Once upon a time, about 3 years ago, our main character Monk worked at a radio station in Birmingham, AL called Z100.5 (WANZ). He worked the night shift and played all the cool music but felt that he and his listeners needed more. So, our fearless friend came up with the idea to do an indie show! There was very little indie music on the radio in those parts and very little, if any support of the local scene.

The ball was sent rolling; the idea was approved and out came IndieZ Only! The show ran on Sunday nights for about a year, then moved to its new 2-hour time slot on Saturday. All the town's people received the show well and helped support shows that IndieZ Only presented with bands like The Dresden Dolls, Left Front Tire, Bain Mattox, Drive-By Truckers, Soundevice and more!

But, in every great story you have to have a villain. Enter in the fact that the radio station Monk worked for was independently owned and was eventually challenged to a duel by a bigger company. After some time, and avoiding all of the gruesome details of their battle, Z100.5 did not survive and sadly, neither did IndieZ Only.

Monk was sad. He had made a lot of friends in the music business: bands, promotions people, and records reps... He also wanted to continue those relationships. He wanted to continue letting people hear the great independent music that was out there.
What's that? In the distance we hear the gallop of a great white stallion and on it's back sits a website named IndependentsOnly.com! (At least it sounded good for this story)

So, this is IndependentsOnly.com. Nice to meet ya. We figure it will forever be a work in progress as any website should be. You will see plenty of changes, some you may like, and others you might not. We will have features, photos, interviews, and reviews. Hopefully you will like our website and tell your friends.

In the end, IndependentsOnly.com came to town to help promote indie and unsigned bands and with any luck give the town's folk a bit of hope in this world of short careers, long contracts and one hit wonders.