The idea of potentially giving away physical media seems absurd considering the cost associated with releasing music on a format like vinyl, which has become a highly coveted commodity for growing underground bands.

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How the success of "Nevermind" ignited a major-label feeding frenzy to find "the next Nirvana, " resulting in the signing of previously way-too-weird-for-a-major-label bands such as underground heroes The Jesus Lizard and Japanese noise-rockers the Boredoms.

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But public mixing of the races was illegal, and jazz players in integrated bands risked arrest playing in underground clubs run by gangsters.

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