What is Mudhoneys relationship with Sub Pop?
It’s good. The past is long forgotten. According to the definitive–or, at least, the most entertaining–account of grunge, Live Through This [editor’s note: Mr. True is the author of said grunge book], the band kept the label alive through the dark days of 1991, when the minimally promoted Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge shipped 50,000 copies through word of mouth alone. This was long before Geffen appeared on the horizon, with the golden pony of Nirvana royalties heralding the dawn. Mudhoney were offered shares in lieu of payment, so one story goes, so they left, refusing such obvious and insanely desperate devices. Another (more reliable) story suggests that everyone was pals from way back–and hell, if this isn’t the place to go into local history then what is?–through Bruce Pavitt’s biweekly radio program during the ’80s, Sub Pop, and his local column in The Rocket; also, Jonathan Poneman’s radio show on KCMU. It’s Seattle. Everyone knows everyone. And if people don’t then they cer
