A definition of Independent music - an artist that is not attached to a major company and it is on its own.

The Punk rock era was seen as the birth of independent labels as it allowed any one any where to record music and release it to the rest of the public. Punk records were also not played on mainstream labels.The punk rock era brought about a turning point for independent labels, the do-it-yourself ethos of the time seeing the emergence of a plethora of independent labels.