Uncle Tupelo spawn a fanzine, and an entire genre

21 June 1990: Number 35 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicJeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar were punk rock kids from Illinois who decided to try their hands at country. As Uncle Tupelo, they named their first album after a 1936 song by the Carter Family, No Depression (in Heaven), and found their return to American roots music had struck a nerve: soon there was a fanzine with the same name, and like-minded bands springing up around the US. Alt-country had been born.IndieCo...

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