Homestead Records
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Parent company | Dutch East India Trading |
Founded | 1983 |
Founder | Sam Berger |
Defunct | 1996 |
Distributor(s) | Dutch East India Trading |
Genre | Alternative rock, punk rock, experimental |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Homestead Records was a Long Island, New York-based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading that operated from 1983 to 1996. The label was known for not paying its artists and not spending any money on promotion.[1]
History[]
The label was created by Barry Tenenbaum. Tenenbaum started a mail-order business, called Lord Sitar Records, from his bedroom when he was a teenager, importing records by the Beatles and other artists from England that he could sell for a profit in the States. Tenenbaum had established an extensive distribution network, called Dutch East India Trading, so when the Copyright Act of 1976 curtailed his ability to import artists who already had U.S. labels, he began licensing records for release and he created the Homestead Records imprint for this purpose. Sam Berger, who worked for Dutch East, became the new label's first manager.[1]
Sam Berger left Homestead in 1984 and was replaced by Gerard Cosloy, the creator of the underground art fanzine Conflict. Cosloy would be the sole employee of the label until 1987 when Craig Marks was hired to assist him in running the label. Cosloy and Marks both resigned in 1990. Ken Katkin was the manager from 1990 to 1992, and Steven Joerg from 1992 to 1996. The label closed in 1996 with its last release being Ivo Perelman's Cama de Terra.[1][2][3]
Artists[]
- Antietam[2]
- Babe the Blue Ox
- Bastro
- Beat Happening
- Big Black
- Big Dipper
- Bodeco
- Brainiac
- Bratmobile
- Breaking Circus
- David S. Ware
- Daniel Johnston
- Death Of Samantha
- Dinosaur Jr
- Dredd Foole & the Din
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- Elliott Sharp
- GG Allin
- Giant Sand
- Great Plains
- Green River
- Happy Flowers
- Ivo Perelman
- King Kong
- Live Skull
- Love Child
- My Dad Is Dead
- Naked Raygun
- New Radiant Storm King (NRSK)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Phantom Tollbooth
- Salem 66
- Screaming Trees
- Seam
- Sebadoh
- Sleepyhead
- Sonic Youth
- Sorry
- Soul-Junk
- Squirrel Bait
- SSD
- Supreme Dicks
- Swans
- Tall Dwarfs
- The Cakekitchen[3]
- The Chills
- The Dentists
- The Dogmatics
- The Ex
- The Frogs
- The Mad Scene
- The Meatmen
- The Membranes
- The Micronotz
- The Pastels
- The Proletariat
- The Verlaines
- Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
- Trumans Water
- Tsunami
- U-Men
- Uzi
- Volcano Suns
- Weird Paul Petroskey
- William Hooker
- William Parker
See also[]
- List of record labels
- Matador Records
References[]
- ^ a b c d Fritch, Matthew (August 25, 2006). "Homestead Records: Frontier Days". Magnet. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Jarnow, Jesse (June 5, 2012). Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock. Avery Publishing. ISBN 978-1592407156. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Jefferies, Graeme (December 14, 2018). Time Flowing Backwards: A Memoir. Mosaic Press. ISBN 978-1771612371. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ Homestead Records discography at Discogs
External links[]
- Record labels established in 1983
- Record labels disestablished in 1996
- American independent record labels
- Industrial record labels
- Post-hardcore record labels
- Noise music record labels
- Experimental music record labels
- Alternative rock record labels
- Defunct record labels of the United States