I stumbled across this Sonic Youth promo 12" on eBay a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was kinda cool looking. It was listed for £10, which seemed ok, so I added it to the watch list. I then checked discogs, to discover that it wasn't hard to get at all, and that there was another copy for sale in the UK for only £8. So I let the eBay auction finish but didn't bid, and neither did anyone else, so it got relisted at a starting bid of £0.99. So with seconds to go I whacked in a low bid and won it for £3.31 (plus postage).
The song is called simply '100%' and was released in 1992 as a single from the newly released 'Dirty' LP. This was only a few months after Nirvana had released 'Nevermind', and Sonic Youth were now signed to Geffen. They were just one of many, many bands that got picked up in an attempt to cash in on the grunge explosion. The video even featured skateboarding (Jason Lee, Guy Mariano & Spike Jonze). Even though I never really got into Sonic Youth, I always had a soft spot for this song, and this record right here now represents 100% of my Sonic Youth collection.
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