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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
I don't know how much truth there is in this but at the time I beleive it was heavily rumoured Sub Pop was about to be bought out by a major label anyway , so Cobain wanted to sign to a label that wanted Nirvana on it with backing & promotion rather than being just one band among all the other Sub Pop bands having their contracts taken over by a label that might not want them all.
Which makes sense when you think about it. Of course he could have gone to another indie label but took Thurston Moore's advice & went to Geffen. And signing to a major doesn't automatically give you success.
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Sub Pop signed a deal with Warner around roughly '95. I think Nirvana more left Sub Pop because they were kind of being treated as losers by the label and bands like Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, etc were being championed to break out while they were basically being ignored. They even had to pay Sub Pop back for the Love Buzz single.
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