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| Alternative Tentacles Records Official Website: http://www.alternativetentacles.com/ About:
Alternative Tentacles emerged in June of 1979 as the label name on Dead Kennedys' self-produced debut single California Uber Alles. The name lived on as a European label promoting singles from then-unknown North American bands like D.O.A., Bad Brains, Black Flag, Flipper, TSOL, Voice Farm and the
Let Them Eat Jellybeans compilation. As attention in the US underground grew Alternative Tentacles went domestic with releases from Dead Kennedys, frontman (and label head) Jello Biafra, Butthole Surfers, D.O.A., 7 Seconds, NoMeansNo and others. The label later saw releases from street singer Wesley Willis, incarcerated journalist Mumia Abu Jamal and punk band Fleshies. In 2002 Alternative Tentacles moved from San Francisco to Emeryville California and has thrived as a label and mailorder company offering counterculture music and literature.
Artists with releases on this label:
Dead Kennedys, No WTO Combo, Lard, Los Olividados, The Phantom Limbs, Leftover Crack, Jello Biafra With The Melvins, The Sermon, The Yuppie Pricks, PilotScottTracy, Dash Rip Rock, Blowfly, Nob Dylan and the Nobsoletes, False Prophets, Nausea, F-Minus, Akimbo, Report Suspicious Activity, The Knights of the New Crusade, 16 Horsepower, Pansy Division, The Crucifucks, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Jello Biafra with Nomeansno, Triclops!, Pansy Division with Jello Biafra Recent ReviewsRecent NewsStar F*cking Hipsters recording new album Star Fucking Hipsters are recording their second full-length album, which is expected to be released this fall via Alternative Tentacles Records. At the moment we have the music for 7 new songs fully recorded with the vocals on 4 of them. by mid week we should have another 4 done (including a kick-ass collaberation with N.J.s Degenerics) & hopefully we'll have this thing fully recorded, if not fully mixed by the 2nd week of June (we're headed out to Europe to tour for all of May, so we'll have…Pansy Division profiled in Newsweek. Newsweek has posted a full page profile of influential queercore act, Pansy Division, on the eve of the release of their new album, That's So Gay last month. The article notes: Pansy Division emerged as the best known of the gay punk bands that made up the queercore movement of the early '90s. A cadre of groups, Team Dresch and God Is My Co-Pilot among them, built a passionate cult of gay kids who needed to hear lyrics that empowered them. But unlike…Pansy Division: "That's So Gay" Long running San Francisco-based pop punk outfit Pansy Division have announced their next full length. The record is titled That's So Gay and is due out March 31, 2009. The album is their eight and first in six years. In the interim years, the group released The Essential Pansy Division [CD/DVD] and the new documentary, Life in a Gay Rock Band. Check out "That's So Gay" and "Twinkie Twinkie Little Star" on their…Alternative Tentacles launches blog Jello Biafra's record label Alternative Tentacles have launched a new blog where the label's staff will be posting about "happenings, highlights from our mailorder, and whatever else we feel like." Guest posts from AT band members have also been promised by the label, who's roster includes the likes of Leftover Crack, Butthole Surfers, Pansy…Pansy Division announce new album due in March, plan 7-inch single Pansy Division have announced a new 7-inch single to precede their forthcoming album, That's So Gay, which is due out in March of 2009. The single will feature "Average Men" and the b-side will be a cover of Green Day's "Coming Clean" and will include the b-side, "Average Men." As for the full length, the band is promising 14 songs running 38 minutes. The band is also working on a new DVD, which will feature a documentary and a live set culled from the best's favorite recordings of live performances. You…Village voice digs into Leftover Crack's "Donut Social" Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza of the Star Fucking Hipsters, Leftover Crack and Choking Victim, was the focus of a recent article covering his arrest in what is being called the "donut social." Stza was performing at a protest concert in the area, which is also home to the NYPD's 9th Precinct, and proceeded to throw donuts at officers while performing. After the set Stza was arrested. The…Dead Kennedys announce indefinite touring hiatus The beleaguered Dead Kennedys have decided to hang up their touring boots. With both bassist Klaus Flouride and drummer D.H. Peligro sidelined with health issues, the band is putting themselves on a self-described "indefinite touring hiatus." Flouride spoke on his departure earlier this week. Guitarist East Bay Ray will form a new band with the Wynona Riders' Skip, who was singing for the Kennedys on their last two tours. While the band has not…Klaus Flouride on why he left The Dead Kennedys After his recent departure from Dead Kennedys was announced, founding member Klaus Flouride gave an interview to Goldmine regarding his tenure in the band, his side projects, and the reason why he retired from Dead Kennedys. Flouride had this to say: That was the one thing that I could, you know, say whenever I go on the road with the DKs there's a lot of pressure to do the best show we can do every time. And that's true with any band that I play with, but there's, let's…Jello to judge air guitar competition San Francisco's legendary Jello Biafra has signed on to be a judge for the finals of the US Air Guitar Championship. The winners of this competition will go on to represent the United States in the world championship of air guitar, to be held in the land of troll metal, Finland. Biafra remarked: "Today Air Guitar, tomorrow the Gong Show...and from there the world!" Possibly unbeknown to Biafra, Comedy Central recently resurrected…Klaus Flouride leaves Dead Kennedys Founding Dead Kennedys bassist has announced his departure from the legendary punk pioneers after more than thirty years. Due to a reoccurring medical condition, Klaus Flouride has decided that the rigors of touring and the demands of the band were the determining factors in making this difficult decision. Flouride will continue to perform regionally with bands like The American Professionals, The Go Going Gone Girls Band and… |
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