Tag Archives: 1985 in Seattle

Getting the tail-end from the first wave from the 1980’s American thrash scene, Sanctuary arrived up alongside steel heavyweights Anthrax, Metallica, Testament, and Megadeth, the second option of whom helped get the Seattle-based group an archive offer. Founded in 1985 by vocalist Warrel Dane, guitarists Lenny Rutledge and Sean Blosl, …

Most likely the least appreciated of Seattle’s early grunge pioneers, Skin Yard hardly ever broke from the deeper degrees of the underground. Unlike the majority of their peers, they hardly ever managed to get onto the Sub Pop roster, nor do their key workers continue to breakout stardom with various …