This year has been all about old Sub Pop records for me, with me finally getting around to listening to a lot of their releases for the first time, over 30 years since they came out. And damn, I have found some great bands and records as a result. Here's another great example... the 21st 7" release by Sub Pop, which came out in October 1989, which is now 35 years ago. Wow.
The band is called Skin Yard and the record is a two song 7", 'Start At The Top' b/w 'Watch' has the catalogue number SP47. Apparently there were 500 copies on white and 3,000 copies on black.
Skin Yard were one of the forerunners of what would later become known as 'grunge'. Probably their most famous claim to fame is that they feature Jack Endino on guitar, who went on to become a pretty big deal after recording an album called 'Bleach' by a band called Nirvana. You may have heard of them. Skin Yard I had never heard before, but this is absolutely top notch late 80s Seattle grunge. I'd definitely be interested in checking out more of their stuff, and no doubt will at some point get around to buying something else.
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Interesting. I remember seeing this band name back in the late 80's. I was buying records through Toxic Shock mailorder and I remember them specifically because their album released on that label had boobs on the cover. Maybe it is time to finally listen to them.
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