![]() ![]() GLENN: Tor and I had both worked at Rounder and we distribute a label that put out a live record by an artist called Slim Gaillard. SPAZ: How did you go about picking the name of the label? No allegiance to genre, we did everything that we thought was great in the area- indie rock and pop, roots, garage, etc. So the goals were to do music we dug and to have something that Redeye could really get behind. When it started, we were only a regional distribution company (selling to stores only in the southeast), so the label focused only on regional music (mostly Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham, NC at first). My partner Tor Hansen and I both were passionate about the idea of having a label which would enable us to work with artists and music that we really loved but also it provided Redeye with a label that would consistently put out records. Redeye kicked off at the end of 1996 and the Yep Roc came in 1997. GLENN: The label started as a companion to our distribution company, Redeye. SPAZ: What inspired you to start up the label? Were your initial goals for Yep Roc inspired by a label that you admired? ![]() ![]() Once I get into an artist, I usually want everything. When I got out of school and went to work for Rounder Distribution, I got turned onto so much more that really opened my mind to all kinds of great stuff that I had previously only dabbled in like World Music, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Bluegrass, etc. But as I got a bit older I got caught up in the punk rock thing, mostly the English bands. Early on I was into ‘60s music, mostly what would be considered classic rock these days like The Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks, etc. I got very interested in collecting 45’s when I went around to garage sales with my parents and as I got older that spread to full albums when I could afford it. GLENN DICKER: I would say that I was very much a music collector since I was a little kid. STEPHEN SPAZ SCHNEE: Before starting Yep Roc, were you an avid music collector? Were there any particular genres that you focused on personally? ![]()
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