Revelation Records

Revelation Records is an independent record label focusing originally and primarily on hardcore punk. The label is known for releases by bands such as Youth of Today, Warzone, Sick of It All, Quicksand, Side By Side, Chain of Strength, Shelter, Judge, No for an Answer, Gorilla Biscuits, and End of a Year.

Revelation, along with the bands it put out in the late 1980s, is usually credited with creating and cementing the "youth crew" sound as well as New York hardcore, which bridged the gap from the earlier bands of almost a decade before and helped carry the music through the early 1990s. Some of the label's best selling releases have been Gorilla Biscuits' ''Start Today'', Inside Out's '' No Spiritual Surrender'', and the ''In-Flight Program'' compilation.

History

Formerly of New Haven, Connecticut, it is now based in Huntington Beach, California. It was founded in 1987 by owner Jordan Cooper, along with Ray Cappo of Youth of Today, with the sole intent of producing the Warzone ''Lower East Side Crew'' 7". Within the year, they put out two more releases and a limited 4th pressing of Youth of Today's ''Can't Close My Eyes 7"'', which had been originally released on Positive Force Records, just for the two of them to trade for vintage G.I.Joes and other action figures. In the first three years, the label put out 23 releases and pressed approximately 50,000 records, and it has continued to release an average of 7-8 albums a year.

Cappo left the business in 1988, to focus on his band Shelter. He also started his own label Equal Vision Records (which he later sold to Youth of Today roadie, former Revelation employee and friend, Steve Reddy), though his albums were still released by Revelation after that, and he also operated Supersoul Records.

The label put out several definitive hardcore and metalcore records in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with notable releases coming from Damnation A.D., Will Haven, Shai Hulud, Curl Up and Die, and Himsa. However, by the mid-2000s, Revelation Records had seemingly fallen by the wayside, with very few releases between 2004 and 2006. However, the label is returning to its former stature as a premier old-school hardcore label with strong releases from newer bands like Down to Nothing, Shook Ones, and Sinking Ships.

