SST Records appreciation post/thread....

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Who is with me? In their heyday, this label was unstoppable. Even if their legacy was Black Flag only it would still be one mighty, mighty label.

But factor in the best records by the Meat Puppets, Husker Du, and the Minutemen, and the Descendents, as well as amazing records by Sonic Youth, the Bad Brains, Soundgarden, and Dinosaur Jr. and I'd be hard pressed to find a better independent label than they were from 1980-1990 or thereabouts.

Unfortunately they also released some big time crapola, no thanks to Greg Ginn's endless smoking and being convinced to release his friends joke bands (Tom Troccoli's Dog anyone?).

But still, even with those blemishes.....