Candice Pedersen co-owned the Olympia, Washington-based independent record label K Records from 1986 to 1999, along with Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening.[1] In 1999, she sold her half of the label to Johnson.
Career edit
Pedersen was initially hired as a K Records intern in January 1986, for $20 a week and credit at Evergreen State College. Pedersen became a full partner in 1989 until selling her half of the label to Johnson in 1999.[1] Though she managed day-to-day operations of the label, Pedersen noted in a 1992 interview that "I'm often considered my partner's secretary."[2]
Pedersen also contributed to the label's history through organizing the citywide International Pop Underground Convention, which was an extension of a summer barbecue party she'd hosted on Steamboat Island, near Olympia.[3] Pedersen decided to make the event citywide in 1991, and was responsible for the all-girls night which is cited as a formative moment within the Pacific Northwest's riot grrrl scene,[4] marking the debut performance of many acts that would become nationally renown.[5][6][7]
External links edit
- The Shield Around the K (2000), documentary film.
References edit
- ^ a b Baumgarten, Mark (2012). Love rock revolution : K Records and the rise of independent music. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570618222.
- ^ Keene, Linda (21 March 1993). "Feminist Fury -- Burn Down The Walls That Say You Can't". Seattle Times. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Nelson, Chris (10 September 2006). "The Day the Music Didn't Die". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Azerrad, Michael (2001). Our Band Could Be Your Life. Little, Brown. pp. 488–492. ISBN 9780316063791.
- ^ Hopper, Jessica (13 June 2011). "Riot Grrrl get noticed". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Fateman, Johanna (2013). The riot grrrl collection. New York, NY: Feminist Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-1558618220.
- ^ Moore, Ryan (2009). Sells Like Teen Spirit: Music, Youth Culture, and Social Crisis. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814796030.