I Have Stuff From 1979, 1980 In

Bars Are Meeting Places And Places To Unwind. But At Some Point, What Is Culture Unwinding From, And Why Can't They Meet Anywhere Else?

All We Wanted To Do Was To Make Live Records All Available. For Us, The Idea Is To Make It All Available And Let People Decide Which Ones They Like Better. It's Not For Us To Decide. We Don't Care About That. What We're Interested In Is The Idea That We Made These Recordings, And They're Not Doing Anybody A Damn Bit Of Good Sitting In A Closet.

For Most People Who Have Or Who Do Identify As Or With [song] Straight Edge, I Feel Like For Most People, They're Just Trying To Do The Right Thing.

I'm Not Talking About What Came Later [after The American Underground Punk Scene], Indie Music, Or Whatever You Want To Call It, But The Music That Came Before That - That's An Important Story. So Many Interviews With Musicians Get The Time Or Context Wrong. You Have These Older Bands, Usually Men, Who Tell Stories About "oh, We Got Into This Huge Fight, This Guy Punched That Guy," That's The Wrong Sort Of Story. My View Of The Time Is Truly Pioneering.

What People Don't Understand Is That The Underground That Existed Was Created In The Early 80s And Was Thriving Throughout The 80s. Until The Industry Showed Up It Was A Pretty Significant Network. It Was All Happening, But The Smell Of Money Had Not Wafted Up High Enough For The Industry. It Wasn't Really Until They Came Descending On Seattle That Things Really Got Out Of Control.