31G Records, or Three One G, is a

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-based independent record label, started by musician Justin Pearson in 1994 and focusing on

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and

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music. The label has released a number of albums and compilations in what has been described as "freak punk" and "spaz-rock." Musicians on the label frequently collaborate, creating supergroups such as Holy Molar,

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, and Head Wound City. Three One G's roster has featured many

noise rock Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Drawing on movements such as minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore, artists indulge in extre ...

bands.

History

31G Records was founded by Justin Pearson in

in 1994. The name comes from the chorus of a

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song "Warsaw", a song covered by Pearson's then-band, Swing Kids. The reference for '3-1-G' in the original song was to Rudolf Hess's prisoner number. The first album released on the new label was the 1994 single "And / Fall On Proverb" by metalcore band Unbroken. The second release was a reissue of the new debut album from

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and

band Swing Kids, a band consisting of both the Unbroken guitarist Eric Allen and Pearson on vocals. The following few releases also involved the same community of musicians, with a split between Swing Kids and Spanakorzo coming out in 1995, and the second released recording by Pearson's new band The Locust coming out as a split EP with Jenny Piccolo in 1996. In 1998 Allysia Edwards joined with Pearson as a partner at the label, and their annual output began to increase. By January 2011, the label had put out approximately 60 releases total. Staff as of 2011 include Sal Gallego of

, Marcus D’Camp, Brandon McMinn, Mike McGuire, Becky DiGiglio, and Pearson. According to Pearson, the label's best selling releases have been ''Discography'' by Swing Kids, as well as '' March on Electric Children'' by The Blood Brothers. Three One G has released a compilation of

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covers by their artists called ''Dynamite With a Laserbeam: Queen as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G'', as well as a similar tribute to The Birthday Party titled ''Release The Bats''. There has also been a DVD documentary, ''This is Circumstantial Evidence'', made about Three One G. In 2020 the label released a tribute album to

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called ''Really Bad Music For Really Bad People: The Cramps As Heard Through The Meat Grinder Of Three One G'' and featured artists such as

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, and

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Collaborations

Reviewers have described the Three One G community of musicians under the umbrella term "freak punk" or "spaz-rock," saying "the intense, the slightly frightening, and the brutal all find a place for themselves and their music in Three One G Records." Most of the label's bands have shared members or interact within the same musical community, and according to Pearson, According to ''SSG Music'', "It seems that members of San Diego label Three One G decide to form new supergroups at least once a year." Three One G bands Holy Molar, Ground Unicorn Horn, and Head Wound City were all formed with earlier musicians on the label. The label's supergroup Retox included Gabe Serbian and Pearson of The Locust, and many of the bands such as The Crimson Curse and

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are connected to The Locust as well.

Roster

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* All Leather *

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* Asterisk* *

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* Black Cat #13 * Black Dice * The Blood Brothers *

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* The Chinese Stars * The Crimson Curse * Das Oath *

Dead Cross Dead Cross is an American crossover thrash supergroup (music), supergroup formed in Southern California. The band consists of guitarist Michael Crain (Retox (band), Retox), bassist Justin Pearson (the Locust, Head Wound City and Retox), drummer ...

* Deaf Club * Death Eyes * Doomsday Student * Downcast * End Of The Line * Ex Models *

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* Festival Of Dead Deer * Gabe Serbian * Geromino * Get Hustle * Ground Unicorn Horn * Haunted Horses * Head Wound City * Holy Molar * Hot Nerds * Ill Saint M * Into Violence * INUS * Invisibl Skratch Piklz * Jaks * Jenny Piccolo * Kill the Capulets *

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* Leg Lifters * Love Life * Luke Henshaw *

* Microwaves * More Pain * Moving Units * Narrows * Netherlands * Orthrelm * Panicker * Paper Mice * Planet B * Qui * Quintron * Rats Eyes * Retox * Run For Your F_cking Life * Satanic Planet * Secret Fun Club * Silent *

* Sonido de la Frontera * Spanakorzo * Ssion * Struggle * Swing Kids * T-Cells * The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower * The Locust * Unbroken * Under Attack * WARSAWWASRAW * Wet Lungs * Zealot RIP * Zeus! * Zs

References

External links

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