Seattle Music Scene 1975-1985

No money. No infrastructure. No rules.Seattle Music Scene 1975-1985 is a raw oral history of the city’s underground music scene before grunge — told through interviews with forty people who were there as it happened.High school kids started bands. Galleries became venues. Promoters booked shows wherever they could. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it didn’t. But it kept happening.This is the unpolished, firsthand account of how a scene forms — messy, loud, and completely DIY.Featuring interviews with:Blaine Cook (The Fartz, 10 Minute Warning, The Accused)Bret Hartman (Denim & Leather fanzine, promoter, A&R)Charles Peterson (photographer, Sub Pop)Chris Hanzsek (C/Z Records co-founder)Clark Humphrey (author of Loser)Criss Crass (The Vains, Little Bears From Bangkok, The Macs)Damon Titus (The Enemy, Fruitland Famine Band)Erica Snowlake (scenester)Eric Danielson (On The Rocks manager, promoter, author)Gillian Gaar (photographer, The Rocket)Helena Rogers (Student Nurse, Rubato Records)James Husted (K7SS, Sequencer People, Young Scientist)Janet Crisp (scenester)Jeffrey Smith (Mr. Epp & The Calculations)Jim Basnight (Meyce, The Moberlys)Jim Lightfoot (Modern Productions, 10 Minute Warning)Jo David (studio artist)Joe Newton (Aerobic Death)John Foster (Op fanzine, John Foster’s Pop Philosophers)John Rogers (Student Nurse, Rubato Records)Johnny Vinyl (The Macs, The Cheaters, AAIIEE)Ken Deans (The Heats)Kurt Bloch (The Fastbacks, The Cheaters)Kyle Nixon (Solger)Larry Reid (Rosco Louie, Graven Image)Michael Campbell (Ze Whiz Kids)Neil Hubbard (Engram Records founder)Niki Rafune (The Dynette Set)Paul Hood (Meyce, The Enemy, Toiling Midgets/Lazy Giants)Paul Solger (Solger, The Fartz, 10 Minute Warning)Penta Swanson (The Dynette Set)Peter Barnes (The Enemy)Rick Knotts (Rail)Rob Morgan (The Pudz, The Squirrels)Scott La Rose (Aerobic Death)Steve Peters (Tiny Holes, John Foster’s Pop Philosophers, The Go Team)Tina Casale (C/Z Records co-founder)Todd Fleischman (The Living, Silly Killers)Tom Dyer (Green Monkey Records)Tom Price (U-Men) Read more