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Dischord Records
USINFO | 2013-05-28 14:53
Dischord Records is a WashingtonD.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles. The label is most notable for employing the do-it-yourself ethic, producing all of its albums by itself and selling them at discount prices without finance from major distributors. Dischord continues to release records by bands from Washington D.C., and to document and support the Washington D.C. music scene.
Dischord was a local label in the early days of hardcore, and is one of the more famous independent labels, along with the likes of Alternative Tentacles, SST Records, and Touch & Go Records. Early releases by Dischord were relatively well produced compared to other punk recordings of the time. Minor Threat's work is an example of these higher production values.
Roster
Bands such as Minor Threat, Government Issue, The Faith, Void, Iron Cross, Embrace, Rites of Spring, Nation of Ulysses, Scream, Soulside, Gray Matter, Jawbox, Marginal Man, Shudder to Think, Dag Nasty, Lungfish and Fugazi have released records on Dischord.
Additions to the Dischord roster as of the late 1990s and early 2000s include Q and Not U, Beauty Pill, Antelope, Faraquet, Black Eyes, The Aquarium, Title Tracks, Edie Sedgwick, and Andalusians. Many of these acts, notably Q and Not U and Black Eyes, are both influential and experimental post-hardcore bands. Dischord also recently signed Office of Future Plans, a new band started by former Jawbox frontman J. Robbins.
Artists
Antelope (2001–)
The Aquarium (2002–)
Artificial Peace (1980–1981)
Autoclave (1990–1991)
Beauty Pill (1999–)
Beefeater (1984–1986)
Black Eyes (2001–2004)
Bluetip (1995–2002)
Branch Manager (1990–1997)
Capitol City Dusters (1996–2003)
Channels (2003-)
Circus Lupus (1990–1993)
The Crownhate Ruin (1994–1996)
Dag Nasty (1985–1991)
Deadline (1981–1982)
Double-O (1983) (Split release with R&B records)
Egg Hunt (1986)
El Guapo (1996–2006)
Embrace (1985–1986)
The Evens (2001–)
The Faith (1980–1983) (Fronted by Alec MacKaye, brother of Ian MacKaye)
Faraquet (1997–2001, 2007-)
Fidelity Jones (1988–1990)
Fire Party (1986–1990)
French Toast (2001–)
Fugazi (1987–2002; on a "hiatus of unknown length")
Government Issue (1981–1989)
Gray Matter (1983–1986; 1990–1993)
Happy Go Licky (1987–1988)
High Back Chairs (1989–1993)
Holy Rollers (1989–1995)
Hoover (1992–1994; reformed briefly in 1997 and again in 2004)
Ignition (1986–1989)
Iron Cross (1981–1985)
Jawbox (1989–1997) (first Dischord band to leave for major label in 1993)
Joe Lally
Lungfish (1988–)
The Make-Up (1995–2000)
Marginal Man (1982–1988)
Medications (2003–)
Minor Threat (1980–1983)
Nation of Ulysses (1988–1992)
Office of Future Plans (2009–)
One Last Wish (1986)
The Pupils (2000–)
Q and Not U (1998–2005)
Red C (1981)
Rites of Spring (1984–1986)
Scream (1981–1990)
Severin (1989–1993)
Shudder to Think (1986–1998)
Skewbald/Grand Union (1981)
Slant 6 (1992–1995)
Smart Went Crazy (1993–1998)
Soulside (1986–1989)
State of Alert (SOA) (1980–1981)
Teen Idles (1979–1980)
Three (1986–1988)
Trusty (1989–1997)
Untouchables (1979–1981)
Void (1980–1983)
The Warmers (1994–1997)
DC Youth Brigade (1981)
