Perishable Records is an

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founded by

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musicians Ben Massarella and Tim Rutili in 1993.Perish the Thought: A Fresh Take on Perishable Records
'' NewCity'', November 2, 1998. Rutili and Massarella were both members of Red Red Meat at the time, and released the band's "Hot Nikkity Truck Monkey" as its first single. The band was almost immediately after signed to

Sub Pop Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. They are oft ...

, but after Red Red Meat broke up in 1997, the pair revived the label name and began releasing new material on it. Its first release after the dissolution of the Sub Pop contract was an album by Loftus, released in 1998.Interview with Tim Rutili
''Il Labirinto'', 2002. Perishable's recording studio initially was a renovated first-floor apartment in Chicago, and musicians recorded to 2-inch

analog audio Analog recording is a technique used for the recording of analog signals which, among many possibilities, allows analog audio for later playback. Analog audio recording began with mechanical systems such as the phonautograph and phonograph. ...

tape before moving on to processing using the

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ProTools. The label's offices, in 1999, were in a truck wash in south Chicago that doubled as the office for Massarella's side business, BJ Transportation Service. In 2002, the label lost some of its flagship acts -

The Fire Show The Fire Show was an American indie rock band from Chicago signed to Perishable Records. They released three albums on the label in the period 2000–2002. History Bandmembers Seth Cohen and Michael Lenzi played in the group Number One Cup togethe ...

had broken up, and Fruit Bats had signed with Sub Pop - and Massarella and Rutili openly talked about potentially winding down its operation. However, by 2003, the label was operating out of an erstwhile elementary school in the Pilsen neighborhood, where the group had also outfitted a studio it dubbed Clava. Clava was located in a converted garage next to the school, was financed by Massarella, and was operated by

Brian Deck Brian Deck is an American music producer and member of band Red Red Meat. He co-founded Idful Studios in 1988. Since becoming a full-time producer, Deck has worked with bands and artists including Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Califone, All Smi ...

of Red Red Meat.Fresh Goods from Perishable
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'', March 4, 1999. Some artists on the label include Califone, HiM,

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the corona ...

, oRSo, Red Red Meat, Loftus,

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, and Fruit Bats.

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