Retard Disco is an American, Los Angeles-based

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. The label launched with two debut releases by 14 Year Old Girls and

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in 2003. The label subsequently released over two dozen records by artists including Partyline, Epsilons, The Younger Lovers, Bark Bark Bark and more.

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has been a vocal fan of the label, frequently playing Retard Disco releases on his radio show and citing the label, alongside Dischord, Ipecac, and Matador, as his favorites. The label first gained attention when the band 14 Year Old Girls performed live on national TV, on Tech TV's

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and G4 TV's The Screen Savers and Players. The band was written up in '' GamePRO'', '' EGM'', ''

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'' and more, played shows with

Gravy Train!!!! Gravy Train!!!! were an electroclash band from Oakland, California. The band released material on the labels S.P.A.M. Records, Cold Crush, Kill Rock Stars, Cochon Records, and Retard Disco. The band had four members (represented by the four exc ...

, Pansy Division and The Briggs. They once played at Magic Mountain and they have played at an Elks Lodge. Maximum Rock'n'Roll called them "Quite endearing" and Punknews.org declared them "the inventors of Nintendo punk." Epsilons band-members included then-teenagers

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and Charlie Mootheart. The label released the DVD ''Stame The Batch'' featuring the band

Because the label was home to bands 14 Year Old Girls, Totally Radd!! and Bad Dudes, it became known as a hub for the genre known as "Nintendo Punk." Both 14 Year Old Girls and Totally Radd!! released exclusive songs on a CDRom that was paired with issues of gaming magazine EGM as a special promotion set by the label.

released six albums on Retard Disco and many videos including "Connection" which charted #2 indie video of the year (MTV2, 2008) and #1 video on MTVU (MTVU, 2009) The Younger Lovers is the musical project of acclaimed author Brontez Purnell.

Roster

* 14 Year Old Girls * Bad Dudes * Bark Bark Bark * Epsilons * Gene Defcon *

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* The Munchers *

Partyline Partyline is an American, Washington, D.C.-based punk rock band, consisting of singer/songwriter Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, Dig Yr. Grave, Deep Lust, Hawnay Troof Hawnay Troof is an American electronic indie band formed ...

* Scream Club * Signals * The Show is the Rainbow * Totally Radd!! * The Younger Lovers

References

External links

Official Retard Disco website

Southern Records: Retard Disco catalog
{{Authority control American independent record labels Record labels based in California Record labels established in 2003