The Great American Steak Religion was a Canadian
independent record label
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which released many notable hardcore records from the likes of
Shotmaker,
His Hero Is Gone, and
Chokehold
A chokehold, choke, stranglehold or, in Judo, shime-waza ( ja, 絞技, translation=constriction technique) is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air (choking)''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' ( ...
during the 1990s. Originally based in Ottawa at 5 Arlington Avenue, founder Yannick Lorrain moved to Quebec City, and then to Montreal, taking the label with him. In 2004, the last release under this label was issued: Union Of Uranus' discography titled ''To This Bearer Of Truth''.
Many of the releases were issued only on vinyl and were etched with the word "Verse" and then a number, hence the tagging of each release as such.
Releases
Verse 1
Uranus/Immoral Squad Split 7" 1994
Verse 2
Reach Out - Wall Street 7"
Verse 3
Shotmaker - Crayon Club LP
Verse 4
Drift - Self-titled 7"
Verse 5
Union of Uranus - Disaster By Design 2x7"
Verse 6
Franklin - Roy Is Dead 7"
Verse 7
One Eyed God Prophecy - Toddler LP
Verse 8
Chokehold
A chokehold, choke, stranglehold or, in Judo, shime-waza ( ja, 絞技, translation=constriction technique) is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air (choking)''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' ( ...
- Content with Dying LP
Verse 9
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Verse 10
Four Hundred Years - Suture LP
Verse 11
Young Pioneers - Crime Wave EP 10"
Verse 12
Hacksaw - Kick It 7"
Verse 13
His Hero Is Gone/Union Of Uranus - Split EP 12"
Verse 14
His Hero Is Gone - Fools Gold 7"
Verse 15
His Hero Is Gone - The Plot Sickenss: Enslavement Redefined
Verse 16
Mine - Tetanus CD
or
From Ashes Rise
From Ashes Rise is an American neo-crust band, formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in the mid-1990s. They helped define the gloom-heavy sound attributed to groups like His Hero is Gone and Tragedy by combining a dynamic, eerie open chord dissonanc ...
- Concrete and Steel LP
Verse 17
From Ashes Rise
From Ashes Rise is an American neo-crust band, formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in the mid-1990s. They helped define the gloom-heavy sound attributed to groups like His Hero is Gone and Tragedy by combining a dynamic, eerie open chord dissonanc ...
- Silence LP
Verse 18
Meanwhile - The Show Must Go On 7"
Verse 19
Born Dead Icons
Born Dead Icons was a Canadian hardcore punk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They played melodic, heavy and dark d-beat hardcore punk with various influences, mainly British bands Amebix, Discharge, Zounds, and Motörhead
Motörhead () ...
- The Modern Plague 7"
Verse 20
Union Of Uranus - To The Bearer Of Truth CD
See also
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List of record labels
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References
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Record labels established in 1994
Record labels disestablished in 2004
Canadian independent record labels
Hardcore record labels
Defunct record labels of Canada