Bulb Records is dead

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Their website's been down for a while, but I ran into Pete Larson and he's gone back to school for a math degree (I believe a masters). He's also grown a crazy-wicked beard that must frighten children in Adrian. He's continuing to fulfill back orders out of his stock, but isn't planning on pressing or signing any more, mostly because he's lost a lot of distribution in the last year or two and can't seem to make it on his own anymore.
No doubt some people will see this as justice for having introduced Wolf Eyes and Andrew WK to the world, but it's sad to see the former home of Quintron and Mind Flayer (and Voodoo Boots and The King Brothers and a million others) go softly into that great goodnight.

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

RIP bulb; long live bulb backstock sales! Pete was a great dude. Nutcase, but great.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

Pete IS a great dude.

― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

well, yes.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

The Bulb Has Gone Out!

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

Bulb Records is out of business then?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

He and Sc0tt D3rr of Blackjack Records did a great series of splits about 10+ years ago under the name: BulbJack.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

Heh. But I have to post a new thread every time I see Pete!
xpost: what's on those splits?

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

Bulbjack 2

BlackJack side:
Harry Pussy
Coffee
Glands of Eternal Secretion
Sukia
Sternklang
the Lids
Doodle Dandies

Bulb side:
Quintron
Temple of Bon Matin
Mr./Mrs. Velocity Hopkins
Lake of Dracula
Music Band
Shriek
The Whales

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

I can't find the first volume online.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

: (

― youth problem (YouthProblem), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

wolf eyes > mind flayer

― _______, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

Heh. I really like both Wolf Eyes and Andrew WK. But I know a lot of folks around here hate 'em hate 'em hate 'em.

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

I love the Bulb attitude and esthetic. It had a huge impact in Chicago in the mid-late 90s.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

I interviewed Pete a couple of years ago and he denied that they had an attitude or an esthetic, though that was derailed by a ten-minute rant about why they weren't a "noise label." He also said that Bulb had never put out a single noise album and never would. Obviously, there's some subjectivity regarding what makes a noise album.

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

Forcefield's "Lord of the Ring Modulators" is definitely a noise album.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

OK, I just know that if a band was on Bulb it was kind of thrilling and I knew that I would get something unexpected, rough, possibly very nasty, but certainly something un-"tasteful," so maybe the esthetic was purely the bands', and the label just had a talent for hanging out with interesting and unpredictable musicians, that's always a possibility.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

Tracer— I always thought there was a general thread that ran through everything, but I think Pete may never have been conscious of it. He did say that he always wanted to put out albums by people who seemed like they couldn't possibly be making anything other than what they were right then, like the idea that Quintron albums were always going to sound like they could only be made by Quintron and that Quintron couldn't do anything else but make Quintron albums.

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

we had th pleasure of playin a show w 25 suaves and found the entire evening very enjoyable..

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:37 (nineteen years ago)

I am still looking for the Broken Lightbulb Anal Fetish CD. Great label.

― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 9 March 2006 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

He's also grown a crazy-wicked beard that must frighten children in Adrian.

Not a chance, Adrian is one of the finest burnout capitals of the world. How do I think I learned how to drink so much? I've still never run into Pete L on the wild streets of Adrian when I go back for t-day or x-mas. I'm usually at The Pub though ... maybe he's more of a Club 109 type of guy...

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 9 March 2006 03:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.movie-montage.com/images/upload/863.jpg

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

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