Interview: Wayne Stadler (Pacific Ridge Records)
Posted on Play Crack The Sky Music on Friday, September 30th 2011.
Recently Pacific Ridge Records have released two new compilations. First of all the Ramona-based label released A Tribute To Alkaline Trio, a two-disc tribute to the Chicago punk group, which featured contributions from Into It. Over It., The Wonder Years, Punchline and Jonah Matranga, as well as several other up and coming bands.
The second compilation, The Scene: You Just Need To Know Where To Look, is made up of emerging bands that label founder, Wayne Stadler strongly believes in and have potential to reach further heights.
PCTS Music editor, Sean Reid, recently caught up with Wayne to discuss how the label started, how the Alkaline Trio tribute album came together, how Atticus Clothing and Vagrant Records compilations influenced ‘The Scene…,’ his future plans for the label, and more.
To begin with can you introduce yourself and your role with Pacific Ridge Records?
My role with Pac Ridge is as the owner, operator and everything else that doesn’t require musical skill. This label is a one man operation, so I do everything from sending out mailers to scouting for bands, and of course everything in between.
I understand the label started 9 years ago in 2002. What inspired you to start PRR and how it began?
Pac Ridge got it’s start when my best friend and I came to the conclusion that we had no musical talent what-so-ever, but what we did have was a knack for finding bands years before they were popular, or even relevant.
Basically we fantasized about being involved in music and starting a label from about the time we were sixteen until day one of operation which was a little after my eighteenth birthday.
If I were to pick a reason or inspiration behind the creation of the label, I would have to give credit to Drive Thru and Vagrant Records. They had, by far, the greatest combination of musical talent on their roster, and they were pretty much responsible for every major album in the scene in the late 90’s early 2000’s, so I would definitely call them inspirational.
(Source: pctsmusic)
