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to rent halls,

Just put their whole show

on themselves.

Take tickets, run up,

do the music,

And at the end, pick up

the broom and clean it up.

let me call you about it

let me call you about it

woke up this morning

Well, seattle was

really lame.

You know, specifically

in the early eighties,

I mean, seattle was like

a million second cities.

It had a fake talking heads,

It had a fake pere ubu,

It had a fake killing joke,

It had all the fake ramones

you could shake a stick at.

You know,

and people from bellevue

Singing with

english accents.

Woman:
there was this big,

uh, poodle metal scene--

Bands with, uh,

big, fancy guitars,

And, uh, just tons and tons

of hairspray, eyeliner.

See, all the extra-Sleazy

punk rockers

Used to hang out

on first avenue.

There's a donut shop

right there

Which is right next to

the showbox,

Which is right there--

It's a comedy club now.

And that was, like, the big,

uh, punk rock venue.

Art chantry:

opening night,

The very first punk club

in seattle.

This is probably worth...

you know, 3, 400 bucks.

[Guitar music begins]

[Guitar music begins]

solid

solid

action

Nobody was too worried

about success,

Because we knew we were

living in seattle.

You know, it wasn't l.A.

Nobody was gonna come

and sign us.

We played a show,

some small club...

The audience

consisted of...

Members of the other

dozen or so bands

That were playing similar

bills and similar clubs.

[Guitar music begins]

say goodnight

then take a bitedd

Ddthen dig it a hole

take a light

then take a bite

then dig it a hole

Jack endino:
the bands

that stuck it out

Did it because they really,

really, really enjoyed

Playing their music.

And that was really the only

positive reinforcement

That anybody got.

We really started playing

music 'cause it's fun,

Which probably

most people say, but...

With us, it's true.

[Laughter]

Yeah, everybody else

is lying.

Everybody else

is lying.

[Guitar music begins]

[Guitar music begins]

after all the trouble

has come and gone

D:

it was here for so long d

now i've got

this sinking feeling

Dd

everyone seems to be leaving

oh, whoadd

i can't believe how lonel

y it is here on k street

there's no one like me

here on k street

how lonely it is

here on k street today

today

today, today

I've never been in any other

spot in the country

Where so many people

play, you know?

You know, there's tons

of shitty bands,

But there's, like,

tons of great bands, too.

The most interesting

music around here

Is--Is definitely

coming from places

Where--Where people are just

playing in the garage,

They're playing

to themselves.

They're playing

to their friends.

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