If you were wondering what the hell #IndieAmnesty was trending on Twitter for last night, it was kind of a mutual group therapy for recovering indie music fans.
Basically, people began metaphorically standing up and saying "My name is 'X' and I was an embarrassing indie fan when I was younger", and some of the results were pretty darned funny.
Even musicians like Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos joined in the fray, as you'll see below.
Have anything to add yourself? Do 'fess up and leave a comment below...
In the meantime, here are some of the best:
I have been the face of the Wikipedia Duffle Coat entry for around a decade #indieamnesty
— alex kapranos (@alkapranos) April 6, 2016
I once convinced a girlfriend that Shane McGowan was driving the speedboat that killed Kirsty MacColl! #indieamnesty
— Ed Smith (@edsongsofpraise) April 6, 2016
After a gig in Connolly's of Leap, I made David Gray sign my debs photograph. #indieamnesty
— Nadine O'Regan (@NadineORegan) April 6, 2016
I went into town at 6am to queue up for Radiohead tickets for the Kid A tour. The second person in the queue turned up at 8:55 #indieamnesty
— Alan (@alan_maguire) April 6, 2016
I was waiting outside Woolworths before it opened to buy the debut Placebo album. The lady in the shop was very confused. #indieamnesty
— Danny Wright (@dethink2survive) April 6, 2016
Stereophonics' Word Gets Around was my favourite album when I was 17 and it is still a collection of bangers #indieamnesty
— EmerTheScreamer (@EmerTheScreamer) April 6, 2016
The first gig I ever went to was Kula Shaker in the SFX. I LOVED IT. #indieamnesty
— Nialler9 (@Nialler9) April 6, 2016
I paid to see The Bravery, twice. #IndieAmnesty
— Jack Pitt-Brooke (@JackPittBrooke) April 6, 2016
Asked The Cribs how they met during an interview (they're brothers) #indieamnesty
— Catherine Bray (@catherinebray) April 6, 2016
Begged my mum to sew 'The White Stripes' onto a denim jacket. By the time she finished I'd moved on... #indieamnesty https://t.co/NzPTB35Cp8
— Fred Macpherson (@fredmacpherson) April 6, 2016
Saw Hard Fi three times in a year in 2005. #indieamnesty
— Greg Spruce (@Spruced_up) April 7, 2016
I once purchased a Razorlight cd #indieamnesty
— Jim Rhead (@JimRhead) April 7, 2016 >
