Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: After briefly attending Blackburn College in Carllinville Illinois and subsequently transferring to Evergreen State University in Washington State , Pavitt started a fanzine entitled Subterranean Pop in Olympia , Washington in 1980 , about American independent rock bands .
Simplified: Pavitt started a fanzine entitled Subterranean Pop in Olympia , Washington in 1980 , about American independent rock bands .