As the title suggests, this is post number 6 in my series of 6 in which I am trying to cover all of the early Sub Pop 7"s that I have picked up this year and haven't got around to posting about. I'm doing this in catalogue number order, and here we are at the back end of things, covering the end of the 150s to the late 180s. By this point in time, the label had moved on quite a bit from the early days, and the sound of the bands was no longer consistent or typical. I guess they didn't want to be pigeonholed as 'grunge' or whatever.
SP159 Monomen 'Skin & Bones' (September 1992). There were 2,746 copies, all on blue vinyl. I really like the cover art, and this record contains a good slab of garage, verging on grunge. An enjoyable 7".
SP172 Green Magnet School / Six Finger Satellite 'The Declaration of Techno-colonial Independence' released in October 1992. No idea on the pressing info, but there are no back copies of this, so it's probably not rare at all. God only knows what the title of this is suposed to mean, but the artwork is kinda funny, with one band dressed as fools from the past, and the other wearing future outfits... and they seem to be communicating via an old fashioned cell phone (which no doubt would have been the height of technology when this came out. Anyway this is ok. Green Magnet School are the more interesting of the two bands to me.
SP174 Antiseen 'We Got This Far (Without You) b/w (We Will Not) Remember You', released in November 1992. There were 2,205 copies, all on red vinyl. This a band I had heard of but never been interested in. They have been going forever, starting out in 1983 and still going. AT some point GG Allin did a record with them, and Flea from Red Hot Chilli Peppers was in them at some point too. This record is ok, but it kinda makes me think of the kind of punk that I am less interested in. I can kinda picture them playing a vanue in California full of bikers. Its ok, but I'm not really too fussed about checking anything else out.
SP181 Wolverton Brothers 'My Assassin b/w Max Gomez Love' released in January 1993. There were 2,015 copies all on white vinyl. ABout five seconds into the first song on here and organ kicks in, and I was reaching for the off button. The two songs on here were not offensive, and kinda reminded me of something that would have been on a skate video in the late 90s, but overall this is not really my thing.
SP187 The Legend 'Do Nuts b/w Rockaway Beach/Roses' released February 1993. I have seen this one many times over the years and always thought that the cover suggested it would be a litle odd. And yes, this is clearly some kind of inside joke. I guess the label was so popular at this point that they figured they could put out literally anything and it would sell. But here's the thing... this is so utterly terrible that it's actually somehow good. I challenge anyone to listen to the song 'Donuts' and not get it stuck in their head for at least an hour afterwards.
So this marks the end of my series of posts showcasing some of the Sub Pop 7"s I picked up this year. A lot of them are really cool, and have definitely opened my eyes to new (old) bands to check out. Some are also awful (generally the later ones), but I still enjoyed picking them up and giving them a chance all these years later, especially given how cheap they are these days.
Credit where credit's due: the pressing info in this post came from the Pette discographies site. Thanks to John Pette for developing and maintaining such a great resource for Sub Pop collectors.
