Razorcake is a

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non-profit organization that publishes the Razorcake

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, a

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punk rock fanzine published bi-monthly out of

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. It was co-founded by Todd Taylor (former Flipside managing editor) and Sean Carswell (author and Gorsky Press co-founder) in 2001.Taylor, Todd. "Complete, Utter ReToddnation." Razorcake March 2001: 14-15."The music webzine and the at of survival"
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History

As Flipside was going under, Taylor decided that he did not want to cease to write about music. His initial idea was to create a webzine instead of a print zine because of financial restraints. Taylor told Carswell, during a trip to

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, about his plan for a

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. Carswell suggested that a print edition be produced. Taylor concurred, stipulating that Carswell needed to move to Los Angeles in order to assist with the production of the fanzine. The name for both editions was chosen while searching for a domain name. Many of the 300 possibilities, such as "Born to Rock" and "Barbed Wire Asshole," were either taken, too expensive, or thought to be a name that "would trap

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" "Razorcake" was suggested by Katy (a.k.a. KT), a friend of Taylor and Carswell. The name was chosen since it meant nothing and was economical, and Skinny Dan (a.k.a. Danny) set up the website at www.razorcake.com."FAQ."
Razorcake. Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc. 16 Apr 2008. March 2001 saw the first issue of the print edition of Razorcake. The inaugural issue was the only one to bear a newsprint cover. Every issue since the first has had a glossy cover. As opposed to the cover, the focus of the content within Razorcake has never changed. Also, the fanzine's circulation has more than doubled (to 6,000) since the first issue.Jörg
"Interview with Razorcake."
Trust 16 April 2008. August 2021 saw the 123rd issue of Razorcake, making it the longest continually printed DIY punk zine in the United States still in operation.

Non-profit status

In late 2005, Razorcake was approved by the IRS as an official

non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

. Razorcake is America's only fanzine dedicated to punk to obtain nonprofit status. The new organization combined the Gorsky Press and the zine, and is now officially called Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc. This meant that not one person could individually benefit from Razorcake. All money earned goes back into day-to-day operations and keeping Razorcake afloat. Razorcake wanted to show that its business model was out in the open in order to demonstrate that a sustainable business could be ethical, fair, and true to its ideals long after its first issue.

Mission Statement

Razorcake provides consistent coverage of do-it-yourself punk culture that you won't find anywhere else. Razorcake believes in positive, progressive, community-friendly DIY punk. "We do our part." DIY punk culture is often misrepresented, misunderstood, and the target of corporate exploitation. Razorcake supports a legit community of punk music and culture as the only bona fide 501(c)(3) non-profit music magazine in America. Razorcake's bi-monthly fanzine is a one-of-a-kind resource for the DIY punk community. Over the years, Razorcake has developed this resource to help document every facet of this culture. The Razorcake Gorsky umbrella also includes book publishing, record pressing, live shows and readings, and a thriving web presence that maintains weekly podcasts, webcomics, and videos. Razorcake's open participation policy means anyone can become a contributor. Currently, Razorcake offers a forum for over 180 long-term independent volunteer writers, photographers, illustrators, and musicians from around the world. Razorcake takes pride in the DIY punk scenes and represents them internationally. Razorcake also distributes the magazine to over twenty countries. DIY punk is an exciting, evolving culture that can thrive outside of corporate interests. Razorcake's goal is to continue operating a modern framework where this community of independent, DIY punk can continue.

Ethics

From the interviews it runs (contributors interview bands based solely on their appreciation), to the advertising allowed (no major labels and "below-market price" advertising to those in the DIY community), to the method of the zine's distribution (not via chain stores, but directly to individual stores and people), Razorcake operates outside of the corporate structures that a traditional music magazine would embrace. With only two people on staff, all of the material offered in both editions of Razorcake is donated.

