02/01/2024
Sub pop: Founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in 1988, Sub Pop Records is a medium-sized independent record label based in Seattle, WA. With early releases by Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and TAD, the label is often associated with something called “the grunge movement.” Exploitation of this association has frequently proven financially fruitful. Later years saw record albums.
1980: Bruce Pavitt begins publishing his alternative music zine, Subterranean Pop
1986: The first Sub Pop LP, Sub Pop 100, a compilation featuring Sonic Youth and other bands, is released
1987: Sub Pop releases Soundgarden’s first EP, Screaming Life.
1989: Nirvana’s debut album, Bleach, is released, a benchmark “grunge” album that helped popularize the genre. It’s still the label’s best-selling record, with nearly 2 million copies sold.
1989: Lame Fest, a three-act Sub Pop showcase featuring Nirvana, Mudhoney and Tad, sells out at The Moore Theatre–the first time for local bands at the midsize venue. “The local media really started taking the music a lot more seriously,” Pavitt says.
1995: Forty-nine percent of the label is sold to Warner Music Group, an arrangement still in place today.
Article credit :
https://www.subpop.com/
https://seattlemag.com/food-and-culture/sub-pop-timeline/
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub_Pop_200
http://www.revolutioncomeandgone.com/articles/7/sub-pop-history.php
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ruckus/art/making-a-movement-sub-pop-exhibit-on-display-at-montana-state-university/article_e7cb7dcf-b09f-5861-8278-6225d93bceac.amp.html
