On that same note, the earliest music torrents I remember downloading back in the day were huge compilations of college scene indie music. There was someone in the know that would put out a group of about 60 tracks every month of shit that you could not get anywhere else other than the local music scene, and they compiled a ton of local scenes into one big download. It was phenomenal... and I miss it.
O I was just about the post to ask if you worked with Skinny Puppy— I thought the name sounded familiar. TVT was the company the beat you for Reznor, and he hated them with a burning passion. He created his own “Nothing” label via Interscope Records because of his hatred for Steve Gottlieb.
Yep... and Download, Delerium, and 900 Foot Jesus (the truth is out of style!), and so many more. One of the cool parts of that job was that I inherited the entire Nettwerk catalog, so somewhere in a box I have that original Trent Reznor demo tape. Like, a real tape. I no longer have the ability to play it (as I don't have a tape player), but I still have the tape. And a bunch of other stuff.
Then there's my Rush connection that I think @Rush-O-Matic would appreciate... We had a singer Tara Maclean on our label, and she was dating a guy named Bill Bell, who was the guitarist for Alex Lifeson's Victor project. Alex LOVED Tara and was pushing hard to produce an album for her. Needless to say he was in our offices more than a few times, and I ended up meeting him and shooting the shit with him over lunch when Rush was in town, and got backstage/VIP passes for the Grace Under Pressure tour. Got to hang with Geddy for a bit, and didn't meet Neil (he was fucking off right after the show to ride his bike to the next venue in those days)