Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a medium-sized independent record label that releases record albums and popularizes grunge music.

Sub Pop is a medium-sized independent record label that releases record albums and popularizes grunge music. Its early releases include works of Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and TAD. It has continued to achieve critical and commercial success in the new millennium, with artists such as Sebadoh, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Murder City Devils, Hot Hot Heat, The Shins, Iron and Wine, The Postal Service, Band of Horses, David Cross, Flight of the Conchords, Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Washed Out, and The Head and the Heart, among many other talented and deserving artists. Sub Pop is known for unintentionally ending the recording careers of bands as Sleater-Kinney, Dead Moon, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Its staff is comprised of 37 to 45 people. Sub Pop was founded in 1988 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. It is based in in Seattle, W.A.