July 1988 Mudhoney plays their first two shows ever, at the Vogue, opening for Blood Circus. Sub Pop sends out the first installment of the Sub Pop Singles Club. Nirvana returns to Reciprocal with Jack Endino to record more songs for their debut album, Bleach. It takes only six days, spanning from later December to early January of '89. Sub Pop releases their second compilation, titled Sub Pop 200.
More venues open up.
Sub Pop's first Lame Fest at the Moore Theatre. Thousands of lucky fans get to see Nirvana, TAD, and Mudhoney for six bucks. Unfortunately the show was low lighted by fights between idiots in the audience, even more by the critics who blasted it. The OK opened up as an all-age performance ballroom. It started with an all-punk band lineup and stayed all ages because it was small enough to escape the Teen Dance Ordinance.