Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington famous for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, and many other bands from the local scene. They are often credited with taking the first steps towards popularizing grunge music.

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Sub Pop was started by Bruce Pavitt in 1980 as a fanzine called Subterranean Pop (which was changed to Sub Pop starting with the 2nd issue). Inspired by the cassette fanzine Fast Forward, Sub Pop began alternating issues with compilation tapes of American bands (though several foreign bands did appear on Sub Pop cassettes). There were nine issues of Sub Pop in all: six magazines and three cassettes (issues 5, 7, and 9). After issue 9, Sub Pop switched to an all-cassette format (cassettes featured early cover artwork by cartoonists Charles Burns and Peter Bagge, but the project was scuttled by the amount of work required to continue it. It continued as a column in the Seattle newspaper The Rocket for several more years.

Record label: A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. The name derives from the paper label at the center of a gramophone record (what i...

Seattle, Washington: Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 108 miles (180 km) south of the United States-Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county seat....

Nirvana: :For the band, see Nirvana (band) and other meanings see Nirvana (disambiguation)....

Sub Pop related Images and Photos (experimental)

Pop Koi	Pop Star	Pop Liberty	Pop Art Owl
Cox Pop	Pop Art is: Popeye	Pop Vespa I	Pop Art is: Personengruppe
Pop Art Ducky	Pop Art Palms	Iggy Pop	Pop Wonderland: Cinderella