The Quiet One

Columbus music and culture

Q-FM-96 Hometown Album Project

Considering that three of the acts would go on to sign major-label deals and that the first pressing of 5,000 copies quickly sold out, I feel comfortable saying that the Q-FM-96 Hometown Album Project is the most successful compilation of Columbus music—both commercially and artistically—ever released. While we’re fortunate today to have great non-commercial stations that still support local music, like WCBE , this project happened before deregulation hollowed out commercia

Drew Layman

Jan 128 min read

Spittin' Image

Spawned from the same thriving music scene at Zachariah’s Red Eye Saloon, Spittin’ Image’s rise to a major label deal would follow many parallels with that of McGuffey Lane. A well distributed and good selling self-released debut. Good regional airplay and the backing of local radio and TV. Each had a track on QFM’s first Hometown Album Project . In the late ’70s and early ‘80s, they were The Beatles and Rolling Stones of the Columbus rock scene. Spittin' Image Spittin' Image

Drew Layman

Feb 17, 20225 min read

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