SUB POP 200 - CHEMISTRY SET - UNDERGROUND

PLAYING: CHEMISTRY SET - UNDERGROUND (RARE)

Sub Pop 200 is a compilation released in the early days of the Seattle grunge scene (December 1988). It features songs (many of them first releases and otherwise unattainable) from Tad, The Fluid, Nirvana, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Mudhoney, The Walkabouts, Terry Lee Hale, Soundgarden, Green River, Fastbacks, Blood Circus, Swallow, Chemistry Set, Girl Trouble, The Nights and Days, Cat Butt, Beat Happening, Screaming Trees, Steve Fisk, and The Thrown Ups. Many of these bands went on to be incredibly influential in the early 1990s and onwards. Most notable of these were Nirvana, Soundgarden, Green River (who spawned Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone and late Temple of the Dog and Pearl Jam), Screaming Trees, and Mudhoney. The cover is an illustration by comics artist Charles Burns, who was regularly used by Sub Pop for covers and posters around this period.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Grunge
• Rise
• Upcoming
• 1988
• Seattle
• Sound
• Compilation
• Rare

[bmxplus339]

i would say i like subpop 100 better, but all the song got really dumb towords the end

[RingFingerSlave]

If anyoen that worked there was smart, they would have salvaged a few crates of history. I know I would have. Those EPs would be worth some major scratch now I'm sure.

[yannagretchen]

I remember seeing Chemistry Set in 87 or 88 at Bumbershoot - one of the few places an underage kid could see decent bands back then.

The station manager at KCMU sold off a lot of the station's collection at one point a few years later before the station reorganized as KEXP - I have to wonder how many amazing local EPs and singles were jettisoned. Sad.