Doctor Dream Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

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 founded in 1982

1982 in music

This is a list of notable events in music from 1982. 1982 was a big year in music with Madonna making her debut as well as the year that Michael Jackson released Thriller which became the world's best selling album and it still holds that title today....

 by Dave Hayes and originating from Orange, CA. During its time as an independent the company released over 100 records, from punkrock, alternative rock

Alternative rock

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, comedy

Comedy

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 to heavy metal music

Heavy metal music

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. Their more well-known performers are Rich Little

Rich Little

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, Cadillac Tramps and Swamp Zombies

Swamp Zombies

Swamp Zombies was an indie rock band formed during the 1980s in California . One of Doctor Dream Records most popular bands, the Swamp Zombies released five albums for the label. The core of their sound blended folk music and punk music with heavy doses of calypso and other influences thrown into...

. The Company logo was designed by Josh Agle. Doctor Dream Records was sold to Mercury/Polygram in 1997.

Artists

• Christy McCool
• The Grabbers
• D.I.
• Manic Hispanic
  Manic Hispanic
  Manic Hispanic is a punk rock/Chicano rock band from Orange County and Los Angeles, California. They are a semi-parodic act that plays cover versions of punk rock and hardcore punk "standards" by slightly renaming songs and adjusting lyrics to address Chicano culture...
  
  
• Aversion
  Aversion
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• Bitch Funky Sex Machine
• SPLNTR
• Fifty Lashes
• Cisco Poison
• Dash Rip Rock
  Dash Rip Rock
  Dash Rip Rock is a New Orleans based rock band built around the songs of singer-guitarist Bill Davis.The band is a legendary live powerhouse, often being credited with founding the musical genre known as "Country Punk." The New York Times said Dash Rip Rock is "the kind of band that provides a...
  
  
• Drance
• Paul Kelly and the Messengers
  Paul Kelly (musician)
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• Joyride
  Joyride
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• Shig & Buzz
• The Texas Instruments
• Tiny Lights
  Tiny Lights
  Tiny Lights was a music group formed by John Hamilton and Donna Croughn in 1985. Original members include Dave Dreiwitz , Jane Scarpantoni and John Mastro . Based in Hoboken, New Jersey, the group released a total of seven albums, two of which were later released on Psychic TV's Temple Records...
  
  
• The Black Watch
  The Black Watch (band)
  The Black Watch is an independent rock band from Santa Barbara, California whose only constant member has been singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter, John Andrew Fredrick. Through their twenty years in the recording industry, the group has affiliated with at least eight different record...
  
  
• Andy Prieboy
  Andy Prieboy
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• Jerry Giddens
• Welt
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• Screaming Bloody Mary's
• Don't Mean Maybe
• Mosh On Fire Compilation
• Zebrahead
  Zebrahead
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• Knockout
  Knockout
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• Human Therapy
• Eggplant
• Imagining Yellow Suns
• Ann Dejarnet
• El Grupo Sexo
• The Joneses
• National People's Gang
• Bob's Your Uncle
  Bob's Your Uncle (band)
  Bob's Your Uncle was a Canadian alternative rock band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Based in Vancouver, the band consisted of band founder guitarist Jamie Junger, vocalist and guitarist Sook-Yin Lee, bassist Bernie Radelfinger, harmonica player Peter Lizotte and drummer John Rule...
  
  
• Food For Feet
• The Cripples
• Trouble Dolls