Conrad Uno is an American

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and founder of the

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PopLlama Records PopLlama Records is an independent record label founded by record producer Conrad Uno in Seattle, Washington, in 1984. After making several of his own demos in his basement studio, Uno would produce The Young Fresh Fellows' debut album ''The Fabu ...

. Uno began his career making his own music as a teenager in his makeshift basement studio. At the request of his friends, the Young Fresh Fellows, Uno produced their debut album ''

The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest ''The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest'' is the debut album by rock band the Young Fresh Fellows. It was released on PopLlama in 1984. The album title and cover were inspired by an actual record from the early 1960s. The original was ...

''. When the band decided to release their debut album themselves, Uno founded

to help with the release. He would also produce their next four albums; '' Topsy Turvey'' (1985), '' The Men Who Loved Music'' (1987), '' Totally Lost'' (1988) and '' This One's for the Ladies'' (1989), the latter three released through

Frontier Records Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 in Sun Valley, Los Angeles by Lisa Fancher, a former employee of Bomp! Records and writer of the liner notes for the first album by The Runaways. History Frontier Records first ...

. He would also produce albums by

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, ''Haywire: Out Through the Indoor'' (1989), and

Scott McCaughey Scott Lewis McCaughey is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. He was also an auxiliary member of the American rock band R.E.M. from 1994 u ...

, '' My Chartreuse Opinion'' (1989), while he was the

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Mudhoney Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. ...

self-titled An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Usage of the word The term ''epon ...

album released in 1989. In the 1990s, Uno would produce albums for Mudhoney, their

Sub Pop Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. They are oft ...

releases '' Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge'' (1991), ''

Piece of Cake Piece of Cake or A Piece of Cake may refer to: Literature * ''Piece of Cake'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Derek Robinson *"A Piece of Cake", a 1942 short story by Roald Dahl *'' A Piece of Cake: A Memoir'', an autobiography by Cupcake Brown Music * ...

'' (1992) and their 1994 collaboration with

Jimmie Dale Gilmore Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born May 6, 1945) is an American country singer, songwriter, actor, recording artist and producer, currently living in Austin, Texas. Life and career Gilmore is a native of the Texas Panhandle, having been born in Amarill ...

''Buckskin Stallion Blues'', and The Presidents of the United States of America, their 1994 debut

album. ''Piece of Cake'' peaked at number 189 on the ''Billboard'' 200 while The Presidents' debut album would be re-released on

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

the following year, peaking at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and later being certified double-platinum by the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uno, Conrad Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Record producers from Washington (state) Musicians from Seattle 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers