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3 Indie Sleaze Bands From the 2000s I Can’t Believe Millennials Forgot About

Every once in a while, someone online tries to bring back Indie Sleaze, so here are three bands you may have forgotten.

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Indie Sleaze can be a divisive topic for those who love discussing and dissecting pop culture. Was it a genre? An aesthetic? A lifestyle? Depending on who you ask, it was a bit of all three, really. Also, depending on who you ask, it didn’t exist at all and was instead the collective hallucination of teenagers with early internet blogs.

However you look at Indie Sleaze, there’s no denying there was something in the air in the 2000s. As far as music goes, some bands weathered the storm and found lasting popularity on the other side. But others drifted into obscurity as people moved on from the confusing mess of Indie Sleaze. These three bands still have dedicated fanbases, even though a couple have long since disbanded. For those who forgot, here’s a reminder.

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