Bruce Pavitt
Bruce Pavitt | |
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Bruce Pavitt founder of Sub Pop records, 2015 | |
Background information | |
Born | March 7, 1959 |
Origin | Olympia, Washington, U.S. |
Years active | 1980–1996 |
Labels | Sub Pop |
Bruce S. Pavitt (born March 7, 1959) is the Chicago-born founder of record label Sub Pop.
History
After briefly attending Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois and subsequently transferring to The Evergreen State College in Washington State, Pavitt started a fanzine entitled Subterranean Pop in Olympia, Washington in 1980, about American independent rock bands. Three cassette compilations were released through the fanzine. In 1983, Pavitt moved to Seattle and started a record store, Fallout, as well as writing a Sub Pop column for The Rocket, and hosting 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 in 1987.
References
The Seattle Tattler #2. "Counting the Cobainbuck$". Belltown Messenger, February 2005.