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Volcom Entertainment, officially founded in 1995, in Newport Beach, CA, and currently based in Costa Mesa, CA is the brainchild of Volcom founder Richard Woolcott and theLINE's singer/guitarist Ryan Immegart. Ryan being Volcom's first sponsored snowboarder and having a love for music provided the necessary components to launch the label through Volcom. Being a brand recognized world wide for its youth lifestyle clothing allowed Volcom the perfect chance to introduce theLINE's "self-titled" debut CD within the surf/skate/snow community.

In the next several years the label continued to grow through traditional and non-traditional record retail, launching bands such as CKY, Vaux, and Pepper. A 100% owned subsidiary of Volcom, some of their best-known artists today include Pepper, Valient Thorr, Riverboat Gamblers, Year Long Disaster and Guttermouth. Volcom Ent. produced the "Volcom Stage" on the Vans Warped Tour for 10 years and in 2007 began their own annual international tour, simply called "The Volcom Tour". In 2008 they launched a subscription based vinyl record club coined "VEVC (Volcom Ent Vinyl Club)" which delivers subscribers collectable vinyl singles all over the world bi-monthly. They have also created an annual music competition for unsigned rock bands called the “Band Joust” which is just a couple examples of Volcom Entertainments' mission to provide a creative and artistic medium to connect music lovers.

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Torche / Part Chimp: 'Split'
Torche and Part Chimp will be releasing a split EP today. Accordingly, they are streaming this particular EP and you can find that here and relish in the goodness or badness, depending on your opinion. The two bands will be touring together beginning…
2011-11-08 09:30:01

Torche sign to Volcom
Volcom Entertainment has announced the signing of Torche. The band entered the studio to begin production on their forthcoming as-of-yet-titled LP today. The band will be self-producing the album in hometown studio, Pinecrust, and delivering the finished recordings to Kurt Ballou of Converge for mixing. Look for the new album to be released on Volcom Entertainment in…
2011-10-11 16:30:01

Riverboat Gamblers / Off With Their Heads / Dead To Me
This summer Riverboat Gamblers, Off With Their Heads and Dead to Me will head out on tour. Dates in July and August have been announced so…
2011-04-14 13:00:01

Valient Thorr: "Doublecrossed"
Valient Thorr have released their video for "Doublecrossed." It comes from their 2010 album,…
2010-10-19 09:30:01

Pepper / Pour Habit
Pepper has announced their fall tour which will feature Fat Wreck Chords' Pour Habit on all dates. Other shows will include Shwayze, Brother Ali, Mishka, The Pricks and Fishbone.…
2010-09-16 09:30:02

Valient Thorr: "Stranger"
Valient Thorr have launched a stream of their brand new album, Stranger. Check it out on their website.…
2010-09-14 09:30:01

Valient Thorr / Junius / Howl
80% bearded rock'n'roll warriors Valient Thorr will be releasing their fifth album in seven years this fall. The record is titled Stranger and is due out September 14, 2010 via Volcom. It is the follow-up to Immortalizer which was released in…
2010-07-08 09:30:02

Valient Thorr: "Doublecrossed"
Valient Thorr have posted the first song from their new as-yet-untitled album, tentatively due out this fall. The band recorded with Jack Endino, producer of seminal albums by Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney as well as their own previous album, Immortalizer, from 2008. Check out "Doublecrossed" on their official…
2010-04-28 11:00:01

Slighty Stoopid / Cypress Hill / The Expendables
Slightly Stoopid have announced a headlining tour which will feature support from Cypress Hill, The Expendables, Collie Buddz and Steel…
2010-04-22 10:30:07

Riverboat Gamblers: "Robots May Break Your Heart"
The official Vans Warped Tour website is hosting the premiere of a new video from Riverboat Gamblers for "Robots May Break Your Heart," a song from the band's 2009 full-length Underneath the Owl. The band will be…
2010-03-04 12:30:06

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