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>>> WELCOME BACK TO NEW DAY THAT A NEW BOOK CHRONICLES THE
HISTORY OF THE SEATTLE-BASED
RECORD LABEL THAT BROUGHT GREAT
FANS AND MANY GREAT BANDS.
WORLD DOMINION HIM AT THE SUB
POP RECORDS STORY TELLS THE
STORY FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
IT IS A PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT
FOR A MUSIC LOVER.
PLEASE WELCOME GILLIAN GAAR.
IT IS ALL MICE -- NICE TO MEET
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. TELL
YOU. TELL US ABOUT YOUR HISTORY WITH
SUB POP.
SUB POP.
SUB POP. >> DURING THE 80 ERA WHEN IT
WAS GETTING OFF THE GROUND, I
WAS WORKING AT THE ROCKET
MAGAZINE THAT I WORKED MY WAY
UP TO SENIOR EDITOR.
SO WE WERE RISING AT THE SAME
TIME THAT SUB POP WAS COMING
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. >> SO YOU KNEW WHAT THEY PUT
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. WERE YOU SURPRISED AT HOW
IMPORTANT IT BECAME?
>> NO, WE WERE IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY.
PROXIMITY. THEY WERE ABOUT THREE BLOCKS
AWAY FROM OUR WELDING.
SO JUST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO YOU JUST DON'T EXPECT PEOPLE
IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> YOU DON'T, DO YOU.
HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO TAKE ON
THE PROJECT?
THE PROJECT? >> I WAS REFERRED TO THE
PUBLISHER.
PUBLISHER. I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS
DOING A BOOK FOR THEM.
SO THIS IS PART OF A SERIES
CALLED RPM, REVOLUTIONS PER
MINUTE.
MINUTE.
MINUTE. ALL ABOUT RECORD LABELS.
SO THE OTHER ONE THAT CAME OUT
WAS ABOUT XL OR RECORDS.
SO NICK REFERRED ME TO THE
EDITOR AT RPM.
SO WE TALKED AND DECIDED THAT
SUB POP WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT
FOR THE SERIES.
THERE ISN'T A BOOK THAT FOCUSES
ON SUB POP.
THIS TOUCHED ON IN OTHERS.
BUT THAT COVERS EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED TO ALL THE BANDS.
>> BUT THIS IS JUST THEIR STORY.
ARE THERE STORIES YOU CAN
SHARE?
SHARE?
SHARE? >>
SHARE? >> BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN WRITING
SO LONG, I HAD A LOT OF
ARCHIVES TO DRAW ON.
I SPOKE TO THE FOUNDERS.
I SPOKE TO A LOT OF PAST AND
PRESENT EMPLOYEES.
PRESENT EMPLOYEES. THERE WERE MANY THAT WERE THERE
WHO WERE LAID OFF AND THEN CAME
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. SO
BACK. SO THEN ALSO INTERVIEWED DANIEL
HOUSE DONE AND THEN THE
PRODUCER.
PRODUCER.
PRODUCER. SO THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL GROUP
WHEN THE RECORDS CAME OUT.
AND THEY WERE ALL PRODUCED BY
JACK AND DINO.
>> WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU, WHAT
DID YOU GLEAN ABOUT THIS GROUP?
>> THEIR SUCCESS WAS JUST
PERSISTENCE.
PERSISTENCE. THEY TALKED ABOUT THESE BANDS
AS IF THEY WERE BIG STARS.
THEY NEVER HAD PLAYED OUTSIDE
OF SEATTLE AT LEAST RARELY.
SO THERE WAS A STROKE OF
BRILLIANCE TO BRING IT OVER.
THEN THEY WOULD GO BACK TO
LONDON AND LET PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT SEATTLE'S EXPERIMENTAL
MUSIC SCENE.
MUSIC SCENE. >> IN THE AND EVERYBODY WANTED
TO KNOW WHO THEY WERE?
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. MOST HADN'T EVEN TOURED OUTSIDE
OF WASHINGTON STATE.
>> WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
SURPRISE THINGS THAT YOU FOUND
OUT THAT YOU RESEARCHED?
>> THERE WAS A TURBULENT TIME
IN 1997 WHERE SOME OF THE
EMPLOYEES DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY
THINGS WERE GOING AND THEN THEY
PRESENTED A LIST OF DEMANDS.
SO THEY CALL THAT THE COUP.
SO PEOPLE GOT FIRED AND PEOPLE
WERE NOT TALKING AND THERE WAS
THAT BIG EXPLOSION FOR THEM.
BUT THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
SO THEY HAVE SINCE MADE UP.
BUT IT WAS INTERESTING TO GET
BOTH SIDES OF THE -- OF THAT
ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
>> THAT'S NOT THAT UNCOMMON
WITH BANDS.
WITH BANDS. BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT THEY
WORKED IT OUT.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WILL PEOPLE STILL ENJOY THIS
BOOK?
BOOK?
BOOK? >>
BOOK? >> I THINK MUSIC FANS AND
RECORD COLLECTORS WILL BE
INTERESTED.
INTERESTED. IT SHOWS HOW THIS COMPANY
STARTED FROM NOTHING.
THEY WERE FRIENDS BEFORE THEY
STARTED THE RECORD LABEL.
THEY HAD CDS.
IT'S HOW THEY MANAGED TO GROW
AND BECOME A WORLD DOMINATING
FORCE.
FORCE.
FORCE. >>
FORCE. >> WORLD DOMINATION [ LAUGHTER
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THE AIRPORT.
THE AIRPORT. >> WE WILL BE THERE ON FRIDAY.
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
SHE WILL DISCUSS AND SIGN COPIES
AT EASY STREET RECORDS IN WEST
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. IT'S AT 7:00 ON FRIDAY.
WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR