Asian Man Records

Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park^[1] in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.

History

Asian Man Records were distributed by Mordam Records.^[2]

Sublabels

In 2011, Park established the Fun Fun Records sublabel, which released children's music.^[3] As of 2015, artists on the Fun Fun label included Mike Park, Dan Potthast, Play Date, Kepi Ghoulie, Happy Wags, and Koo Koo Kanga Roo.^[4]

Artists

The label specializes in mostly ska and punk. The first proper release by the label was Link 80's 17 Reasons and the label has since gone on to release recordings by punk heavyweights such as Alkaline Trio and Less Than Jake. Other artists released include:

Current Akiakane The Abruptors The Apers The Atom Age Bagheera Buck-O-Nine Chotto Ghetto Classics Of Love Coquettish Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room Dog Party Dowsing Duvall Grant Olney Great Apes Guerilla Poubelle The Hot Toddies Kepi Ghoulie Kevin Seconds Matt Skiba Mike Park Monkey Murderburgers Nicotine The Queers Short Round Smoking Popes Spraynard Sundowner The Smith Street Band The Taxpayers Unsteady The Wild Wild Moth Yoko Utsumi Former Ahiro Alkaline Trio (active with Epitaph Records) Andrew Jackson Jihad (active with SideOneDummy Records) Angelo Moore Astropop 3 Ben Weasel Big D and the Kids Table (active with SideOneDummy Records) Blue Meanies (disbanded) Bomb The Music Industry! (disbanded) The Broadways (disbanded) The Bruce Lee Band (disbanded) The Chinkees Chris Murray Colossal (disbanded) Dan Potthast (active with Pentimento Music Company) Ee (active with Actually Records) Five Iron Frenzy Good for Cows The Honor System Johnny Socko Just a Fire Joyce Manor (active with Epitaph Records) King Apparatus Knowledge Korea Girl Laura Stevenson & The Cans (re-release only) The Lawrence Arms (active with Epitaph Records) Lemuria Less Than Jake (re-releases only) Let's Go Bowling Link 80 Little Jeans Mealticket The Methadones MU330 Noise By Numbers No Torso O Pioneers!!! Pama International The Peacocks The Plus Ones Polysics Potshot (disbanded) Pushover The Riptides Riverdales The Rudiments Satori Screeching Weasel (re-releases only) Shinobu Skankin' Pickle Slapstick Slow Gherkin Softball Squirtgun Teen Idols Ten in the Swear Jar The Toasters Toys That Kill Tuesday WARDOGS Compilation CDs Year Album Notable Artists 1997? "Anti-Racist Action: Stop Racism" Benefit CD Napalm Death, Less Than Jake, Alkaline Trio 2001 "Living Tomorrow Today: A Benefit for Ty Cambra" Saves the Day, Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory 1997 "Misfits of Ska" Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Sublime 1997 "Misfits of Ska II" Link 80, The Aquabats 1998 "Mailorder is Fun!" Alkaline Trio, Less Than Jake, Mike Park 1999 "Mailorder is Still Fun!" Alkaline Trio, Less Than Jake, Mike Park 2000 "Plea For Peace" Link 80, Alkaline Trio, Mike Park 2001 "Plea For Peace / Take Action Tour I" Alkaline Trio, Thrice, AFI, At the Drive-In 2001? "Plea For Peace / Take Action Tour II" Anti Flag, Avenged Sevenfold, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard 2001? "Plea For Peace / Take Action Tour III" Rise Against, Avenged Sevenfold, Yellowcard, Fall Out Boy 2002 "Mailorder for the Masses" Alkaline Trio, Matt Skiba, Mike Park 2003 "Underground Screams" (new artists) 2003 Version City Sessions" Westbound Train 2007 "Plea For Peace Volume 2 " Big D and the Kids Table, Cursive, Alkaline Trio. Throwdown, Rx Bandits 2007 "Ten Years of Blood, Sweat, and Tears" Slapstick, The Queers, Screeching Weasel, The Broadways, The Bruce Lee Band, The Chinkees, Potshot, The Toasters, The Peacocks, The Rudiments References ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-park-mn0000492442/biography ↑ http://www.avclub.com/article/mike-park-diy-ethics-have-kept-asian-man-records-b-237320 ↑ Shepherd, Stefan. "Zooblobble". Retrieved 6 September 2012.  ↑ http://funfunrecords.com/artists/ External links official site Ska Mento Calypso Jazz R&B Rocksteady Reggae 2 Tone Third wave ska Ska jazz Ska pop Ska punk Japanese ska Australian ska Christian ska Music of Jamaica Caribbean music genres Caribbean music in the UK Other topics List of ska musicians Rude boy Mod Skinhead Trojan skinhead Suedehead Scooterboy Culture of Jamaica Dance Hall (venue) Skank (dance) Skank (guitar) Sound system (Jamaican) Toasting Jamaican record producers Studio One Trojan Records Blue Beat Records 2 Tone Records Moon Ska Records Asian Man Records Punk rock Precursors Acid rock Garage rock Hard rock Pub rock (United Kingdom) Proto-punk Subgenres and fusion genres 2 Tone Anarcho-punk Art punk Avant-punk Celtic punk Christian punk Cowpunk Crossover thrash Crust punk Dance-punk Deathrock Digital hardcore Folk punk Garage punk Glam punk Gypsy punk Hardcore punk Horror punk Krishnacore Nazi punk New wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) No wave Noise rock Oi! Pop punk Post-hardcore Psychobilly Punk blues Punk jazz Punk pathetique Queercore Riot grrrl Scottish Gaelic punk Ska punk Skate punk Street punk Surf punk Synth-punk Taqwacore Trallpunk Related genres Alternative rock Emo Gothic rock Grunge New wave Post-punk By country Australia Brazil Canada France Germany Greece Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States (California) Uruguay Yugoslavia People and groups First wave punk musicians Second wave punk musicians List of punk bands #–K L–Z Punk filmmakers Women in punk rock Related articles Afro-punk List of punk compilation albums List of punk rock festivals DIY ethic Poseur Punk subculture Punk fashion Punk ideologies Punk visual art Moshing Punk literature Punk zine Straight edge Punk films (List of punk films) Timeline of punk rock Portal