140 results for: Performing Arts and Music
Young Fresh Fellows, "Topsy Turvy," LP record album, PopLlama Products, Seattle, 1985
The Young Fresh Fellows are an alternative rock group that was formed in 1981 in Seattle, Washington. PopLlama Records, founded by Conrad Uno in Seattle, produced the Young Fresh Fellows' debut album The Fabulous Sounds of Pacific Northwest in 1984, followed by Topsy Turvy in 1985.
ID Number:2011.92.29
Date:1985
Heart, "Nothin' At All," 45 record, Capitol Records, 1985
This record was released by Heart, a popular 1970s-1980s band influenced by several genres including folk and hard rock. They played at venues around the Seattle area in their early years before they reached widespread acclaim.
ID Number:2011.92.30
Date:1985
LP record album, "PopLlama 12 Combo Delixe," PopLlama Products, Seattle, 1986
This record by Seattle label PopLlama contains a selection of songs from 12 local bands including Young Fresh Fellows, Fastbacks, and The New Age Urban Squirrels to name a few.
ID Number:2011.92.31
Date:1986
Ann Wilson, "The Best Man in the World," 45 record, Capitol Records, 1986
Ann Wilson (b. 1950) is a singer and songwriter who grew up in the Seattle area. While best known as a member of the band Heart, Wilson also released music as a solo artist. She wrote and performed the single “The Best Man in the World” for the soundtrack of the 1986 movie The Golden Child.
ID Number:2011.92.32
Date:1986
Heart, "There's The Girl," 45 record, Capitol Records, 1987
Heart is a band led by sisters Ann Wilson (b. 1950) and Nancy Wilson (b. 1954) and influenced by several genres including folk and hard rock. The band formed in Seattle in 1967 and reached widest commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s. "There's The Girl" was the third single off their 1987 album Bad Animals.
ID Number:2011.92.33
Date:1987
The Squirrels, "Oz on 45," 45 record, PopLlama Products, 1988
The Squirrels are a novelty pop band based in Seattle, Washington. They were founded in 1984 by lead vocalist Rob Morgan. The 1988 single “Oz On 45” is a reworking of the songs from The Wizard of Oz. The single was produced by local record label PopLlama Records which was founded in Seattle in 1984.
ID Number:2011.92.34
Date:1988
Girl Trouble, "When Opposites Attract," 45 record, Wig Out, 1989
Girl Trouble is a punk rock band that formed in 1983 consisting of members Kurt Kendall, Bon Von Wheelie, Kahuna, and Dale Phillips. Three members are from Tacoma and one is from Spokane. Self-publishing and self-marketing their music through Wig Out Records, they helped establish the Pacific Northwest as a premier garage rock region.
ID Number:2011.92.35
Date:1989
Super Deluxe, "She Came On," 45 record, Tim/Kerr Records, 1996
Super Deluxe is a punk-rock band formed in Seattle in 1995. The band consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist, Braden Blake, backup vocalist and lead guitarist, John Kirsch, Bassist, Jake Nesheim and drummer, Chris Lockwood. “She Came On” was a single off their 1995 album Famous. Tim/Kerr Records was a Portland-based independent record label that was in business from 1995-1999.
ID Number:2011.92.36
Date:1996
Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," maxi-single compact disc, Sub Pop Records, Seattle, 1991
This is the breakout single by Nirvana, a band that had their beginnings in the Seattle grunge scene and widely popularized alternative rock. Members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic were from Aberdeen, Washington.
ID Number:2011.92.37
Date:1991
LP record album, The Posies, "Failure," PopLlama Products, 1988
The Posies are an American power pop group. The band was formed in 1986 in Bellingham, Washington, by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. Their first album Failure was initially a self-release before being picked up by Seattle-ased indie label PopLlama in 1988.
ID Number:2011.92.38
Date:1988