 No Depression is the first studio album by alternative country band Uncle Tupelo , released in June 1990 . After its formation in the late 1980s , Uncle Tupelo recorded the Not Forever , Just for Now demo tape , which received a positive review by the College Media Journal in 1989 . The review led to the band 's signing with what would become Rockville Records later that year . The album was recorded with producers Sean Slade and Paul Q. Kolderie at Fort Apache Studios , on a budget of US $ 3 @,@ 500 . 
