Kent McClard is a record label owner and
zine publisher from
Goleta, California.
Early life
McClard grew up in a "broken home" and describes himself as a troublesome child. As a teenager, he discovered
hardcore punk and both its freedom and specific ethics influenced him deeply and helped to "define" his life.
From then on, he began several
DIY enterprises, including the first show and the first
fanzine
A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''-zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fan (person), enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) ...
of his town.
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Ebullition Records
In early 1990, the former '' Maximumrocknroll'' columnist started Ebullition Records with contributions from Sonia Skindrud (writer of the zine ''Exedra'') and Brent Stephens (member of Downcast). Skindrud came up with the name and Stephens drew the logo, but the label is primarily run by McClard.
Los Angeles hardcore band Inside Out
Inside Out may refer to:
*Backwards (disambiguation) or inverse
Books
* '' Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd'', by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason
* ''Inside Out'', Christian book by Larry Crabb
* ''Inside Out'', novel by Barry Eisler
...
was meant to record an LP as the first Ebullition release. However, Revelation Records asked them to release a 7" instead, and the band chose the more established label. The record was not released for another year, after the band had broken up. Inside Out did plan to do a second record called " Rage Against the Machine", which was a phrase Kent coined in some writings he did in issue #9 of the zine ''No Answers''.[ Note: includes comments regarding Rage Against the Machine]
''HeartattaCk''
''HeartattaCk'' was a punk zine,Punk Planet
''Punk Planet'' was a 16,000 print run punk zine, based in Chicago, Illinois, that focused most of its energy on looking at punk subculture rather than punk as simply another genre of music to which teenagers listen. In addition to covering music ...
'' and '' Maximumrocknroll'' with a strong bent towards hardcore punk and anti-consumerism
Anti-consumerism is a sociopolitical ideology that is opposed to consumerism, the continual buying and consuming of material possessions. Anti-consumerism is concerned with the private actions of business corporations in pursuit of financial and ...
. It was published by Kent McClard and Lisa Oglesby from March 1994 through June 2006.[ Notes on distribution and back issues.][''The Zine Yearbook: An Annual Collection of Excerpts from the Best Zines Publishing Today, Vol 7'', Jason Kucsma and Jen Angel, Soft Skull Press, Brooklyn, NY, 2003. The introduction explains that the yearbook only accepts material from zines with a distribution of less than 5,000. It goes on to note: "Some of the most popular zines like '']Bitch
Bitch may refer to:
* A female dog or other canine
* Bitch (slang), a vulgar slur for a human female
Bitch or bitches may also refer to:
Arts and media Film and television
* ''The Bitch'' (film), a 1979 film starring Joan Collins
* ''Bitc ...
'', ''Heart attaCk'', and '' Dishwasher'', exceed the circulation limit." O'Connor describes it as "one of half a dozen major punk fanzines in the USA during the 1990s."
References
External links
Official site
for Ebullition Records and ''HeartattaCk''
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Living people
1967 births
American music journalists
American magazine publishers (people)
American music managers
Punk people
People from Goleta, California
Journalists from California