April 6, 2016
Haha!
Was in the coral #indieamnesty
— Bill Ryder-Jones (@BRyderJones) April 6, 2016
We hope we do at our stage at Live at Leeds:
Actually nah you want to see my Los Campesinos merch collection #indieamnesty
— Clare (@clurrpatterson) April 6, 2016
We all know that feeling:
Consoling my hysterical friend at an 18th birthday party after she had too many WKD Blues and Mr Brightside came on. #indieamnesty
— Rachel May Meaden (@RacheyMay) April 6, 2016
Blasphemy!
I thought Joy Division's Shadowplay was a Killers song for the first few years after their cover version came out. #indieamnesty
— Haydn (@haydnmcfc) April 6, 2016
Still. Hurts.
got mad when drake started saying yolo bc of the strokes song #indieamnesty
— Professional Tweeter (@miamiseabreeze) April 6, 2016
Ah nothing screams fuck the man like being named after a coach company:
Named our first band Parks of Hamilton but got threatened with legal action by a coach company. We hadn't even written a song #indieamnesty
— Joe Wilson (@broseph_wilson) April 6, 2016
#EmoAmnesty?.. Anyone?
all these #indieamnesty tweets are making me glad I had an embarrassing emo phase instead tbh
— monica (@lamemonica) April 6, 2016
Because, Feeder are awesome:
I went to a Feeder gig in 2008 despite only knowing one of their songs, I still don't know why #indieamnesty
— connor (@ThatConnorGuy_) April 6, 2016
The life and times of a music journalist, eh?
Every single embarrassing #indieamnesty anecdote I can remember: https://t.co/lernuJ9rLj pic.twitter.com/GVKRy80oQ6
— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) April 6, 2016
Blessed Mark:
Saw Mark E Smith from The Fall hanging out near our local chippy. Was about to give him 50p when I recognised him. Gave him £1 #indieamnesty
— Barry Briggs (@quiffboy) April 6, 2016
Go on, have them, Barry:
I don't really give a fuck what you think about my band #indieamnesty
— Barry Fratelli (@BazFratelli) April 6, 2016