Content

Razorcake sees itself as a constant celebration and criticism of contemporary DIY punk rock. Every piece that Razorcake runs is exclusive. Razorcake provides long-format, detailed interviews with contemporary punk bands (including

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Toys That Kill Toys That Kill is a San Pedro-based punk rock band, formed from a previous incarnation known as F.Y.P. (1989–1999). Just after the release of the last F.Y.P. album, also titled ''Toys That Kill'', Todd Congelliere and Sean Cole (vocalists/g ...

, Soul Glo, Shang-A-Lang,

The Ergs! The Ergs! are an American punk rock band formed in 2000 in South Amboy, New Jersey, by three high school friends: drummer/lead vocalist Mikey Erg (Mike Yannich), guitarist/vocalist Jeff Erg (Jeff Schroeck), and bassist Joey Erg (Joe Keller). T ...

The Marked Men The Marked Men is an American punk rock band from Denton, Texas, United States, composed of guitarists/vocalists Mark Ryan and Jeff Burke, bassist Joe Ayoub, and drummer Mike Throneberry. They have released four albums through Rip Off Records, ...

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) and with punk pioneers (such as

The Adolescents The Adolescents are an American punk rock band formed in Fullerton, California in 1980. Part of the hardcore punk movement in southern California in the early 1980s, they were one of the main punk acts to emerge from Orange County, along with ...

Dead Moon Dead Moon was an American punk rock band active from 1987 to 2006, formed in Portland, Oregon. History Fronted by the singer/guitarist Fred Cole, the band also included the bass guitarist Toody Cole and the drummer Andrew Loomis. Veterans ...

Kathleen Hanna Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician, artist, feminist activist, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In the early-to-mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band ...

Jello Biafra Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and politician. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Initially ac ...

Ian Mackaye Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (; born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label and the frontman of hardcore punk ...

Joe Lally Joseph Francis Lally (born December 3, 1963) is an American bassist, vocalist and record label owner, best known for his work with Fugazi. Biography Lally was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Fugazi Joe Lally formed Fugazi with Ian MacKaye in ...

Penelope Houston Penelope Houston (born December 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band the Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellin ...

), and a variety of musicians under the DIY punk umbrella (

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Superchunk Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, consisting of singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Jon Wurster. Formed in 1989, they were one of the ...

, Kenneth Higney,

At The Drive-In At the Drive-In was an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band's most recent line-up consisted of Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals), Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (dru ...

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). Razorcake not only interviews bands from all over the globe (Gorilla Angreb,

Career Suicide Career Suicide is a Canadian hardcore punk band formed in 2001 in Toronto. The band's first live performance took place in January 2002, with first recorded output soon to follow. The band has gone on to record several full-length albums and si ...

Amyl and the Sniffers Amyl and the Sniffers are an Australian pub rock and punk rock band based in Melbourne, consisting of vocalist Amy Taylor, drummer Bryce Wilson, guitarist Dec Martens, and bassist Gus Romer. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, their self-titled ...

), but punk-affiliated artists—photographers (Edward Colver, Bev Davies), comic artists (

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), movie directors (

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dir. of

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Curtis Harrington Gene Curtis Harrington (September 17, 1926 – May 6, 2007) was an American film and television director whose work included experimental films, horror films and episodic television. He is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema. ...

), actors (

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from

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), writers (

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, Nancy Barile, Erika Dawn Lyle)—and political thinkers such as

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Christian Parenti Christian Parenti is an American investigative journalist, academic, and author. Early life and education Parenti is the son of Michael Parenti and Susan Parenti. He attended Buxton School in Williamstown, Massachusetts, The New School for S ...

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, and Candace Falk and Gary Pateman (curators of the

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Paper Project).

Los Angeles area coverage

Razorcake is dedicated to an ongoing attention to its own roots and sections of

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(especially

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, the

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South Los Angeles South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of downtown. It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as ...

) and

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. The fanzine has interviewed a number of bands and individuals from these areas, as well as published articles related to this geographic area.

