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At the Hurricanes ' third show, Jonathan Poneman from Sub Pop approached Roderick to talk about signing the band.

Weeks of negotiations followed, and the deal fell through.

" At one point, when we were getting into a heated discussion about how much he was going to give us to record, I put my feet up on his desk and my hands behind my head ," Roderick later said.

" I was like, ' Let's talk turkey.

' And he was apparently really offended by this.

" At this point, Poneman apparently became uninterested in putting out any music by the band.