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"Dischord Records was created in 1980 to document the music coming out of the Washington, D.C. punk community. The label has put out the work of over 40 bands, and has distributed hundreds of other releases connected to the D.C. area. We will continue our work as long as this community continues to create music that speaks to us. Thanks."
taken from http://www.dischord.com Artists with releases on this label:
Fugazi, Minor Threat, Q and Not U, Bluetip, Rites of Spring, Nation of Ulysses, Embrace, Dag Nasty, Black Eyes, The Evens, Gray Matter, Make Up, The Warmers, Channels, Joe Lally, Teen Idles Recent ReviewsRecent NewsBluetip to reunite, plans live shows, new album Fans of Dischord acts are having a good week, as on the heels of the recently announced Shudder to Think reunion comes a reunion from Bluetip. The band has…Dischord's Shudder to Think to reunite for tour 80s-era hardcore/post-punk act Shudder to Think have announced plans to reunite. The band split up ten years ago in 1998 after releasing albums on Dischord and Epic. The band was notable one of only two Dischord acts to ever sign to a major label (the other being Jawbox with whom they shared a…Rare Fugazi Peel Sessions appear online MP3 blog Aquarium Drunkard has quite a find for Fugazi fans. The site has acquired four Fugazi tracks performed on John Peel's legendary Peel Sessions. The late renowned broadcaster Peel used to have bands record four pieces of music exclusively for his show at the BBC studios. Sessions were…Joe Lally Washington DC's Joe Lally, bassist for the highly influential and currently on indefinite hiatusFugazi. will be heading out on a US tour through the month of May. He will be backed by Ricardo Lagomasino of Capillary Action on drums and Jonathon Morris of…Void drummer Sean Finnegan (1965-2008) Dischord Records is reporting the sad news that drummer Sean Finnegan of Void passed away on Wednesday January 30th from an apparent heart attack. Sean played with the early hardcore act while the band was active from 1980 to 1983, and was most recently working on the set of HBO show The Wire. Sean's family will receive friends today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM at Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home in Ellicott City, Maryland. In lieu of flowers his family ask that donations may be made to the Fisher House at Walter…Jeff Nelson (Minor Threat) sells rare, unique hardcore merch on eBay Normally, we wouldn't point out (yet another) eBay auction, but both the auctioneer and the material in question will make this one hard to pass up, particularly for connoisseurs of early hardcore and punk. Jeff Nelson, former drummer of Minor Threat and co-owner for Dischord Records has raided his house and put together a number of auctions of rare and unique punk/hardcore…The story of Minor Threat's hot sauce Though it's not entirely clear why punks and hot sauce seem to be so frequently intertwined, a small hot sauce company from Brooklyn has been selling their own brand of Minor Threat hot sauce. The famously anti-commercial Ian MacKaye has…Q and Not U seeking DVD footage Although broken up, Q and not U are looking to put together a DVD. The band's former members are looking for live footage collected by fans over the years. Dischord Records is encouraging people to email them if they think they have any footage that may be useful. The members of Q and not U have been keeping pretty busy since the band broke up. Harris Klahr is doing his own work under the name President and recently released a digital only…The Evens Now that he is cured of being dead, Ian Mackaye will be headed out on the road with his band, The Evens. The duo will be on the road for two weeks this December, in continued support of their sophomore album, Get Evens. We propose that the third album will be called Evens Stevens or maybe Evens Moneys.…Ian MacKaye is alive and well Ian MacKaye, the man behind Fugazi, Minor Threat, Dischord and countless other projects is alive and well. Many of you wrote in with both the rumour and the denial of said rumour and rest assured that Ian is doing just fine. For those of you unaware of the rumour, a myspace bulletin and eventual Wikipedia entry started the internet hoax that Mr.MacKaye had been killed in a hit-and-run accident. The people behind the hoax were thorough, including a real hospital (Baltimore's St. Agnes… |
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