San Francisco, mid/late 80s: a
"secret" scene is burgeoning. World of
Pooh, Glorious
Din, Caroliner
Rainbow, Archipelago Brewing
Company are some names that made amazing, original and
uncompromising music. Eric
Cope, had already moved with his band White
Front from Iowa to SF and was already part of this. After forming
Glorious Din (a band between Bauhaus and REM, as it was said), he
founded Insight Record and Tapes label to release his (and others)
music. Except the two Glorious Din records, Cope released records by
Spahn Ranch from Detroit,
Beatnigs and Comic Book Opera and his magnum opus,
this 2LP compilation with 30 songs by 15
bands.
Almost 20 years ago, I was in a record shop
specializing in difficult reco
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