In the United Kingdom the C86 cassette, a 1986 NME compilation featuring Primal Scream, The Pastels, The Wedding Present and other bands, was a document of the UK indie scene at the start of 1986.

** NME magazine in the UK releases the C86 cassette compilation, which becomes a seminal release in British indie rock.

In 2006, they were asked by Bob Stanley of St Etienne to play at the ICA in London, alongside Roddy Frame and Phil Wilson, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the seminal NME cassette C86.

The NME have also had a long history with covermount releases, from the influential cassette compilations C81 anD C86, mix albums like NME Dust Up, mixed by The Chemical Brothers, and Beat up the NME, mixed by Fatboy Slim, as well as albums in which you would have to send a token to the NME in exchange for the covermount release, including Capital Radio by The Clash and Ally Pally Paradiso by BAD II.

The b-side, " Velocity Girl ", was released on the C86 compilation, which led to their being associated with the scene of the same name.

A second tape, C86, was released in 1986.

The NME also released the much regarded compilation album C86, documenting the birth of jangling indie pop, in 1986.

Initially dubbed as ' C86 ' after the 1986 NME tape, and also known as " cutie ", " shambling bands " and later as " twee pop ", indie pop was characterised by jangling guitars, a love of sixties pop and often fey, innocent lyrics.

The term " indie " had been used for some time to describe artists on independent labels ( and the labels themselves ), but the key moment in the naming of " indie pop " as a genre was the release of NMEs C86 tape in 1986.

In 1986, they were featured on the NMEs compilation C86 with one of their slower songs, " It's Up To You ", taken from Shopping Parade EP.

Initially dubbed ' C86 ' after the 1986 NME tape, and also known as " cutie ", " shambling bands " and later as " twee pop ", indie pop was characterised by jangling guitars, a love of sixties pop and often fey, innocent lyrics.

NME journalists of the period now agree that C86 was an example of this, but also a by-product of NMEs " hip hop wars ", a schism in the paper ( and among readers ) between enthusiasts of contemporary progressive black music ( for example, by Public Enemy and Mantronix ), and fans of guitar-based music, as represented on C86.

C86 featured key early bands of the genre such as Primal Scream and The Pastels, but also included tracks by several more abrasive, " shambling " bands from the Ron Johnson label, who were atypical of the perceived C86 jangle pop aesthetic.

A link between C86 and unifying genre is commonly disputed by critics and the bands actually on the original compilation.

Many of the actual C86 bands distanced themselves from the scene cultivated around them by the UK music press-in its time, C86 became a pejorative term for its associations with so-called " shambling " ( a John Peel-coined description celebrating the self-conscious primitive approach of some of the music ) and underachievement.

Originally inspired by Buzzcocks and lumped in with the C86 movement, along with fellow members of the Bellshill Sound, such as the BMX Bandits and Teenage Fanclub, they went through a number of stylistic changes in their career.

NME followed up C81 with C86.

First EP Cut The Cake was well enough received for the NME to include them on their C86 compilation album.

* NME C86 Compilation NME 22 Contributed " Therese ".

Initially many of the bands on the C86 tape were championed as well as the rise of Goth rock bands but new bands such as Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses were coming out of Manchester.

Before the last and main influence on C86 and indie pop-The Smiths-the bands of Glasgow's post-punk independent Postcard label had some influence: Josef K and Orange Juice ( along with contemporaries The Fire Engines ).

The fanzines often featured flexi discs of bands associated with C86.

The jangle pop indie sensibility with which C86 became synonymous began to be applied to bands who had not appeared on the tape.

Since their split the legend of the Swell Maps has grown, through their influence on the C86 bands, lo-fi, and other pioneers like Sonic Youth and Pavement.

The compilation featured, among other artists, Primal Scream, The Pastels, and The Wedding Present, and " indie " quickly became shorthand for a genre whose defining conventions were identified as jangling guitars, a love of ' 60s pop, and melodic power pop song structures ( the genre was initially dubbed " C86 " after the tape itself ).

The band took its name from a Primal Scream B-side which appeared on the influential C86 compilation album.

The Pastels ' sound continued to evolve and, although part of the NMEs C86 compilation, in interviews they always sought to distance themselves from both twee and shambling developments.

In a 1991 interview, Richie Edwards stated " The 80s, for us, was the biggest non-event ever, like C86.

Upon its release, the album was critically acclaimed and the band were soon classified, with some of their peers, as members of the ' shambling ' or C86 scene, a categorisation that they vehemently declined ( although they were featured on the original C86 compilation ).

In the mid to late ' 80s, indie pop was criticized for its associations with so-called " shambling " ( a John Peel-coined description celebrating the self-conscious primitive approach of some of the music ) and underachievement, but the C86 indie pop scene is now recognized as a pivotal moment for independent music in the UK, as is recognized in the subtitle of that compilation's 2006 extended reissue: CD86: 48 Tracks from the Birth of Indie Pop.

Although short-lived, Postcard was to prove a key influence on the C81 and the later C86 indie-pop movements.

Two further singles followed ; their second, " Therese ", was included on the famous C86 compilation album.

The album was recorded in Glasgow back to back with the debut album of Blake's other group at that time, BMX Bandits, the ironically titled C86, which Blake also wrote much of the material for.

Bands of the US riot grrrl movement acknowledged a debt to C86, and Scottish band Belle and Sebastian recognized its influence.

After a debut single ( Sink ) on their own Laughing Gun label, they joined the Ron Johnson roster for a series of mid-eighties singles as well as an appearance on the NME's C86 compilation.

Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include indie pop, jangle pop, C86, and lo-fi, among others.

In his book Time Travel, pop historian Jon Savage traced the musical origins of C86 and indie pop to the Velvet Underground's eponymous third album.

continue to air tracks from C86, and Sweden has increased its export of indie pop through Labrador Records.

14 Iced Bears were a British indie pop band associated with the C86 music scene.

The influential role of sunshine pop can be heard in the later genre of twee pop and the culminating C86 movement which originated in the mid-1980s within the United Kingdom.

Amelia Fletcher ( vocals / guitar ), Mathew Fletcher ( drums ; Amelia's brother ), Peter Momtchiloff ( guitar ) and Robert Pursey ( bass ) had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key member of the C86 scene.

Teenage Fanclub emerged from the Glasgow C86 scene.