Subterranean Records is an

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based in San Francisco, California. Founded by Steve Tupper and a then partner, Michael Fox in 1979, it focused on that city's underground punk and

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scene. Subterranean and fellow punk/alt/underground San Francisco label Alternative Tentacles both sprang forth from the DIY punk movement in 1979, and were quite successful on college and community radio stations in the US. These labels helped define the San Francisco punk movement. Subterranean was the more avant garde of the two. While originally just focused on documenting and promoting the SF area, over the years Subterranean has released records by artists from many areas and genres. Like many small DIY labels, Steve Tupper noted that bands were chosen based on his musical tastes. Subterranean had a small storefront record shop on Valencia Street for about 4 years, from about 1984 to 1988. The label has released a number of important underground albums, most notably four LPs by the band Flipper. The Dead Kennedys also released an important single on the label.

Catalog

This list is organized by catalog number, a roughly chronological number system established by the label and typically printed on or assigned to each official release. :

Roster

* Alterboys * Angel'in Heavy Syrup *

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* Bay of Pigs *

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* Caroliner *

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* Club Foot Orchestra * Code of Honor * Controlled Bleeding * Dead Kennedys *

Factrix Factrix was an American pioneering industrial group from San Francisco, formed in 1978 by Bond Bergland, Cole Palme, and Joseph T. Jacobs, and was praised by Carlo McCormick as "one of the great bands of their era, prescient and influential."''R ...

* Flipper *

Fried Abortions Fried may refer to: Music * ''Fried'' (album), a 1984 album by Julian Cope *Fried (band), a band made up of U.S. soul singer Jonte Short and ex-The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals guitarist David Steele *"Fried", a song by E-40 from his 2011 album, ...

Frightwig Frightwig is an all-female punk rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1982 by Deanna Ashley and Mia Levin. After many line-up changes, Frightwig retired in 1994. Frightwig reformed in 2012 with Rebecca Sevrin and Rachel Thoele. Fr ...

* Helios Creed *

Housecoat Project Housecoat Project was an avant-garde punk rock band started in 1984 in San Francisco, California, by Meri St. Mary, Eric Rad Yuncker, Michel Schorro and Erol Cengiz. The band opened for many punk bands of the time and was a headline act at many c ...

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 ...

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The Jars The Jars were a new wave band from Berkeley, California, active from 1978 to 1982. According to Subterranean Records founder Steven Tupper, the Jars were one of the first bands to successfully combine 1960s garage and 1970s punk. They recorded t ...

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* The Leather Nun * Les Seldoms * The Lewd * Bruce Loose *

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Minimal Man Minimal Man was an American industrial and experimental rock project, formed in 1979 in San Francisco, California by leader Patrick Miller. Background Minimal Man was formed in San Francisco, California in 1979 by leader Patrick Miller, a visu ...

* The Muskrats * Naked City * Negative Trend *

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 ...

* No Alternative * Polkacide *

Pop-O-Pies The Pop-O-Pies were an American punk rock band from San Francisco, California founded by Joe Callahan (aka Joe Pop-O-Pie) that got their start by repeatedly playing a cover of The Grateful Dead's "Truckin'". Though the band went through many li ...

* Pre-Fix * Psyclones * Research Library *

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* Ultrasheen * UNS * VKTMS * The Wannabe Texans * Stefan Weisser * Wilma * Witch Trials * Woundz *

Kathleen Yearwood Kathleen Yearwood is a Canadian experimental singer-songwriter and author, born in 1958. From Subterranean Records description of Kathleen Yearwood: :This powerful and very radical Canadian artist and her music have been described variously as ...

* Z'ev

References

External links

Subterranean Records Homepage

Discography at Discogs.com
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