Talk:Green Monkey Records

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Hey @Otheriver: you've been doing a lot of work and great research here. I do hope more sources can be found to establish notability, especially as you continue to improve the article. One note – I would encourage you to read WP:EL, where it states "External links normally should not be placed in the body of an article". I see you've been putting a lot of external links to Bandcamp and such in the article. This is typically discouraged, as links in the body are usually reserved for other Wikipedia pages. I know you're newer here so please let me know if you have any questions, there can be a lot to learn! It would be great to have an editor like you who is passionate about the people and music of this time and place to improve articles like this one. Mbdfar (talk) 12:37, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

COI edit request: expanded history and citation fixes

Disclosure: I am Tom Dyer, founder and owner of Green Monkey Records, so I am requesting these changes rather than making them. All proposed text is cited to independent published sources, most of them offline print; I can supply page images to any reviewing editor.

'''1. Proposed additions to the History section''' Green Monkey Records was founded in Seattle in 1983 by musician Tom Dyer, previously a member of the no-wave bands The Adults, The Colorplates and The Icons.[A][M] Its first releases were two cassettes duplicated at Dyer's home in editions of 300: his own ''Truth or Consequences'' and the compilation ''Local Product'', which included the Fastbacks, Mr. Epp and Group Sex.[A] The label was named after a stuffed toy monkey from Dyer's childhood, and he ran it part-time alongside production work at his home studio.[A]

In the mid-1980s the label released the Prudence Dredge LP ''Big Ellen'', recordings by Jon Strongbow, the Purdins and Bob Blackburn Jr.'s Liquid Generation, and the compilation ''Monkey Business'', featuring the Fastbacks and the Walkabouts among others;[B] ''The Rocket'' named it compilation of the year.[C] Dyer found the Green Pajamas' self-released cassette ''Summer of Lust'' at Cellophane Square, located founding members Jeff Kelly and Joe Ross, and persuaded them to record with him;[D] their single "Kim the Waitress" became a regional hit, with Dyer mixing a shorter version for radio.[B]

In 1987 Green Monkey released Capping Day's single "Mona Lisa", which won a national best-unsigned-band contest.[E][F] The label also released the only LP by the Life and the first album by Slam Suzanne.[E] In 1988 ''The News Tribune'' profiled Green Monkey alongside Sub Pop, K Records, PopLlama and Freckle Records,[G] and the label received a three-page feature in the British magazine ''Bucketfull of Brains''.[H] ''The Seattle Times'' profiled Dyer in 1989.[I]

Dyer closed the label in 1991 to teach at the Art Institute of Seattle,[E] where he co-directed the school's student label, 323 Records.[J] He revived Green Monkey in 2009 with the compilation ''It Crawled from the Basement: The Green Monkey Records Anthology'',[M] and moved the label to Olympia in 2016.[K][L]

'''2. Citation fixes to existing references''' * ''The Rocket'' (April 1, 1986): add title "Going Underground with the Green Monkey", author Robert Allen, p. 9. * ''The News Tribune'' (October 16, 1988): add title "An Industry That Defines Labeling". * ThurstonTalk: add author Rebecca Sanchez and date September 2, 2022; the current access date (2015) predates publication.

'''3. Notability tag''' I'd ask a reviewer to reassess the notability tag in light of these sources, which give significant independent coverage from 1985 to 2022 in daily newspapers, a UK music magazine, and two books on Seattle music history.

'''References''' * [A] Humphrey, Clark. ''Loser: The Real Seattle Music Story'', 2nd ed., 1999, p. 80. * [B] Humphrey, ''Loser'', p. 105. * [C] "On the Beat". ''The Rocket'', no. 73, October 1985. * [D] Tow, Stephen. ''The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge''. Sasquatch Books, 2011, pp. 77–78. * [E] Humphrey, ''Loser'', p. 132. * [F] Tow, ''The Strangest Tribe'', p. 164. * [G] "An Industry That Defines Labeling". ''The News Tribune'' (Tacoma), October 16, 1988. * [H] McMullen, Phil. "Seattle Through the Eyes of a Monkey". ''Bucketfull of Brains'', no. 21. * [I] Boss, Kit. "Record label founder gets in the groove". ''The Seattle Times'', June 15, 1989, p. E5. * [J] "Rock Notes". ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', week of December 6–12, 1991, p. 8. * [K] Gilmore, Molly. ''The Olympian'', 2022. * [L] Sanchez, Rebecca. "Tom Dyer: Musician, Owner of Green Monkey Records and a True Olympian". ThurstonTalk, September 2, 2022. * [M] ''It Crawled from the Basement: The Green Monkey Records Anthology'' (liner notes). Green Monkey Records, 2009.

Thanks for considering this. ~~~~ TomDyerOlympia (talk) 22:20, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

I think the above prose is written well, without bias, and well sourced. I for one do not see issues with any of the proposed edits. Mbdfar (talk) 00:13, 7 October 2026 (UTC)