| Dischord Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Ian MacKaye Jeff Nelson |
| Distributor(s) | Southern Records |
| Genre | Punk rock Hardcore punk Post-hardcore Indie rock Alternative rock |
| 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 music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles.[1][2] 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.[3] Dischord continues to release records by bands from Washington D.C., and to document and support the Washington D.C. music scene.[4]
Dischord was a local 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.[3] Early releases by Dischord were relatively well-produced compared to other punk recordings of the time. Minor Threat's work is an example of these higher production values.
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Bands such as Minor Threat,[5] Government Issue,[6] The Faith,[7] Void,[8] Iron Cross,[6] Embrace,[9] Rites of Spring,[9] Nation of Ulysses,[9] Scream,[10] Soulside, Gray Matter, Jawbox,[9] Marginal Man,[9] Shudder to Think,[9] Dag Nasty,[9] Lungfish and Fugazi[3] have released records on Dischord.
Additions to the Dischord roster as of the late 1990s and early 2000s include Q and Not U,[3] Beauty Pill, Antelope, Faraquet, Black Eyes, The Aquarium, Title Tracks, Edie Sedgwick, and Andalusians. Many of these acts, notably Q and Not U and Black Eyes, are both influential and experimental post-hardcore bands. Dischord also recently signed Office of Future Plans, a new band started by former Jawbox frontman J. Robbins.