MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Warner Music Group, Bruce Pavitt, Independent Record Label
8 Sep 2016
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Goth-pop (the cure), dream pop (my bloody valentine), post-punk, new wave: also the beginning of an indie scene in seattle surrounding the independent record label, sub pop. A anew a fusion of musical styles and a new alliance of social groups and subcultural symbols (brackett 467) 1986, bruce pavitt: helped define the seattle grunge sound by signing influential bands like. Soundgarden, mudhoney, nirvana: roots in subterranean pop fanzine, warner music group now owns a significant stake in the company. Mudhoney - touch me i"m sick (1988: debut single with the label, released with limited release strategy, characteristic of early grunge sound: Distortion, rawness, energy, punk and garage rock influence (power chords, tempo, snarling vocals: covered by sonic youth, split single. They"re not in a major music market, so they don"t follow any sort of formula at all . The weather isn"t always great, and they sit in their garages a lot (dimartino.
