Poison City Records is an
independent record label based in
Melbourne
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Victoria
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, founded in 2003. The label opened a physical store in 2008, at 400 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy selling records and skateboards. In mid-2020, the store and label moved from Fitzroy to
Preston.
From 2008 to 2017, Poison City ran an annual three-day punk rock music festival called Poison City Weekender, with bands playing at multiple venues throughout Melbourne.
Artists released by Poison City Records
Current roster
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An Horse
* Batpiss
* Bench Press
* Body Type
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Cable Ties
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Camp Cope
Camp Cope are an Australian alternative rock trio formed in 2015 in Melbourne, Victoria. The group consists of lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Georgia "Georgia Maq" McDonald, bassist Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich, and drummer Sarah "Thomo" Thomp ...
* Dark Fair
* Flyying Colours
* Harmony
* Hexdebt
* Hoodlum Shouts
* Kelso
* Loobs
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Lou Barlow (Australian releases only)
* Lincoln Le Fevre
* Michael Beach
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The Meanies
* Mere Women
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Mod Con
* Moody Beaches
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The Nation Blue
The Nation Blue is a rock band formed in Tasmania and based in Melbourne, Victoria, noted for their intense live performances and bleak subject matter. They have toured nationally in Australia and internationally in Brazil, America and Japan and ...
* Palm Springs
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Swervedriver
Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxford in 1989 around core members Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge. Between 1989 and 1998, the band released four studio albums and numerous EPs and singles despite a considerable ...
(Australian releases only)
* TV Haze
Alumni
* A Death in the Family
* Apart From This
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The Bennies
* Chinese Burns Unit
* Clowns
* Conation
* Daylight Robbery
* Daysworth Fighting
* Deep Heat
* Fear Like Us
* Fires of Waco
* Flour
* Former Cell Mates
* Freak Wave
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Gareth Liddiard
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* The Gifthorse
* Grand Fatal
* Grim Fandango
* Horror My Friend
* Human Parts
* Infinite Void
* Jen Buxton
* Kill Whitey
* Knapsack
* Lead Sketch Union
* Like...Alaska
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Luca Brasi
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* Lungs
* The Optionals
* Paper Arms
* Postblue
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Restorations
* Ribbons Patterns
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Samiam
Samiam (pronounced "sam-I-am") is an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California, active since 1988.
History
Samiam was formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. Their first show was in January 1989 wit ...
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Screamfeeder
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The Smith Street Band
* Tyre Swans
* White Walls
* Wil Wagner
References
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Record labels established in 2003
Australian independent record labels
Punk record labels
Ska record labels
Hardcore record labels