This song is about nostalgia for their indie days, particularly the couple of years they spent on SST Records. They had survived their indie years, signed to a major label, got a gold record (1992's Dirty), but somehow they missed the salad days.
In 1992, SST opened up the "SST Superstore" on Sunset Boulevard in LA. To attract business, punk legend Pat Smear (formerly of Germs, and later of Nirvana of Foo Fighters) worked the counter. Hence, the lyrics about SST Superstore, and "I'll go there/for Pat Smear."
Screaming Skull and Husker Du are two bands who put out records on SST, along with Sonic Youth. Superchunk never put out anything on SST (they were on Matador and their own label, the equally legendary Merge), but it's a cool indie shout-out anyway.
While their years on a major certainly treated them well, I imagine they are happy to be back on an indie, with their first album for Matador coming out in June 2009.
This song is about nostalgia for their indie days, particularly the couple of years they spent on SST Records. They had survived their indie years, signed to a major label, got a gold record (1992's Dirty), but somehow they missed the salad days.
In 1992, SST opened up the "SST Superstore" on Sunset Boulevard in LA. To attract business, punk legend Pat Smear (formerly of Germs, and later of Nirvana of Foo Fighters) worked the counter. Hence, the lyrics about SST Superstore, and "I'll go there/for Pat Smear."
Screaming Skull and Husker Du are two bands who put out records on SST, along with Sonic Youth. Superchunk never put out anything on SST (they were on Matador and their own label, the equally legendary Merge), but it's a cool indie shout-out anyway.
While their years on a major certainly treated them well, I imagine they are happy to be back on an indie, with their first album for Matador coming out in June 2009.