Articles

* A History of East LA Punk * East LA Family Tree * We Were There: Voices from L.A. Punk's First Wave (Oral history roundtable hosted by

Alice Bag Alicia "Alice" Armendariz (born November 7, 1958) is an American punk rock singer better known as Alice Bag. She is the lead vocalist and co-founder of the Bags, one of the first punk bands to form in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. Her first bo ...

)

Eastside Punks

A documentary film series directed by Jimmy Alvarado featuring bands from Los Angeles's Eastside. # Thee Undertakers #

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# Stains #

Nervous Gender Nervous Gender is an American punk rock electronic band formed in Los Angeles in 1978 by Gerardo Velazquez, Edward Stapleton, Phranc and Michael Ochoa. Their use of heavily distorted keyboards and synthesizers made them, along with The Scr ...

Interviews

*Apostasis * Aztlan Underground *

* Bümbkläät *Candace Hansen * Chip Kinman *

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* Circle One *Club sCUM *Crom *

Despise You Despise You are an American powerviolence band from Inglewood, California, formed in 1994. The group is noted for helping influencing the powerviolence movement and for their bleak lyrics about topics such as gang violence, misanthropy, and self-h ...

* DFMK * Diane Gamboa * Felix Reyes (Big Crux, Lives Halt) * Generacion Suicida *Gross Polluter * Guilty Hearts *

Gun Club The Gun Club were an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States, which existed from 1979 to 1996. It was formed and led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce. History Early days (1979–1980) The Gun Club ...

* It's Casual * Jake Smith (

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) * Jacqui Pierce * John E. Miner *Justin Maurer *

Keith Morris Keith Morris (born September 18, 1955) is an American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!. Born and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, he formed Black Flag at the ...

Kid Congo Powers Brian Tristan (born March 27, 1959), better known by his stage name Kid Congo Powers,Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 25, 41, 359 is an American rock guitarist, singer, and actor best known as a member of ...

*La Tuya * Lisa Fancher *

Los Illegals Los Illegals is an American Chicano punk band from Los Angeles. Formed in 1979 artist/muralist Willie Herrón (keyboards, vocals), civil rights activist Jesus "Xiuy" Velo (bass), drummer Bill Reyes, and guitarist brothers Manuel and Antonio "Tony ...

* Louis Jacinto * MariNaomi *

Melina Abdullah Melina Abdullah (born Melina Rachel Reimann on September 18, 1972) is an American academic and civic leader. She is the former chair of the department of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and a co-founder of the Los ...

Mike Watt Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. Watt co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo ...

* The Mormons *Moxiebeat *

Myriam Gurba Myriam Gurba is an American writer, story-teller, and visual artist. She is best known for her review, in Tropics of Meta, of American Dirt. In 2019, ''O, The Oprah Magazine'' called Gurba's work ''Mean'' (2017) one of the "Best LGBTQ Books o ...

* Ollin * Pedal Strike *

Phranc Phranc (born Susan Gottlieb; August 28, 1957), is an American singer-songwriter whose career began playing in several bands in the late 1970s Los Angeles punk rock scene. Her musical style later shifted during the 1980s as a solo artist, into ...

* The Pinkz *The Pretty Flowers *Snakes * Social Conflict * The Stains *Sunny War * Trap Girl *The Vulturas * The Warriors * Thee Undertakers

Podcasts

* East Los Angeles Punk, Part 1 * East Los Angeles Punk, Part 2

One Punk's Guide to...

Starting with issue 46, Razorcake began a series of articles titled "One Punk's Guide to..." wherein writers give personal takes on various topics. # One Punk's Guide to... ...Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About

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and Started Loving Music # One Punk's Guide to

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# One Punk's Guide to Professional

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Book Publishing Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

, and Corporate Ideology # One Punk's Guide to

Science Fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

# One Punk's Travel Guide to

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

# One Punk's Guide to

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# One Punk's Guide to

Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

# One Punk's Guide to

Bizarro Fiction Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre which often uses elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive, weird, and entertaining works. The term was ad ...

