Warcon Enterprises was a New York City based

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focusing on mostly

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...

, started by Bob Chiappardi of

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and

Kevin Lyman Kevin Lyman is the founder and operator of thKevin Lyman Group formerly known as 4Fini, Inc., a live event production company and brand strategy firm. His most notable live production is the live music festival series Vans Warped Tour, which attrac ...

, the founder of

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, in 2004.Helmet's Hamilton To Today's Punk Stars: Get Off Of My Lawn!

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, June 14, 2006. Warcon was a sponsor of the Rockstar

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tour. Warcon was distributed through

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and

Fontana Distribution Fontana Distribution was a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network (now owned by the Virgin Music Group unit of the Universal Music Group since 2019). A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until Ingrooves, INgroov ...

, and operated as the distributor of UK label

Demolition Records Demolition Records was a British record label based in Jarrow, England, specialising in heavy metal and rock, with many international artists. It was founded in 2000 by brothers Ged and Eric Cook. There were also distribution offices in Frankfurt, ...

in the United States starting in August 2006.DEMOLITION RECORDS Signs North American Deal With WARCON ENTERPRISES

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, August 9, 2006. Warcon signed contracts with artists which included integration of merchandise and marketing along with distribution of albums.Helmet Signs to Warcon Enterprises
Punknews.org, 2005. Among its signatories were

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and

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. It also released the soundtrack to the film ''

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''.SLAYER, DISTURBED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, LAMB OF GOD On 'Saw III' Soundtrack

, October 7, 2006. Warcon Enterprises closed its doors in late 2008. There were several attempts to re-finance the label which failed. Jim Chambers (GM), Stu Fine (President), Kyle Roeger (Head of new Media), and Hadley Poole (Head of PR/Video) were all that were left in the end. Each was laid off except Chambers, who remained to handle logistical problems.

Artists

* Adair *

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* Duck Duck Goose * Guantanamo *

* Night Kills the Day *

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The SmashUp The Smashup are a post-hardcore / punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York. They formed in 2001. They are currently signed to Warcon Records. They released their self-titled debut EP in 2004 and their first studio album "Being and Becoming" in 200 ...

Street Drum Corps Street Drum Corps is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2004 by Bobby Alt, of S.T.U.N. and Faculty X; Adam Alt, of Circus Minor; and Frank Zummo, of TheStart. To date the group have released four albums and have been part of tours su ...

Compilation albums

*''

The Best of Taste of Chaos Taste of Chaos (or "TOC") was a live music tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour along with his friend and business partner, John Reese. The Taste Of Chaos tour catered to fans of ...

'' *''The Best of Taste of Chaos Two.'' *''

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'' *''

'' Soundtrack

References

External links

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