Hopeless Records
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Founded | 1993 |
Founder | Louis Posen |
Distributor(s) | AMPED Distribution[1] |
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Country of origin | U.S. |
Location | Van Nuys, California |
Official website | www |
Hopeless Records is an American independent record label in Van Nuys, California.[2][3][4][5][6]
History[]
Hopeless Records was founded in 1993 by Louis Posen. The label's artists are generally considered to fall under the genres of punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, and alternative rock, but some also include elements of heavy metal. Some of their best-known artists include All Time Low, Sum 41, Neck Deep, Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Yellowcard, Anarbor, Taking Back Sunday, Silverstein, We Are The In Crowd, Bayside, The Used, The Wonder Years, The Human Abstract and Enter Shikari.[7]
The label's "charitable arm," Sub City Records, produces the annual Take Action Tour.[8] Each year Hopeless/Sub City releases a benefit compilation Take Action! which is a multidisc compilation of punk and other independent bands. The CD release usually coincides with the annual Take Action Tour.
In July 2008, Hopeless Records announced that it had launched a new imprint, P Is for Panda. It was originally started in 2007 as a clothing line by The Militia Group founder Chad Pearson. The label released its first album, a various artists compilation in August 2008.[9]
Artists[]
Current[]
- Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties
- Afterlife
- Anthony Raneri
- Bayside
- Between You & Me
- C’Naughty Da Barbie
- DE'WAYNE
- Destroy Boys
- Doll Skin
- Fame On Fire
- Foxing
- Grabbitz
- GroundCulture
- Illuminati Hotties[10]
- John Floreani
- Kamiyada+
- Kira Saotome
- LØLØ
- Lotus Eater
- Neck Deep
- New Found Glory
- [11]
- Oliver Francis
- Point North
- remy
- Scene Queen
- Sincere Engineer
- Stand Atlantic[12]
- Sullivan King
- Sum 41
- Taking Back Sunday
- Tigers Jaw
- Tiny Moving Parts
- Tonight Alive
- Trash Boat
- Travie McCoy
- Trophy Eyes
- Vaines
- What's Eating Gilbert
- With Confidence
- The Wonder Years
Past[]
- 88 Fingers Louie (active)
- Against All Authority (active)
- Air Dubai (status unknown)
- All Time Low (active with Fueled by Ramen)
- Amber Pacific (active with Digitally Sound Records and Straight 8 Entertainment)
- Anarbor (status unknown)
- Andy Shauf (status unknown)
- Atom And His Package (active)
- Avenged Sevenfold (active with Capitol Records)
- Break The Silence (disbanded)
- Circa Survive (active with Rise Records)
- Coldrain (active with Warner Music Japan)
- Common Rider (status unknown)
- Cruel Hand (status unknown)
- Damion Suomi and the Minor Prophets (status unknown)
- The Dangerous Summer (active with Molly Water Music)
- Digger (disbanded)
- Dillinger Four (active with Fat Wreck Chords)
- Divided by Friday (disbanded)
- Driver Friendly (status unknown)
- Dryjacket (status unknown)
- dying in designer (status unknown)
- Emarosa (status unknown)
- Enter Shikari (independent)
- Ever We Fall (disbanded)
- Falling Sickness (disbanded)
- Fifteen (disbanded)
- For The Foxes (status unknown)
- Funeral Oration (disbanded)
- Guttermouth (active with Rude Records)
- Hands Like Houses (active with UNFD)
- Have Mercy (status unknown)
- Heckle (disbanded)
- Heroes of Modern Earth (status unknown)
- Hold Close (status unknown)
- The Human Abstract (disbanded)
- Hundredth (status unknown)
- Jeff Ott (status unknown)
- Kaddisfly (active with Hopeless subsidiary Sub City Records)
- The KickDrums (status unknown)
- Lil Xtra (status unknown)
- Mêlée (status unknown)
- Milk Teeth (disbanded)
- Moose Blood (hiatus)
- Mustard Plug (active with No Idea Records)
- The Nobodys (disbanded)
- Nural (disbanded)
- Oh, Weatherly (status unknown)
- The Queers (active with Asian Man Records)
- The Ready Set (status unknown)
- Roam (status unknown)
- Royden (status unknown)
- Samiam (status unknown)
- Satanic Surfers (active)
- Scared of Chaka (status unknown)
- Schlong (disbanded)
- Selby Tigers (disbanded)
- Silverstein (active with UNFD)
- Somos (status unknown)
- Story Untold (actively independent)
- Super Whatevr (disbanded)
- SycAmour (status unknown)
- Sylar (status unknown)
- There for Tomorrow (status unknown)
- Thrice (active with Epitaph Records)
- Tripp Underwood (status unknown)
- The Used (active with Big Noise Records)
- Vanish (status unknown)
- Waterparks (active with 300 Entertainment)
- We Are The In Crowd (Active)
- White Kaps (disbanded)
- Worthwhile (status unknown)
- WSTR (active)
- Yellowcard (disbanded)
- Young and Heartless (status unknown)
Compilation albums and samplers[]
- Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 1
- Hopelessly Devoted to You Too Vol. 2
- Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 3
- Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 4
- Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 5
- Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 6
- Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 7
- Change!
- New Jersey Hardcore Punk Vol. 9
- New Jersey Hardcore Punk Vol. 10
- Another Hopeless Summer
- Love Is Hopeless
- Love Is Hopeless 2013
- I'm So Hopeless You're So Hopeless
- Hopeless for the Holidays[13]
- Songs That Saved My Life
- Songs That Saved My Life Vol. 2
See also[]
- List of record labels
References[]
- ^ "Labels".
- ^ "About Hopeless Records". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ Fadrowski, Kelli (January 16, 2019). "Louis Posen of Van Nuys' Hopeless Records looks back on 25 years of hard work, good times and punk rock". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ De Los Santos, Brian (September 21, 2011). "CSUN alumnus transcends music industry with music label Hopeless Records". Sundial. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ Wappler, Margaret (March 16, 2006). "Hopeless? That's just a name". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ Brown, August (January 18, 2019). "How Hopeless Records has Thrived for a Quarter Century in Indie Punk". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- ^ "more-about-us". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ Roeschlein, Shane (2007-12-06). "Taking Action, One Tour at a Time: an Interview with Louis Posen | A Coat of Red Paint In Hell". Acoatofredpaintinhell.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ "Hopeless Records launches P Is For Panda imprint". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "illuminati hotties Share New Single "MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA," Launch Snack Shack Tracks Label". Paste Magazine. 21 Apr 2021. Retrieved 21 Apr 2021.
- ^ "NOAHFINNCE Has Signed To Hopeless Records & Released A New Song". Rock Sound. 19 Nov 2020. Retrieved 19 Nov 2020.
- ^ "Stand Atlantic sign to Hopeless Records; Announce album Skinny Dipping". Kerrang. 2018-09-04.
- ^ "Hopeless For The Holidays Compilation". Hopeless Records. Archived from the original on 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
External links[]
- American independent record labels
- Record labels established in 1993
- Punk record labels