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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, The Subhumans (Canada) Recent ReviewsRecent NewsJello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine Jello Biafra's new band, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, have announced a run of tour dates in the United States and Spain. The band's other members include Billy Gould (Faith No More), Kimo Ball (Freak Accident), Ralph Spight (Victims Family), and Jon Weiss, and will release their debut entitled The Audacity of Hype on October 20, 2009 through Alternative…Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine reveal album artwork The new project from Jello Biafra, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, have unveiled the art for their debut. The band's other members include Billy Gould (Faith No More), Kimo Ball (Freak Accident), Ralph Spight (Victims Family), and Jon Weiss, and will release their debut entitled The Audacity of…Star F*cking Hipsters / Citizen Fish / Molotov Compromise Star Fucking Hipsters have announced their upcoming touring schedule. The band will be hitting the road in support of their sophomore album, Never Rest in Peace due out October 20, 2009. It is the follow up to Until We’re Dead. The run will be supported by Citizen Fish and Molotov…Jon Ginoli (Pansy Division) Having formed in 1991 in San Fransisco, Pansy Division were the pop-punk pioneer in the "homo-core" movement. The band was a Lookout! Records staple. Touring with Green Day at the height of their "Dookie" popularity just further added to the exposure Pansy…Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine posts new songs The new project from Jello Biafra, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, have posted two new songs. The band's other members include Billy Gould (Faith No More), Kimo Ball (Freak Accident), Ralph Spight (Victims Family), and Jon Weiss, and will release their debut entitled The Audacity of Hype on…Star F*cking Hipsters: "3000 Miles Away" Star Fucking Hipsters have posted the first song from their second album. The record is titled Never Rest in Peace and is due out October 20, 2009. The band had this to say: This record will be released on Alternative…Jello Biafra returns with Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine Jello Biafra has unveiled a new band called Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine. The band's other members include Billy Gould (Faith No More), Kimo Ball (Freak Accident), Ralph Spight (Victims Family), and Jon Weiss, and will release their debut entitled The Audacity of Hype on…Star 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… |
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