Slap a Ham Records was an independent label from San Francisco owned and operated by Chris Dodge, bassist of the band Spazz as well as others. The label is generally seen as a highly influential entity within the hardcore punk scene in California during the 1980s and 1990s, for the label issued releases by groups such as Crossed Out, Man Is the Bastard, Capitalist Casualties, among others. It is also considered to have played an important role in the development of powerviolence, a dissonant style of hardcore that is similar to

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and thrashcore. The label also issued early releases by well-known groups such as the

Melvins Melvins (sometimes The Melvins) are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington. Their early work was key to the development of both grunge and sludge metal. Initially, they performed as a trio but later also sometimes appeare ...

and Eyehategod. The label lasted for about 13 years, officially shutting down in 2002. According to Dodge, this was due because of the September 11 attacks; "After the attacks, everyone stopped spending money" and as a result, Slap a Ham faced stagnate commerce, causing Dodge to go into debt.

Label roster

* 13 * Anarchus * Ancient Chinese Secret * Benümb * Burned Up, Bled Dry * Burning Witch * C.F.D.L. * Capitalist Casualties * Chris Dodge * Crossed Out * David Witte * Despise You * Discordance Axis * East/West Blast Test * Enemy Soil * Eyehategod * Fu Manchu * Fuck on the Beach * Gasp *

Gob Gob or GOB may refer to: Government * Government of Bahrain * Government of Bangladesh * Government of Barbados * Government of Belarus * Government of Belize * Government of Brazil Music * Gob (band), a Canadian punk band ** Gob (Gob album) ...

* Godstomper * Hellnation *

Infest Infest may refer to: *Infest, wild animal overpopulation, much in the same way that cockroaches do * ''Infest'' (album), a 2000 hard rock album by Papa Roach *Infest (band), American hardcore band *Infest (festival), an alternative electronic mu ...

* Jimmy Walker * labhorher * Lack of Interest * MDC * Man Is the Bastard * Melt-Banana *

* Monastery * Neanderthal * No Comment * No Less *

No Use for a Name No Use for a Name (sometimes abbreviated NUFAN or No Use) was an American punk rock band from Sunnyvale, California, United States formed in 1986 by Chris Dodge (guitar), Steve Papoutsis ( bass) and Rory Koff (drums). The band's sound evolved con ...

* Noothgrush * Otophobia *

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* Pissed Happy Children * Plutocracy * Rupture * Shank * Slave State * Slight Slappers * Spazz * Stikky * Suppression * Tomsk-7 * Wink Martindale * Yacøpsæ

Discography

This list is organized by catalog number. All three ''Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh'' compilations were only released on 7" vinyl. All CD releases are bootlegs.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Defunct record labels of the United States Hardcore record labels Powerviolence Punk record labels