Background
Following the release of Daydream Nation in 1988, Sonic Youth were interested in signing with a new record label. By the middle of 1989, the top contenders for the band's new label were A&M Records, Atlantic Records, and Mute Records. Between late 1989 and early 1990, Geffen Records announced its interest in signing the band. Sonic Youth eventually signed a five-album deal with Geffen for at an estimated $300,000. However, the band was disappointed when they discovered that the albums would be released on the newly-created Geffen sub-label, DGC Records.
Although Sonic Youth's contract had no routine industry stipulation to recording demos for its albums, the band recorded a series of demos in November 1989 to give DGC an idea of what material they were producing, as well as to form a basis for the album. The demos were recorded at Waterworks Recording with Jim Waters as an engineer, and Don Fleming and Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis assisting production. During these sessions, Goo was known under the working title Blowjob?, a name based on Raymond Pettibon's artwork and the band's desire to test Geffen's sense of humor. All songs that would later appear on Goo songs were recorded except for "Scooter & Jinx.". Several songs written by Lee Ranaldo, in their embryonic forms, were recorded including "Mote" (originally titled "Bookstore") and the instrumental "Lee #2."
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