Epitaph
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Epitaph Records was founded by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, with the aim of starting an artist-friendly label from a musicians point of view. Perhaps most well known for being the little indie from L.A. that spawned the 90’s punk explosion, Epitaph stayed independent even while breaking gold and multi-platinum punk acts such as The Offspring, Rancid, NOFX, Bad Religion and Pennywise.
Though the sudden explosive success of the 90’s undoubtedly brought growing pains, they were met by the Epitaph team with perseverance and commitment to ideals. Today Epitaph is a company that has transcended it’s humble roots, braved some tough challenges and grown up to become a full service label with a very diverse and creative roster of some of the best bands that today’s music scene has to offer. Along the way Epitaph has launched two very successful sister labels: Hellcat Records, specializing in street punk, psychobilly & ska, and ANTI-, representing such distinguished artists as Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Elliott Smith, Neko Case and Jolie Holland.
A long time ago, when Anti- president Andy Kaulkin was still head of marketing for Epitaph, and the company had a whopping six employees, he asked Brett what his goals for the company were. The answer he got back then is still probably the closest thing to an Epitaph mission statement. “I’m not good at planning very far ahead,” said Brett “and it’s so hard to guess what the future might hold.
Though the sudden explosive success of the 90’s undoubtedly brought growing pains, they were met by the Epitaph team with perseverance and commitment to ideals. Today Epitaph is a company that has transcended it’s humble roots, braved some tough challenges and grown up to become a full service label with a very diverse and creative roster of some of the best bands that today’s music scene has to offer. Along the way Epitaph has launched two very successful sister labels: Hellcat Records, specializing in street punk, psychobilly & ska, and ANTI-, representing such distinguished artists as Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Elliott Smith, Neko Case and Jolie Holland.
A long time ago, when Anti- president Andy Kaulkin was still head of marketing for Epitaph, and the company had a whopping six employees, he asked Brett what his goals for the company were. The answer he got back then is still probably the closest thing to an Epitaph mission statement. “I’m not good at planning very far ahead,” said Brett “and it’s so hard to guess what the future might hold.
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littleintoagirl wrote:
damn good record label
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NEW SILVERLAKE CLUB CLUB VAMPED JULY26TH 2008 10 BNADS OF ECLECTIC PERFORMANCE.http://www.myspace.com/clubvamped HORRORS OF TOLEDO http://www.myspace.com/horrorsoftoledo
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STOKEDserena wrote:
Epitaph is one of the best labels. Brett Gurewitz is a god.
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king_ston wrote:
yes they changed a lot
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Andrepresto wrote:
Chainsaw Disaster (From Brazil) http://www.myspace.com/chainsawdisaster
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HI, LISTEN OUR MUSIC AND TELL US WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT. FREE DOWNLOAD SONGS http://www.lastfm.es/music/rebery
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che_nol wrote:
DUSUNMEK.gunah gibidir bir tadina vardin mi bir daha vazgecemezsin.
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deepfriedbrain wrote:
I like that song, I can't be in your band because you like epitaph by Charles Bronson. It sums up how I feel about the label. :D
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ambush1818 wrote:
Epitaph records is awesome. All the bands are kick ass.
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Wethand wrote:
Yeah!
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vava_alves wrote:
Escape The Fate = the best band ever.
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greenkirz wrote:
Millencolin ... xD ITS THE BAND!
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jekyllpunk wrote:
descendents *----------*
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miss_sierra wrote:
I LOVE *Bad Religion*...& this is just 1 of the reasons why! You don't have to like every band on the label to know that its P.I.M.P! Its all about the message, & if adding new genres brings people to the label & to the original punk rock message of defying mind-control and conformity, then I'm all for it. So quit telling Epitaph to conform to (your) idea of punk rock. Hello?! ;P
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ThroughTheDawn wrote:
Parkway Drive kicks ass
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stev666 wrote:
look http://www.dailymotion.com/666stev666
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DonChrisse wrote:
Hey guys. Listen to MONNEX they are the future ;-)
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onno wrote:
Fix the Escape The Fate tracks ;-)
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brianPLAGUES wrote:
FIX THE HORIZONS TRACKS.
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