Alive Naturalsound Records (also known as Alive Records) is an
independent record label formed in 1993 in Los Angeles, California by Patrick Boissel, specializing in
garage rock,
punk
Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
,
psychedelic, and
blues rock. It grew out of Boissel's association with the U.S. label
Bomp! Records.
Artists
;Alive bands on tour as of 2022
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The Bobby Lees
*Beechwood
*El Perro (Parker Griggs of
Radio Moscow
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*Gyasi
*
Left Lane Cruiser
*
Paul Collins
*
Radio Moscow
Radio Moscow ( rus, Pадио Москва, r=Radio Moskva), also known as Radio Moscow World Service, was the official international broadcasting station of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1993. It was reorganized with a new name ...
*James Leg
*Datura4
*Mark "Porkchop" Holder
*Handsome Jack
*The Black Keys
*Two Gallants
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Hollis Brown
*
Buffalo Killers
*Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
*GospelbeacH (
Beachwood Sparks
Beachwood Sparks are an American alternative country band from Los Angeles. An article in ''The Daily Telegraph'' on America's underground psychedelic pop scene described Beachwood Sparks as "country through a kaleidoscope".
Biography
The band ...
)
*Prima Donna
*Lonesome Shack
;Artists with releases on Alive Naturalsound
*All Tomorrow’s Party
*
Andre Williams
*Andy Gabbard
*
Beachwood Sparks
Beachwood Sparks are an American alternative country band from Los Angeles. An article in ''The Daily Telegraph'' on America's underground psychedelic pop scene described Beachwood Sparks as "country through a kaleidoscope".
Biography
The band ...
*Beechwood
*Bed of Eyes
*Big Midnight
*Bloodhounds
*Black Angel’s Death Song
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Black Diamond Heavies
*Bloody Hollies
*
The Bobby Lees
*Boyskout
*Brian Olive
*
Brimstone Howl
*
Buffalo Killers
*
Certain General
Certain General is an American post-punk band formed in 1980 by Parker Dulany, Phil Gammage, Marcy Saddy, and Russell Berke. BOMP! Records has called them "NYC's 80's cult favorite".
In the liner notes for ''Introduction to War'' (2001), their ...
*
Charlie Whitehead
*Colonel Knowledge & the Lickety Splits
*Datura4
*Detonations
*
Deviants IXVI
*Dirty Streets
*El Perro ((Parker Griggs of
Radio Moscow
Radio Moscow ( rus, Pадио Москва, r=Radio Moskva), also known as Radio Moscow World Service, was the official international broadcasting station of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1993. It was reorganized with a new name ...
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*DM3
*Dodge Main (Deniz Tek ,
Wayne Kramer, and Scott Morgan -
MC5)
*
Doris Duke
Doris Duke (November 22, 1912 – October 28, 1993) was an American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, art collector, horticulturalist, and socialite. She was often called "the richest girl in the world". Her great wealth, luxurious l ...
*Dripping Lips
*
G.G. Allin
*Gardens
*Gyasi
*Hacienda
*Handsome Jack
*Henry’s Funeral Shoe
*Hollis Brown
*Howlin’ Diablos
*
Iggy Pop
*
James Williamson
*
Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas ( Lee; born February 18, 1941) is an American singer from New Orleans. She is known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans".
Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but never experienced their level of commercial succ ...
*Jack Lee (
The Nerves
The Nerves were an American power pop trio formed in 1974 and based in Los Angeles, California featuring guitarist Jack Lee, bassist Peter Case, and drummer Paul Collins. All three members composed songs and sang. They managed an internation ...
)
*James Leg (
Black Diamond Heavies)
*John Sinclair
*John The Conqueror
*
Kim Fowley
*King Mud (
Black Diamond Heavies and
Left Lane Cruiser)
*Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
*
Left Lane Cruiser
*Libertine
*
Lightnin' Slim
Otis Verries Hicks, known as Lightnin' Slim (March 13, 1913 – July 27, 1974), was an American blues musician who played Louisiana blues and swamp blues for Excello Records. The blues critic ED Denson ranked him as one of the five great bl ...
*Lonesome Shack
*Mark "Porkchop" Holder (
Black Diamond Heavies)
*
Martin Rev
Martin Reverby, better known by his stage name Martin Rev, (born December 18, 1947) is an American musician and one half of the influential synth-punk band Suicide. Rev has also released several solo albums for a number of record labels, includi ...
(Suicide)
*
MC5
*
Mick Farren
Michael Anthony Farren (3 September 1943 – 27 July 2013) was an English rock musician, singer, journalist, and author associated with counterculture and the UK underground.
Early life
Farren was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and aft ...
*Milky Ways
*Mondo Drag
*Mount Carmel
*Mr. Gloria’s Head
*
Murder Junkies (
G.G. Allin)
*
Nathaniel Mayer
*Neither/Neither World
*
Nikki Sudden
Adrian Nicholas Godfrey (19 July 195626 March 2006), known professionally as Nikki Sudden, was a prolific English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He co-founded the post-punk band Swell Maps with his brother, Epic Soundtracks, while attending So ...
