Time Bomb Recordings was a
Laguna Beach, California-based
independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...
, founded in 1995 by artist manager Jim Guerinot in a joint-venture agreement with
Arista Records
Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertainmen ...
. In the following five years, the artist roster grew to encompass a variety of musical genres (punk, indie, rock-a-billy); generally falling under the label "alternative rock". When the Arista agreement expired in 2000, Time Bomb signed with
BMG BMG may refer to:
Organizations
* Music publishing companies:
** Bertelsmann Music Group, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008
*** Sony BMG, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that wa ...
Distribution. The label has also existed mostly to administer its back catalog and is currently distributed by RED Distribution (whose parent,
Sony Music Entertainment, absorbed BMG). Time Bomb continued to release new albums in physical form until 2007, with the release of
Social Distortion's ''
Greatest Hits'' compilation album. Social Distortion would later sign to
Epitaph, and Time Bomb did not release any new music in over half a decade.
In 2014, Time Bomb was revived with the release of ''
Summer Nationals'', an EP of three song covers by
The Offspring on
iTunes
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and
Spotify. The label has since released more music by The Offspring, including their 2015
number one hit "
Coming for You", as well as the band's 2018 cover version of
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* AD 311, a year of the Julian calendar, in the fourth century AD
* 311 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* 311 (band), an American band
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Down
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".
In 2019 Time Bomb Recordings was acquired by
Concord Music Company
Former artists
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Amazing Crowns
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Animal Chin
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The Aquabats
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Ball
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Berlin
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Black Days
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Chlorine
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Crumbox
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Death in Vegas
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Disappointment Inc
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The Elevator Drops
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Indigo Swing Indigo Swing, later shortened to Indigo, was an American retro swing band of the mid-late 1990s, based out of San Francisco, California. They released two albums for the independent Time Bomb Recordings label, ''All Aboard!'' (1998) and ''Red Lig ...
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Lionrock
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Litany
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No Knife
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The Offspring
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Quarashi
Quarashi is an Icelandic rap rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland. The group consists of rappers Hössi Ólafsson (later replaced by Egill Olafur Thorarensen), Ómar Örn Hauksson, Steinar Orri Fjeldsted, and Sölvi Blöndal (who also acted as pr ...
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Mike Ness
Michael Daniel Ness (born April 3, 1962) is an American musician who is the lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the punk rock band Social Distortion, which was formed in 1978.
Early life
Ness was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on April ...
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The Reverend Horton Heat
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Screamfeeder
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Peter Searcy
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Starling
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Social Distortion
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Sunny Day Real Estate
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Tenderloin
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The Vandals
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The Waking Hours
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*
Wellwater Conspiracy
Compilations
* ''
Hell Comes to Your House''
* ''
Idle Hands Soundtrack''
* '' The Best of
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas''
* ''
Live At The Hootenanny''
See also
*
List of record labels
References
External links
Official site
American record labels
Punk record labels
Record labels established in 1995
Record labels disestablished in 2007
Record labels established in 2014
1995 establishments in California
2007 disestablishments in California
Record labels based in California
The Offspring
Social Distortion
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