# One Punk's Guide to Bike Touring # One Punk's Guide to

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# One Punk's Guide to Outlaw Country # One Punk's Guide to

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# One Punk's Guide to

Christian Punk Christian punk is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of punk rock which contain Christian lyrical content. Much disagreement persists about the boundaries of the subgenre, and the extent that their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies a ...

# One Punk's Guide to

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#One Punk's Guide to Pynchon Novels #Some Punks’ Guide to Fitness #One Punk's Guide to

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#One Punk's Guide to Starting Your Own

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#One Punk's Movie Guide #One Punk's Guide to

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#One Punk's Guide to the

Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...

#One Punk's Guide to

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#One Punk's Guide to

Free Jazz Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during ...

#One Punk's Guide to

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#One Punk's Guide to a

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#One Punk's Guide to the Dark Ages #One Punk's Guide to

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#One Punk's Guide to

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#One Punk's Guide to

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#One Punk's Guide to Black Musicians #One Punk's Guide to

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Additionally, some Guides have only been published on Razorcake's website. # One Punk's Guide to Surviving an All-Dayer # One Punk's Guide to Getting on with It # One Canadian Punk's Guide to the

Tragically Hip The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, were a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassis ...

Contributors

Besides Todd Taylor and Sean Carswell, former Flipside writers Donofthedead, Jimmy Alvarado, Designated Dale, Kat Jetson, The Rhythm Chicken, Jessica T.,

Nardwuar the Human Serviette John Ruskin (born July 5, 1968), better known as Nardwuar, or Nardwuar the Human Serviette, is a Canadian interviewer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia.Doug Ward, "Trudeau rolled by Human Serviette", ''Vancouver Sun'', November 17, 1 ...

, and Rich Mackin all wrote for the premier issue. Many of them remain with the publication, but Razorcake also has a raft of writers who are well known in the DIY punk rock community as

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s, musicians, and artists including:
Billups Allen Erik Baskauskas Tim Brooks Lauren Denitzio Michael T. Fournier
*

Michelle Cruz Gonzales Michelle Cruz Gonzales (born October 29, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a musician, author, and college English instructor. She is a founding member and drummer of the groundbreaking all-female hardcore punk band Spitboy. Gonzales is featur ...

Louis Jacinto Chris Boarts Larson Kurt MorrisKiyoshi Nakazawa

MariNaomi
* Rev. Nørb
Keith Rosson Jim Ruland

Marcos Siref

Gorsky Press

Gorsky Press
the book publishing arm of Razorcake, founded by Sean Carswell and Felizon Vidad, predated both the Razorcake website and zine. Its mission is similar to Razorcake in that it focuses on high quality material from marginalized and disenfranchised writers. Gorsky Press has released books by underground writers such as Patricia Geary, Bucky Sinister
James Jay
and Jennifer Whiteford.

Bibliography

*''Drinks for the Little Guy'' – by Sean Carswell *''Dear Mr. Mackin...'' - by Rev. Richard J. Mackin *''The Other Canyon'' – by Patricia Geary *''Glue and Ink Rebellion'' – by Sean Carswell *''The Undercards'' – by James Jay *''Punch & Pie'' – edited by Felizon Vidad and Todd Taylor *''Thank You for Your Continued Interest'' – by Rev. Richard J. Mackin *''Born to Rock'' – by Todd Taylor *''The Snake Pit Book'' – by Ben Snakepit *''Whiskey & Robots'' – by Bucky Sinister *''Guru Cigarettes'' – by Patricia Geary *''Barney's Crew'' – by Sean Carswell *''Big Lonesome'' – by Jim Ruland *''Grrrl'' – by Jennifer Whiteford *''Shirley Wins'' – by Todd Taylor *''All Blacked Out & Nowhere to Go'' – by Bucky Sinister *''Strange Toys'' – by Patricia Geary *''The Hanging Gardens of Split Rock'' – by Mike Faloon *''The Journeymen'' – by James Jay *''The Blood and the Bone and the Flesh of It All: New & Selected Poems'' – by Jim Simmerman (Author), James Jay (Editor), Miles Waggener (Editor) *The Other Night at Quinn's — by Mike Faloon

