Mutant Pop Records

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Mutant Pop Records was an independent record label founded in Corvallis, Oregon in 1995 by Tim Davenport, aka T. Chandler or "Timbo". While the label was active, it released many full-length and extended play CDs as well as exactly 40 original 7" vinyl eps. Self-described as a pop punk historian, Timbo re-released several pop-punk-related albums and eps from other labels that had gone out of print. Timbo has described his own label's history in terms of three eras, focused around three flagship bands. Mutant Pop began with a clear focus on the geeky, sloppy pop punk of the Automatics, followed by the somewhat more complex Connie Dungs, and finished with Ramones-core punks The Peabodys. The label had an estimated 100 releases including vinyl EPs, full length CDs, and several waves of a short-run CD-R mail-order series. Mutant Pop was perhaps the first label to experiment with the CD-R format as a commercial option.

A facet of the label, known as 1000 flowers, served as an important hub for pop punk distribution in the mid to late 90s. 1000 Flowers began as the wholesale arm of Mutant Pop in 1995, selling directly to record stores. In 1997 it mutated in to a direct-to-customer mail order service. The monthly mutant pop newsletter through which the distribution catalogue was distributed served as an important tool in the disemmination of knowledge regarding underground pop punk before the widespread use of the internet.