Who started Sub Pop?

Who started Sub Pop?

Bruce Pavitt
Jonathan Poneman
Sub Pop/Founders

1988: Sub Pop Records LLC is officially formed by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. 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.

Is Sub Pop an indie label?

Forged around the homegrown grunge scene, Sub Pop became one of America’s most influential indie music labels, helping break bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney, its star rising with theirs. Sub Pop became as synonymous with Seattle as Starbucks and rain.

When did Nirvana leave Sub Pop?

Nirvana (band)

Nirvana
Origin Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.
Genres Grunge alternative rock hard rock
Years active 1987–1994
Labels Sub Pop DGC

Who is Daveed Diggs wife?

Emmy Raver-Lampman
Personal life. Diggs’ partner is Emmy Raver-Lampman, whom he met in 2015 when they were performing together in Hamilton.

Who played Jefferson and Lafayette in Hamilton?

actor Daveed Diggs
Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs plays both the Marquis de Lafayette and founding father Thomas Jefferson in the show.

Who are the founders of Sub Pop Records?

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.

What kind of bands did Sub Pop sign?

Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. They are often credited with helping popularize grunge music.

How many platinum albums does Sub Pop have?

Domestically Sub Pop has released two albums that have been certified as platinum, for sales of over 1 million units, by the Recording Industry Association of America: Bleach by Nirvana and Give Up by The Postal Service.

When did the first Sub Pop album Come Out?

While in Seattle, he wrote a column for local newspaper The Rocket titled “Sub Pop U.S.A.”, a column he ended in 1988. In 1986, Pavitt released the first Sub Pop LP, the compilation Sub Pop 100, which featured material by artists including Sonic Youth, Naked Raygun, Wipers, and Scratch Acid.

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