Discography

*REV 001 – Warzone – ''Lower East Side Crew'' 7" EP (1987)
*REV 002 – ''New York City Hardcore:Together'' compilation 7" EP (1987)
*REV 003 – Sick of It All – self-titled 7" EP (1987)
*REV 004 – Gorilla Biscuits – self-titled 7" EP (1987)
*REV 005 – Side by Side – '' You're Only Young Once...'' 7" (1988)
*REV 006 – No For An Answer – ''You Laugh'' 7" EP (1988)
*REV 007 – ''New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is'' compilation CD (1988)
**reissued in 1992.
*REV 008 – Youth of Today – ''Break Down the Walls'' LP (1988)
*REV 009 – Bold – '' Speak Out'' LP (1988)
*REV 010 – Chain of Strength – ''The One Thing That Still Holds True'' LP (1995)
*REV 011 – Bold – ''Looking Back'' LP (1989)
*REV 012 – Gorilla Biscuits – ''Start Today'' LP (1989)
*REV 013 – Slipknot – self-titled 7" EP (1989)
*REV 014 – Judge – ''New York Crew'' 7"(1989)
*REV 015 – Judge – ''Bringin' It Down'' 12"(1989)
*REV 016 – Shelter – ''Perfection of Desire'' 12" (1990)
*REV 017 – Youth of Today – self-titled 7" (1990)
*REV 018 – Quicksand – self-titled 7" EP (1990)
*REV 019 – Inside Out – '' No Spiritual Surrender'' 7" EP (1990)
*REV 020 – Judge – ''The Storm'' 7" EP (1990)
*REV 021 – Supertouch – ''The Earth Is Flat'' 12" (1990)
*REV 022 – Burn – self-titled 7" (1990)
*REV 023 – Ray & Porcell – self-titled 7" (1991)
*REV 024 – Into Another – self-titled 12" (1991)
*REV 025 – Farside – ''Rochambeau'' 12" (1992)
*REV 027 – Iceburn – ''Hephaestus'' 12" (1993)
*REV 028 – Underdog – Demos 12" (1993)
*REV 029 – Statue – ''Filter the Infection'' 12" (1993)
*REV 030 – Mike Judge & Old Smoke – ''Sights'' 12" (1993)
*REV 031 – Youth of Today – ''Break Down the Walls'' LP/CD (1997)
*REV 029 – Orange 9mm – self-titled 12" (1994)
*REV 030 – Sense Field – ''Killed for Less'' 12" (1994)
*REV 031 – Farside – ''Rigged'' 12" (1994)
*REV 032 – Iceburn/Engine Kid – split 12" (1994)
*REV 033 – Into Another – ''Ignaurus'' 12" (1994)
*REV 034 – Iceburn – '' Poetry of Fire'' 12" (1994)
*REV 035 – Sense Field – self-titled 12" (1994)
*REV 036 – Engine Kid – ''Angel Wings'' 12" (1995)
*REV 037 – Whirlpool – self-titled 12" (1995)
*REV 038 – Shades Apart – ''Save It'' 12" (1995)
*REV 039 – CIV – '' Set Your Goals'' 12" (1996)
*REV 040 – CIV – ''Can't Wait One More Minute'' 7" (1995)
*REV 041 – CIV – ''All Twisted'' 7" (1995)
*REV 042 – Into Another – ''Poison Fingers'' 7" (1995)
*REV 043 – Quicksand (American band) – ''Manic Compression'' 12" (1995)
*REV 044 – State of the Nation self-titled 12" (1995)
*REV 045 – Farside – self-titled 7" (1995)
*REV 046 – Sense Field – ''Building'' 12" (1996)
*REV 047 – Texas Is the Reason – self-titled 7" (1995)
*REV 048 – Into Another – ''Seemless'' 12" (1996)
*REV 049 – Iceburn Collective – '' Meditavolutions'' 12" (1996)
*REV 050 – ''In-Flight Program'' compilation CD (1997)
*REV 051 – Texas Is the Reason – '' Do You Know Who You Are?'' 12" (1997)
*REV 052 – Whirlpool – ''Liquid Glass'' 12" (1997)
*REV 053 – Good Riddance / Ignite – split 12" (1997)
*REV 054 – Ignite – ''Past Our Means'' 12" (1997)
*REV 055 – CIV – ''Social Climber'' 12" (1997)
*REV 056 – Rage Against the Machine – ''People of the Sun'' (1997)
*REV 057 – Shades Apart – ''Seeing Things'' (1997)
*REV 058 – Kiss It Goodbye – ''She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not'' 12" (1997)
*REV 059 – Youth of Today – '' We're Not in This Alone'' (1997)
*REV 060 – Better Than A Thousand – '' Just One'' 12" (1997)
*REV 064 - Speak 714 - "Knee Deep in Guilt" (1998)
*REV 067 – In My Eyes – ''The Difference Between'' (1998)
*REV 068 – Elliott – '' U.S. Songs'' (1998)
*REV 070 - Morning Again - ''As Tradition Dies Slowly'' (1998)
*REV 072 - Nerve Agents - "S/T" (1999)
*REV 073 - Speak 714 - "The Scum Also Rises" (1999)
*REV 074 - Where Fear and Weapons Meet - "S/T" 7" (1999)
*REV 080 – In My Eyes – '' Nothing to Hide'' (1999)
*REV 081 – Kiss it Goodbye – ''Choke'' EP 7"/CD (1999)
*REV 082 – By a Thread – The Last of the Daydreams (1999)
*REV 083 – Garrison – ''The Bend Before the Break'' (1999)
*REV 084 – Himsa – '' S/T'' 7" (1999)
*REV 085 – Fastbreak – ''Whenever You're Ready''
*REV 087 – Himsa – '' Ground Breaking Ceremony'' CD (November 2, 1999)
*REV 093 – Garrison – ''A Mile in Cold Water''
*REV 097 – The Movielife – '' This Time Next Year'' CD (2000)
*REV 099 – Gameface – ''Always On''
*REV 100 – ''Revelation 100: 15 Year Retrospective of Rare Recordings'' compilation CD
*REV 101 – Right Brigade – ''Right Brigade''
*REV 103 – Garrison – ''Be a Criminal''
