Slampt (also Slampt Underground Organisation) was a

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set up in

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in 1992. The label is perhaps best known for releasing

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's debut EP. Slampt also released the debut single by The Yummy Fur, a band who later featured

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and Alex Huntley a.k.a. Alex Kapranos, who later became the drummer and lead vocalist in

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. Slampt also released many riot grrrl-related groups such as Pussycat Trash, Golden Starlet,

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, Sally Skull and International Strike Force. The label (which preferred to call itself an "arts umbrella" rather than a record label as such) was run and "owned" by Rachel Holborow and Pete Dale. Dale and Holborow were also behind many of the "label"'s musical acts such as the minimalist Avocado Baby and the more conventionally "punk" sounding Red Monkey. The latter group survived the collapse of Slampt in 2000 releasing a third LP on

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in 2001. Holborow still makes music in a two-piece group Do The Right Thing whilst Dale is still performing in his long-term outfit Milky Wimpshake.

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