Website

In 2006, razorcake.com was revamped. To reflect its non-profit status, the website's official url became www.razorcake.org. The website provides an almost wholly different set of content than the zine, while retaining the same focus on DIY punk rock by publishing live reviews, photos, columns, and interviews different from those appearing in the print edition. By 2007, the razorcake.org website had been updated over 10,000 times, primarily by the posting of individual record reviews. The website is updated with a new home page story every day. Also, Razorcake made early issues available on the site in

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format for free. March 2008 saw the launching of Razorcake's first set of podcasts. For the first time since its inception, people could hear directly from Razorcake the music on which Razorcake focuses. Razorcake also distributes various DIY items from their website, such as records, zines, and books.

Razorcake Records

In 2007, the Razorcake Records label was launched. Razorcake Records is also a non-profit venture. It conscientiously selects bands from the DIY punk rock community that share the same values as Razorcake. The first two releases were part of what Razorcake calls "The Sister Series."

Sister Series

The Sister Series is a cultural exchange that aims to connect bands from different areas. This is done by simultaneously releasing two separate 7" records by two similar independent bands, with each band providing some originals and cover of a song by the other band. Bands that have been featured in the Sister Series include Tiltwheel (San Diego) and Toys That Kill (San Pedro, CA), The Arrivals (Chicago, IL) and Grabass Charlestons (Gainesville, FL), and The Hex Dispensers (Austin, TX) and Young Offenders (San Francisco, CA).

Discography

*Tiltwheel – ''The Heavens Declare the Glory'' 7" reissue (co-release with Accident Prone) *Toys That Kill – ''Sister Series'' 7" (paired with Tiltwheel) *Tiltwheel – ''Sister Series'' 7" (paired with Toys That Kill) *God Equals Genocide – ''The World Is Wearin’ Me Down'' 7" *Tiltwheel – ''Battle Hymns for the Recluse Youth'' LP + CD reissue (co-release with Accident Prone) *Killer Dreamer - ''1,000 Years of Servitude'' LP + CD (co-release with 45 RPM Records) *God Equals Genocide – ''Life of Doubt'' 7" (co-release with Dirt Cult) *Grabass Charlestons – ''Sister Series'' 7" (paired with The Arrivals) *The Arrivals – ''Sister Series'' 7" (paired with Grabass Charlestons) *Shang-A-Lang/God Equals Genocide – Split 7" *God Equals Genocide - ''It Wasn't Made for Us'' 7" (co-release with

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- ''Black Casket'' 7" (co-release with 45 RPM Records) *Dan Padilla - ''As the Ox Plows'' LP (co-release with Dirt Cult Records and It's Alive Records) *The Hex Dispensers – ''Sister Series'' 7" (paired with Young Offenders) *Young Offenders – ''Sister Series'' 7" (paired with Hex Dispensers) *Crusades – ''The Sun Is Down and the Night Is Riding In'' LP (co-release with It's Alive Records) *Blood Buddies - Self-titled 7" *God Equals Genocide - ''Rattled Minds'' LP (co-release with Dirt Cult Records) *Summer Vacation - ''Condition'' LP *White Murder - Self-tiled LP *Mind Spiders - ''Sister Series'' 7" (paired with Lenguas Largas) *Lenguas Largas - ''Sister Series'' 7" (paired with Mind Spiders) *Chantey Hook - ''Underground'' 7" *Cuntifiers - ''Under the Rainbow'' CD + download *Pinned in Place - ''Ghostwritten By'' LP *Desidia - ''Harto'' free download

References

External links

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