Editing Sub Pop (section)

{{Short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name        = Sub Pop
| image       = Sub Pop.svg
| caption     = ''We're Not the Best, But We're Pretty Good''
| parent      = [[Warner Music Group]] (49%)
| founded     = {{start date|1986}}
| founder     = [[Bruce Pavitt]], [[Jonathan Poneman]]
| distributor = [[Alternative Distribution Alliance|ADA]] (US)<br>[[Outside Music]] (Canada)<br>[[Merlin Network]] (digital)
| genre       = <!-- this is only a general indicator. please DO NOT add subgenres such as grunge --> {{hlist|Various; primarily [[alternative rock]]|[[punk rock]]|[[indie pop]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]|[[comedy music|comedy]]}}
| country     = United States
| location    = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| website     = {{URL|www.subpop.com}}
}}

'''Sub Pop''' is an independent [[record label]] founded in 1986 by [[Bruce Pavitt]] and [[Jonathan Poneman]]. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Soundgarden]], and [[Mudhoney]], central players in the [[grunge]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tripzine.com/listing.php?id=pavitt|title=An Interview with Bruce Pavitt|work=trip|publisher=Tripzine|access-date=August 21, 2021|author=Robert Weinstein|date=April 23, 2001}}</ref> They are often credited with helping popularize grunge music. The label's roster includes [[Fleet Foxes]], [[Tad (band)|Tad]], [[Beach House]], [[The Postal Service]], [[Sleater-Kinney]], [[Flight of the Conchords]], [[Foals (band)|Foals]], [[Blitzen Trapper]], [[Father John Misty]], [[Clipping (band)|clipping.]], [[Shabazz Palaces]], [[Weyes Blood]], [[Guerilla Toss]], [[Bully (band)|Bully]],  [[La Luz (band)|La Luz]], [[Low (band)|Low]], [[Metz (band)|METZ]], [[Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever]], [[Kiwi Jr.]], [[TV Priest]] and [[The Shins]]. In 1995, the owners of Sub Pop sold a 49% stake of the label to the [[Warner Music Group]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Scanlon |first=Tom |date=January 27, 2008 |title=Sub Pop's got some kind of record {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/sub-pops-got-some-kind-of-record/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003150840/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/sub-pops-got-some-kind-of-record/ |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref>