Gravity is an underground
independent record label
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from
San Diego
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.
[Trevor Kelley, "California Screaming". '']Alternative Press
Alternative press may refer to:
Individual publications
* ''Alternative Press'' (magazine), an American music magazine
Alternative journalism
* Alternative media
** Alternative media (U.S. political left)
** Alternative media (U.S. political ri ...
'' 17 (2003), pp. 84-86. It was formed in
1991
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by Matt Anderson, a member of the influential underground band
Heroin
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.
It has been central in developing and promoting the "San Diego sound" – an idiosyncratic form of
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has be ...
with loose, chaotic musicianship and vocals, initiated by Heroin,
Antioch Arrow
Antioch Arrow was an American punk rock band from San Diego, California, that formed in 1992. Most of their discography was released through the San Diego independent label Gravity Records. The label was responsible raising San Diego's profile ...
, and Clikatat Ikatowi, as well as
Mohinder from the Bay Area and Angel Hair from Colorado.
The sound is associated with the first wave of
screamo, and the label played an important role in the development of
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has be ...
in the 1990s.
Gravity has also branched out into other forms of
experimental
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or
independent music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music or simply indie) is music that is produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording a ...
, releasing seminal early works by
Unwound
Unwound is an American post-hardcore band. The band was formed in 1988 in Tumwater and Olympia, Washington by vocalist/guitartist Justin Trosper, bassist Vern Rumsey and drummer Brandt Sandeno, and was largely based in Olympia throughout the 1 ...
,
Black Dice
Black Dice is an American experimental noise music band based in Brooklyn, New York and consisting of brothers Bjorn and Eric Copeland along with Aaron Warren. Formed in 1997, the group was initially inspired by hardcore and noise rock, but subs ...
,
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 ...
, and a full-length from
Man Is The Bastard.
Label roster
*
Angel Hair
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Antioch Arrow
Antioch Arrow was an American punk rock band from San Diego, California, that formed in 1992. Most of their discography was released through the San Diego independent label Gravity Records. The label was responsible raising San Diego's profile ...
*
Bastard Noise
Bastard Noise is an American noise band founded in 1991 by musicians Eric Wood, Henry Barnes, and W. T. Nelson. The project started as a type of sister band
to the trio's previous group Man Is The Bastard. While Man Is the Bastard broke-up in l ...
*
Black Dice
Black Dice is an American experimental noise music band based in Brooklyn, New York and consisting of brothers Bjorn and Eric Copeland along with Aaron Warren. Formed in 1997, the group was initially inspired by hardcore and noise rock, but subs ...
*
The Black Heart Procession
The Black Heart Procession (occasionally spelled The Blackheart Procession) is an American indie rock band from San Diego, California.
Biography
Early years
The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins (Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects, Pallla ...
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Born Against
Born Against was an American hardcore punk band from New York active between 1989 and 1993. In addition to their radical leftist politics, the group espoused a DIY punk message and challenged what they perceived as being a problem within the p ...
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Clikatat Ikatowi
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The Convocation
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Crime Desire
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Crom-Tech
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A Day Called Zero
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Earthless
Earthless is a mostly instrumental psychedelic rock band from San Diego, California, consisting of guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton and drummer Mario Rubalcaba.
The band formed in 2001 and released their first album, '' Sonic Pr ...
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Evergreen
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Fisticuffs Bluff
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The Fucking Angels
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Get Hustle
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Heroin
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*
Huggy Bear Huggy may refer to:
* Huggy (Pillow Pal)
*Huggy Boy
* Huggy Face
*Huggy Leaver
*Huggy Ragnarsson
*Huggy Wuggy, an antagonist in the horror video game ''Poppy Playtime
''Poppy Playtime'' is an episodic horror video game developed and publishe ...
*
John Henry West
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Lava
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Les Aus
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Man Is the Bastard
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Men's Recovery Project
Men's Recovery Project was an American experimental noise rock band formed by Sam McPheeters and Neil Burke in Richmond, Virginia, active from 1993–2002. The group's post-modern absurdist musical attitude resulted in a diverse and consis ...
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Mohinder
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Monorchid
Monorchism (also monorchidism) is the state of having only one testicle within the scrotum.
Terminology
An individual having monorchism can be referred to as ''monorchid''.
Causes
This can be due to:
* One testicle not descending into the sc ...
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Physics
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Prizehog
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The Rapture
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*
Sea of Tombs
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Second Story Window
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*
The Spacewürm
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Spacehorse
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Stacatto Reads
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Three Mile Pilot
Three Mile Pilot (often shortened to 3MP) is an American indie rock band from San Diego, California, formed by Armistead Burwell Smith IV (a.k.a. Zach Smith) from Pinback, Systems Officer, Neighborhood Watch on bass and vocals, Pall Jenkins ( ...
*
Tristeza
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Universal Order of Armageddon
Universal Order of Armageddon was an American hardcore band, active from 1992 to 1994 and reformed in 2010.
History
The band formed in September 1992. By early 1993, after quickly gaining a small but devoted following, they recorded and toured ...
*
Unwound
Unwound is an American post-hardcore band. The band was formed in 1988 in Tumwater and Olympia, Washington by vocalist/guitartist Justin Trosper, bassist Vern Rumsey and drummer Brandt Sandeno, and was largely based in Olympia throughout the 1 ...
*
The V.S.S.
The VSS was an American rock band from Boulder, Colorado, United States.
History
The VSS formed in 1995 after the breakup of the hardcore group Angel Hair. Vocalist Sonny Kay and guitarist Josh Hughes had both played in Angel Hair; the rest of ...
*
Vicious Ginks
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Young Ginns
Discography
This list is organized by catalog number. Also note that two releases that have the catalog number 2 and, there is no release in the Gravity Records catalog to have the catalog number 50.
See also
*
List of record labels
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References
External links
Gravity Records websiteGravity Records Discogs pageMatt Anderson/Gravity records Interview
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American independent record labels
Post-hardcore record labels
Record labels established in 1991
Experimental music record labels
Alternative rock record labels
Indie rock record labels
1991 establishments in California