*REV 105 – Thirty-two Frames – ''Thirty-two Frames'' CD (2002)
*REV 110 – ''Revelation Records 2004 Collection'' compilation CD (2004)
*REV 112 – Since By Man – '' We Sing the Body Electric'' CD/LP (2003)
*REV 115 – Shai Hulud – ''That Within Blood Ill-Tempered'' (2003)
**Reached position #39 on the Billboard Independent Album chart.
*REV 118 – Garrison – ''The Silhouette'' EP CD(2003)
*REV 119 – Christiansen – ''Stylish Nihilists'' (2003)
*REV 120 – On The Might Of Princes – ''Sirens'' (2003)
*REV 121 – Call Me Lightning – ''The Trouble We're In'' (2005)
*REV 122 – Judge – ''What It Meant – The Complete Discography'' 2xLP/CD (2005)
*REV 123 – Sincebyman – ''A Love Hate Relationship'' EP/CD (2004)
*REV 124 – Pitch Black – ''This Is the Modern Sound'' CD (2005)
*REV 125 – The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower – ''Love in the Fascist Brothel'' CD (2005)
*REV 126 – Curl Up and Die – ''The One Above All, The End of All That Is'' CD (2005)
*REV 127 – Temper Temper – '' Temper Temper'' LP/CD (2005)
*REV 128 – Shai Hulud – ''A Comprehensive Retrospective or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Release Bad and Useless Recordings'' compilation CD (2005)
*REV 129 – Bold – ''The Search : 1985–1989'' CD/LP/2xLP (2005)
*REV 130 – Generations: A Hardcore Compilation compilation CD
*REV 131 – Elliott – ''Photorecording'' CD/DVD (2005)
*REV 132 – Since By Man – ''Pictures from the Hotel Apocalypse'' LP/CD (2005)
*REV 133 – Twilight Transmission – ''The Dance of Destruction''
*REV 134 – Shook Ones – ''Slaughter of the Insole''
*REV 135 – Gracer – ''Voices Travel''
*REV 136 – Sinking Ships – '' Disconnecting''
*REV 137 – Shai Hulud – ''A Profound Hatred of Man''
*REV 138 – Shai Hulud – ''Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion''
*REV 139 – End of a Year – ''Sincerely''
*REV 140 – Down to Nothing – ''Higher Learning''
*REV 141 – Down to Nothing – ''The Most''
*REV 142 – Shook Ones – '' Facetious Folly Feat''
*REV 143 – Sinking Ships – ''Ten''
*REV 144 – Capital – ''Homefront''
*REV 145 – Living Hell – ''The Lost and the Damned''
*REV 146 – Down to Nothing – ''Unbreakable''
*REV 147 – Mouthpiece – ''Can't Kill What's Inside: The Complete Discography'' LP/CD (2009)
*REV 148 – By a Thread – self-titled LP/CD (2011)
*REV 149 – The Rival Mob – ''Mob Justice'' LP (2013)
*REV 150 – Various – ''PastPresent: Breaking Out the Classics'' compilation LP (2010)
*REV 151 – Texas Is The Reason – ''Do You Know Who You Are?: The Complete Collection'' (2013)
*REV 152 – Down To Nothing – ''Greetings from Richmond, Virginia'' 7" EP (2013)
*REV 153 – Down To Nothing – ''Life On The James'' LP/CD (2013)
*REV 154 – Title Fight – '' Spring Songs'' 7" (2013)
*REV 155 – Soul Search – ''Nothing but a Nightmare'' 7" (2014)
*REV 156 – Forced Order – ''Retribution'' 7" (2014)
*REV 157 – Give – ''Sonic Bloom'' 12" EP (2015)
*REV 158 – Violent Reaction – ''Marching On'' LP (2015)
*REV 159 – Fell to Low – ''Low in the Dust'' LP (2015)
*REV 160 – Beyond – ''Dew It! / Live Crucial Chaos WNYU'' LP (2015)
*REV 161 – Forced Order – ''Vanished Crusade'' LP/CD (2015)
*REV 162 – World Be Free – ''The Anti-Circle'' LP/CD(2016)
*REV 163 – Warzone – ''Don't Forget the Struggle Don't Forget the Streets'' LP (2016)
*REV 164 – Beyond – ''No Longer At Ease'' LP/CD/CS (2016)
*REV 165 – Down To Nothing – ''Live! On the James'' LP (2017)
*REV 166 – Jeff Caudill – ''Voice b/w Wishing Well'' 7" EP (2017)
*REV 166 – Jeff Caudill – Voice b/w Wishing Well
*REV 167 – Search – ''Between The Lines'' EP 7" (2017)
*REV 168 – Fall Silent – ''Cart Return'' EP 7" (2017)
*REV 169 – Primal Rite – ''Sensory Link to Pain'' EP 7" (2017)
*REV 170 – Battery – ''For The Rejected by the Rejected'' compilation LP (2017)
*REV 171 – Primal Rite – ''Dirge of Escapism'' LP/CD (2018)
*REV 172 – Crippled Youth – ''Join the Fight'' 7" (2018)
*REV 173 – Warzone – ''Open Your Eyes'' CD/LP/CS (2018)
*REV 182-2 – Drain – "California Cursed" LP (2020)
*REV 183-1 – Constant Elevation – "Freedom Beach" 7" (2020)
*REV 184-1 – World Be Free – "One Time for Unity" 12" EP (2020)
*REVTP 001 – Speedway – "When If Not Now?" Tape (2021)

External links

Official website

The Revelation Records discography

The pressing history of most Revelation releases

Revelation online music distribution






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Record labels established in 1987
American independent record labels
Hardcore record labels
Punk record labels
Revelation Records