- Bruce Pavitt
Bruce Pavitt is the
Chicago -born founder ofrecord label Sub Pop .History
Pavitt started a fanzine entitled "Subterranean Pop" in
Olympia, Washington in1980 , about American independentrock bands . A total of three cassette compilations were released through the fanzine. In1983 Pavitt moved toSeattle and started a record store, Fallout, as well as write a Sub Pop column for The Rocket, and host an independent-label specialty show on KCMU. 1986 saw the release of Sub Pop's (the "-terranean" was dropped earlier from the name) first LP: the "Sub Pop 100 ". Green River's "Dry As a Bone " EP followed in1987 .Pavitt initially met
Jonathan Poneman in 1986, when Poneman invited Pavitt for an on-air interview on KCMU, in order to promote Sub Pop 100. In 1987,Kim Thayil of Soundgarden suggested that the two join forces. Pavitt and Thayil had attended Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois together in the mid-1970's. SubsequentlySoundgarden 's "Screaming Life " EP was released and thegrunge phenomenon quickly followed.In 1996, Bruce Pavitt resigned from Sub Pop to raise a family.
ee also
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Sub Pop External links
* [http://akashic.com/ Akashic.com]
* [http://www.tripzine.com/listing.php?id=pavitt Tripzine Interview]
* [http://deoxy.org/t_sdt.htm/ Interviews Terrence McKenna]
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