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Swell Maps
Swell Maps were an English experimental DIY, early punk or post-punk rock group from Birmingham, England, active in various forms between 1972 and 1980. Influenced by bands such as T. Rex and the German krautrock groups such as Can and Faust ...
)
*Occult Detective Club
*
Outrageous Cherry
*Painkillers (
Left Lane Cruiser and James Leg)
*
Paul Collins (
The Nerves
The Nerves were an American power pop trio formed in 1974 and based in Los Angeles, California featuring guitarist Jack Lee, bassist Peter Case, and drummer Paul Collins. All three members composed songs and sang. They managed an internation ...
)
*PepGirlz
*
Peter Case
Peter Case (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His career is wide-ranging, from rock n' roll and blues, to folk rock and solo acoustic performance.
Biography
Early career
Case was born in Buffalo, New York, B ...
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The Nerves
The Nerves were an American power pop trio formed in 1974 and based in Los Angeles, California featuring guitarist Jack Lee, bassist Peter Case, and drummer Paul Collins. All three members composed songs and sang. They managed an internation ...
)
*Prima Donna
*
Radio Moscow
Radio Moscow ( rus, Pадио Москва, r=Radio Moskva), also known as Radio Moscow World Service, was the official international broadcasting station of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1993. It was reorganized with a new name ...
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RF7
''RF7'' is an American, long-lived, southern California punk rock band, that began in 1979 by Felix Alanis and small-time child star of the ''Sheriff John'' show Nick Lamagna. Felix also began the record label Smoke Seven Records and signed his ban ...
*Ron Franklin
*Rosetta West
*Sandra Phillips
*Scott Morgan
*
Soledad Brothers
The Soledad Brothers were three inmates charged with the murder of a prison guard, John Vincent Mills, at California's Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970. George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette were alleged to have murdered Mills in ...
*Sonic’s Rendezvous Band (Scott Morgan,
MC5)
*
SSM
*Stoneage Hearts
*Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs
*Sulfur City
*
Swamp Dogg
Jerry Williams Jr. (born July 12, 1942), generally credited under the pseudonym Swamp Dogg after 1970, is an American soul and R&B singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. Williams has been described as "one of the great cult figures of ...
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Swell Maps
Swell Maps were an English experimental DIY, early punk or post-punk rock group from Birmingham, England, active in various forms between 1972 and 1980. Influenced by bands such as T. Rex and the German krautrock groups such as Can and Faust ...
(
Nikki Sudden
Adrian Nicholas Godfrey (19 July 195626 March 2006), known professionally as Nikki Sudden, was a prolific English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He co-founded the post-punk band Swell Maps with his brother, Epic Soundtracks, while attending So ...
)
*
T-Model Ford
*
The Black Keys
The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their ...
*The Bloodhounds
*The Bonnevilles
*
The Breakaways
The Breakaways were an English female vocal trio, formed in 1962. Britain's premier session vocalists throughout the 1960s, The Breakaways also recorded a handful of little-known girl group singles.
Career
The original members were Vicki Has ...
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Peter Case
Peter Case (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His career is wide-ranging, from rock n' roll and blues, to folk rock and solo acoustic performance.
Biography
Early career
Case was born in Buffalo, New York, B ...
,
Paul Collins)
*
The Deviants (
Mick Farren
Michael Anthony Farren (3 September 1943 – 27 July 2013) was an English rock musician, singer, journalist, and author associated with counterculture and the UK underground.
Early life
Farren was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and aft ...
)
*Germs
*The Love Drunks
*
The Nerves
The Nerves were an American power pop trio formed in 1974 and based in Los Angeles, California featuring guitarist Jack Lee, bassist Peter Case, and drummer Paul Collins. All three members composed songs and sang. They managed an internation ...
*
The Plimsouls
The Plimsouls are an American rock band known for their hit single "A Million Miles Away" which was featured in the movie ''Valley Girl''.
History
The band was formed in Paramount, California in 1978. They recorded two full-length albums and an ...
*
The Powder Monkeys
*The Red Tyger Church
*
The Sights
*The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs
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Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (often abbreviated to TMGE) was a Japanese garage rock band formed in 1991.
History
The band was formed in 1991,Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 1025-6 while Chiba, Ueno, and Ku ...
*Thomas Function
*
Trainwreck Riders
*Turpentine Brothers
*
Two Gallants
*
Tyson Vogel (
Two Gallants)
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U.S. Bombs
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Very Ape
*Waves of Fury
*
Wayne Kramer
*White Noise Sound
*Witches
*Wolfmoon
*
Z.Z. Hill
Arzell J. Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984),Dahl, Bill. "Z.Z. Hill" Allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 March 2014. known as Z. Z. Hill, was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 19 ...
Discography
References
External links
Alive Naturalsound Records official siteAlive Naturalsound Records current artistsAlive Naturalsound Records 20th AnniversaryPatrick Boissel of Alive Naturalsound interview for The Black Keys Fan Lounge
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