PAVITT, BRUCE - Sub Pop USA! The Subterranean Pop Music Anthology, 1980-1988

"The complete Subterranean Pop fanzines and Seattle Rocket newspaper columns by Bruce Pavitt; an unbelievably deep chronicle of regional American indie pop, punk, hardcore, art/noise, metal, spoken word, hip hop, and rock_¢‚Ǩ‚Ѣn roll during the 1980s by the founder of Sub Pop Records.Over 1,000 recording artists hunted down and hyped in their original indie habitats, including Black Flag, Sonic Youth, H_ɬºsker D_ɬº, the Wipers, Dinosaur Jr., Run-D.M.C., Slayer, Beastie Boys, Mudhoney_¢‚Ǩ¬¶plus an entire nation of inspired amateurs.In 1979, Bruce Pavitt moved from Chicago to Olympia, Washington, and began programming a show called Subterranean Pop on local community radio station KAOS-FM. In 1980, he launched Subterranean Pop magazine, dedicated to the unsung punk, new wave, and experimental regional bands of the Pacific Northwest and Midwest. Calvin Johnson of K Records joined the zine_¢‚Ǩ‚Ѣs staff later that year, beginning with the second issue.The Sub Pop zine puzzled punk and new w