San Francisco - A Music City Compilation 1998

Living in SF for 7 years (1989 -1996) was the biggest influence on my musical tastes, as far as rock/pop goes... this compilation released by Trocadero Records in 1999 (a European label). Featuring 30 bands and bookended with spoken word piece about the birth, life and death of a music band, it's a great introduction to the San Francisco scene... and a decade later, stands as a good snapshot of the music scene of the late 90's.

A good portion of these bands did release albums in Europe, since they were picked up by European labels, or did their own releases... a select few can be found on American (but defunct) labels.

CD 1

CD 2