Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

which was founded in

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

in Boulder,

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...

by Sonny Kay. In

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, it was relocated to

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

, United States, and two years later, to

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world ...

. It was headquartered in L.A. until closing its doors on October 29, 2007. Beginning in 2001, GSL was co-owned by

The Mars Volta The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, producer, direction) and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals, lyrics), whose partnership for ...

's Omar Rodríguez-López.

Artists

Bands appearing on GSL: * !!! * 400 Blows * '57 Lesbian * A Luna Red *

An Albatross An Albatross is a noise rock band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. History Formed in the fall of 1999 by guitarist Jake Lisowski, vocalist Edward B. Gieda III, drummer Chris Abbott, bassist Jason Hudak, and organist Phillip Reynolds Price ...

* Anavan *

Arab On Radar Arab on Radar was a Providence, Rhode Island-based noise rock band founded in 1994. They went on hiatus in 2002. Members of the band went on to form or join the bands including The Chinese Stars, Athletic Automaton, Made in Mexico, and Doomsda ...

* Armatron * Attractive and Popular * Beautiful Skin * Big Sir * Bunny Genghis * Chromatics * Crime in Choir * Coaxial * The Convocation Of... *

Cut City Cut may refer to: Common uses * The act of cutting, the separation of an object into two through acutely-directed force ** A type of wound ** Cut (archaeology), a hole dug in the past ** Cut (clothing), the style or shape of a garment ** Cut (ea ...

* Dead and Gone *

De Facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with '' de jure'' ("by l ...

* Die Princess Die * Demonstrations * Fatal Flyin' Guillotines * The Faint *

Favourite Sons The Favourite Sons is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, made up of Ken Griffin (former member of Rollerskate Skinny) and four members of Jagjaguwar's Aspera.Raper, Dan (2006)Favourite Sons ''Down Beside Your Beauty'' (review), ''PopMatters'' They ...

* Free Moral Agents * Get Hustle *

GoGoGo Airheart GoGoGo Airheart was a post-punk band from San Diego, California, that was active from 1996 to 2006. Career The band started out by local independent label, Vinyl Communications, and released their self-titled debut in 1997. By that time drummer A ...

* Heart of Snow * The Holy Kiss *

I Am Spoonbender I Am Spoonbender is an American/Canadian multimedia group formed in San Francisco in early 1997 by composer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Dustin Donaldson, with Brian Jackson and cub guitarist Robynn Iwata (a.k.a. 'Cup', who joined halfway thro ...

* Indian Jewelry *

Jaga Jazzist Jaga Jazzist (also known as Jaga) is a Norwegian experimental jazz band, that rose to prominence when the BBC named their second album, '' A Livingroom Hush'' ( Smalltown Supersound/ Ninja Tune), the best jazz album of 2002. (in Norwegian) Bio ...

* The Jai-Alai Savant *

JR Ewing John Ross "J.R." Ewing Jr. is a fictional character in the American television series '' Dallas'' (1978–1991) and its spin-offs, including the revived ''Dallas'' series (2012–2014). The character was portrayed by Larry Hagman from the serie ...

* Juhl *

Kill Me Tomorrow ''Kill Me Tomorrow'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Pat O'Brien and Lois Maxwell. It was made by Tempean Films at Southall Studios in West London. The film features a cameo by Tommy Steele.Tom Weaver, ''The H ...

Le Shok Le Shok was an American electropunk band from Long Beach, California. The band was made up of members of various other punk bands from the area and existed from 1997 until early 2001, releasing numerous seven-inch records and splits, releasing one ...

* The Locust * Lost Kids * Malcriada *

* Meanface *

Melt-Banana Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast noise rock mixed with experimental, electronica and pop-based song structures. Since forming in 1992 the band has released ten albums and toured worldwide extensi ...

* Mohinder * Neon King Kong * Omar A. Rodríguez-López * Omega Cinco *

Out Hud Out Hud was an American electronic band formed in 1996 in the Bay Area of California and later based in New York City. The band consisted of guitarist Nic Offer, bassist Tyler Pope, cellist Molly Schnick, vocalist/drummer Phyllis Forbes and m ...

* The Pattern *

The Phantom Limbs The Phantom Limbs were a post-punk/deathrock band formed in Oakland, California, in 1999. The group combined the unusual keyboard-driven compositions of Stevenson Sedgwick with an aggressive, punk-influenced rhythm section and a very odd singer, ...

* Physics * Pleasure Forever *

The Rapture The rapture is an eschatological position held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an end-time event when all Christian believers who are alive, along with resurrected believers, will rise "in the c ...

* Red Eyed Legends * Rhythm of Black Lines * SABERTOOTH . TIGER * Semiautomatic *

Soiled Doves Soiled Doves was an American post-hardcore band from Seattle active in 2000 and 2001, releasing one album called ''Soiled Life'' two years after disbanding. The band formed as dance-punk band The Vogues in the late 1990s, changing their name to So ...

* The Starlite Desperation * The Starvations * The Stitches * Subpoena the Past * Subtitle * Sunshine * Tender Buttons * Triclops! * The Vanishing *

Vaz AvtoVAZ ( rus, АвтоВАЗ, p=ɐftoˈvas) is a Russian automobile manufacturing company owned by the state. It was formerly named as VAZ ( rus, ВАЗ), an acronym for Volga Automotive Plant in Russian (russian: Во́лжский автомо ...

* Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes * The VSS * Vue * With Love * Woodpussy * XBXRX *

Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu ( ) is an American experimental band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. Currently, the line-up consists of Stewart (the only constant member since formation) and Angela Seo. The band's name co ...

* Year Future

References

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* {{Authority control American independent record labels Record labels established in 1993 Record labels disestablished in 2007 Alternative rock record labels Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles 1993 establishments in Colorado 2007 disestablishments in California