Goldenrod Records
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Goldenrod Records was a record label formed by Tod Swank in 1991 in San Diego, CA. The label was formed to release the first 7" record by Custom Floor, a band consisting of Garry Davis, Phil Esbenshade, and Miki Vuckovich. Davis and Esbenshade were professional skateboarders, and Miki Vuckovich was a longtime skateboarding scene fixture, and the band reflected that connection in their loose style of rock music, unrestricted by standards set by a strict and hypocritical punk scene.
After the release of the Custom Floor record, Swank's other project, Foundation Skateboards, gained some financial momentum, and Goldenrod was put on hold. Swank's friend Mark Waters, an employee at Lou's Records at the time, and also a photographer and writer in the skateboarding world, was looking to start a record label and asked Swank for advice. A partnership was born and the "no rules for records" idea continued. A long series of releases by primarily San Diego bands followed, and several noteworthy San Diego bands made their debut on Goldenrod Records: No Knife, Heavy Vegetable, Boilermaker, 100 Watt Halo, The Crimson Curse, and more. Other notable bands who released records on Goldenrod include Three Mile Pilot, Fluf, Supernova, Tina, Age 13, Big Drill Car, Hemlock, Lucy's Fur Coat, Fishwife, Deadbolt and more.
Although technically the label still exists, the only release since 1998 is What Is Your? in 2004 by Waters' band [Contribution].
