Dischord Records
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| Dischord Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder(s) | Ian MacKaye [[Jeff Nelson (musician)}Jeff Nelson]] Nathan Strejcek |
| Distributing label | None (independent) US Southern Records UK |
| Genre(s) | Hardcore-Punk Punkrock Indie-Rock Post-Hardcore Emocore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Washington, DC |
| Official Website | http://www.dischord.com |
Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music of the D.C.-area music scene.
The company is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded the label in 1980 with Nathan Strejcek to release records by local hardcore punk bands. Bands such as Minor Threat, Government Issue, The Faith, Void, Youth Brigade, Iron Cross, Embrace, Rites of Spring, Nation of Ulysses, Scream, Soulside, Gray Matter, Jawbox, Marginal Man, Shudder to Think, Dag Nasty, Lungfish and Fugazi have released records on Dischord. The label is most notable for having maintained a strict do-it-yourself ethic, producing all of its albums by itself and selling them at discount prices without the help of major distributors.
Dischord was a focal label in the early days of hardcore, and is one of the more famous independent labels, along with the likes of Alternative Tentacles, SST records, and Touch & Go Records. Early releases by Dischord were relatively well-produced compared to other punk and hardcore recordings of the time. Minor Threat's early work is an example of these higher production values.
Dischord Records was also a key in the formative years of emo and post-hardcore between 1985 and 1987. (For more details, see Rites of Spring or Embrace.)
Additions to the Dischord roster as of the late 1990s and early 2000s include Q and Not U, Beauty Pill, Antelope, Faraquet, Medications, Black Eyes, and The Aquarium. [1] Many of these acts, notably Q and Not U and Black Eyes, are both influential and experimental dance-punk/post-punk revival bands.
The following groups mentioned in the above paragraph have disbanded:
- Q and Not U as of September 2005 [2]
- Faraquet as of 2001 [3]
- Black Eyes as of March 2004 [4]
Dischord continues to release records by bands from Washington D.C., and continues to document and support the Washington D.C. music scene.
[edit] See also
- List of record labels
- List of Dischord Records bands
- Dischord Records discography
- Washington, D.C. hardcore
