Another Damned Seattle Compilation

Another Damned Seattle Compilation
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	October 1991
Recorded	1990–1991
Genre	Punk rock
Label	Dashboard Hula Girl

Another Damned Seattle Compilation is a musical tribute to 1970s punk band The Damned, featuring tracks recorded in 1990 to 1991 by 18 Seattle area bands and released on Seattle's Dashboard Hula Girl Records.

Upon hearing Seattle pop-punk band Flop's cover of The Sweet's "Action" in 1989, Dashboard Hula Girl Records co-founder Chris Swenson and Flop bassist Paul Schurr discussed releasing a split 7" vinyl of Sweet cover versions by their respective bands, Flop and Big Satan, Inc. Several other Seattle bands were suggested to record songs the project, and Swenson approached guitarist Kurt Bloch for possible Fastbacks and Young Fresh Fellows contributions. Resistance to the source material was met from several members of three out of the four bands, and the idea was shelved. In the following months Swenson learned of Mudhoney's recent recording at Egg Studios of "Stab Your Back" by The Damned, and quickly reinvisioned the release as a full album of Damned covers featuring only Seattle area bands.

Through the second half of 1990, 18 Seattle bands signed on to the project with song choices. In the winter of 1990-1991, 15 of the bands recorded their tracks with Jack Endino and Chris Hanzsek at Reciprocal Recording, with each band allotted 3–4 hours of recording time over several weekends. Young Fresh Fellows and Mudhoney recorded their tracks at Egg Studios, The Purdins recorded theirs at Electric Eel Studios. Three bands originally scheduled to record but not appearing on the compilation were Cat Butt, Tad, and Nirvana: Cat Butt unable to record because of the band's dissolution; Tad declining because of tour conflicts; Nirvana unable to commit due to their signing with DGC Records and Gold Mountain Entertainment in the midst of recording schedule negotiations.

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