Bundle of Hiss c/o Loveless Records 1122 E. Pike St. #1361 Seattle, WA 98122

During the Grunge Explosion, what happened to the Bundle of Hiss tapes? They moldered away in Ric Vaughan's Audio Designs studio, until Jamie and Kurt valiantly retrieved them sometime in '92 or so. There was always mumbled talk among band members and other interested parties of remixing, mastering, and releasing the material; but no one had the time to devote to the project--until now. In the fall of '98 fabled engineer/producer Jack Endino called Jamie. Jack offered to remix and remaster the tapes if they were still available. Jamie contacted Kurt and Dan; the three conducted intensive searches, coming up empty-handed. Then, Dan hit pay dirt. The BOH tapes had found their way into Dan's basement; Dan didn't know that until he stumbled onto them, much to BOH's collective delight, while shot gunning an icy cold 32 ounce can of malt liquor. This 12 song Bundle of Hiss CD represents the fruits of Jack Endino's salvage operations: the songs are fat, heavy, crunchy, clean, and true. These recordings constitute the peculiarly ravenous animal that is Bundle of Hiss circa '86-'88 and stand as the only documents of the band's final and most productive period. When the tapes were unpacked at the first salvage session, it was discovered that a blank reel had apparently been mistakenly stuffed into a tape-box labeled BOH. At the time of this writing, Jack is struggling to restore some tunes off the much-mourned lost reel from old cassettes, some of which might be just good enough to save. [If you would like to purchase Bundle of Hiss 'Sessions,' go to The Blackheart Music Store at Lovelessrecords.com.]