Bomp! Records
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Bomp! Records is an American indie label, featuring punk, pop, powerpop, garage, new wave, old school rock, and much more. Since 1974 Bomp! has introduced such artists as the Modern Lovers, Iggy & The Stooges, Stiv Bators & the Dead Boys, 20/20, Shoes, Devo, the Romantics, DMZ, the Zeros, the Weirdos, Spacemen 3, the Germs, Jeff Dahl, and too many more to mention. The current and recent roster includes the Dreadful Yawns, the Warlocks, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Black Lips, Les Hell on Heels, the Telescopes, the Hard-Ons, the Coffin Lids, the Konks, and more. On Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 Bomp records' founder, Greg Shaw, died from heart failure at the age of 55. He is survived by his son Mike, born in the sixties from his ex-wife and life long partner Suzy Shaw, as well as by his fourth wife Phoebe, his second son Tristan, and his brother Robert.
[edit] Notable artists
- 20/20
- Coffin Lids
- Stiv Bators
- The Barracudas
- Beachwood Sparks
- Black Lips
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Children Of The Mushroom
- Jeff Dahl
- Dead Boys
- Dead Meadow
- Devo
- DMZ
- Dreadful Yawns
- Germs
- Konks
- Laughing Soup Dish
- The Last
- Les Hell On Heels
- Lord John
- The Miracle Workers
- Modern Lovers
- Nikki & The Corvettes
- The Pandoras
- The Romantics
- Shoes
- Spacemen 3
- Stooges
- The Telescopes
- Warlocks
- Weirdos
- Zeros
