Fan Death Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 currently based out of Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, and Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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. The label is operated by Sean Gray, Chris Berry and Tracy Soo-Ming.

Fan Death is also affiliated with DNA Test Fest, a punk, noise rock and experimental music festival held in Baltimore, Maryland, every year. It originally began in 2007 in conjunction with Gray's radio show on on WMUC-FM

WMUC-FM

WMUC-FM is the student-run non-commercial radio station licensed to the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, broadcasting at 10 watts...

 College Park, Maryland, called DNA in the DNA but now exists as an extension of Fan Death.

List of Fan Death releases

• FDR-001 - Clockcleaner
  Clockcleaner
  Clockcleaner is a punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA, named after a particular "hot bag" of heroin that was distributed in Philadelphia in the 1980s. The band consists of John Sharkey III on vocals/guitar, Karen Horner on 6-string bass guitar, and Richie Charles Jr on drums...
  
   - Ready To Fight 12"
• FDR-002 - Drunkdriver - Knife Day 7"
• FDR-003 - Ringo Deathstarr
  Ringo Deathstarr
  Ringo Deathstarr is a shoegaze band from Austin, Texas, which channels such diverse influences as Fugazi, The Cure, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, and The Velvet Underground into their own unique sonic fingerprint....
  
   - Ringo Deathstarr 12"
• FDR-004 - Taco Leg - Freemason's Hall 7"
• FDR-005 - Lamps - The Role Of The Dogcatcher In African-American Urban Folklore 7"
• FDR-006 - Pygmy Shrews - Lord Got Busted 7"
• FDR-007 - The New Flesh - Demo CS (reissue)
• FDR-008 - Locrian
  Locrian (band)
  Locrian is an experimental music/drone rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States formed in late 2005.-History:Locrian was formed in late 2005 by André Foisy and Terence Hannum, who had previously played together in Unlucky Atlas. Foisy is originally from Northern New York, while Hannum is...
  
   - Rain of Ashes CS
• FDR-009 - FNU Ronnies - Golem Smoke CS (US issue)
• FDR-010 - Pfisters – Narcicity LP
• FDR-011 - Broken Neck - Fights Over Nothing CS
• FDR-012 - The Chickens - s/t CS
• FDR-013 - Puerto Rico Flowers - 4 12"
• FDR-014 - Jason Urick – This Is Critical 7″
• FDR-015 - Twin Stumps – Live at Shea Stadium CS (benefit for Mike Yaniro)
• FDR-016 - Neon Blud – Whipps 7″
• FDR-017 - Psychedelic Horseshit
  Psychedelic Horseshit
  Psychedelic Horseshit is an American band from Columbus, Ohio, that plays a genre of lo-fi noise pop that they christened shitgaze.-History:...
  
   – Acid Tape CS
• FDR-018 - Screen Vinyl Image - Ice Station CS
• FDR-018EP - Screen Vinyl Image – Siberian Eclipse 7″
• FDR-019 - Broken Water – Normal Never Happened 7″
• FDR-020 - Twin Stumps - Seedbed LP/CD
• FDR-021 - Puerto Rico Flowers - 2 7"
• FDR-022 - Bodycop - s/t CS
• FDR-023 - Pleasure Leftists - Together Apart 12"
• FDR-024 - Homostupids - Great Music Collection CS
• FDR-025 - Puerto Rico Flowers - 7 12"
• FDR-026 - To Live and Shave in L.A.
  To Live and Shave in L.A.
  To Live and Shave in L.A. is an experimental music collective founded in 1993 by avant-garde composer/producer Tom Smith and Miami Beach musician/producer Frank "Rat Bastard" Falestra...
  
   - The Cortège 12"
• FDR-027 - Leather - Wretch 7"
• FDR-028 - Locrian
  Locrian (band)
  Locrian is an experimental music/drone rock band from Chicago, Illinois, United States formed in late 2005.-History:Locrian was formed in late 2005 by André Foisy and Terence Hannum, who had previously played together in Unlucky Atlas. Foisy is originally from Northern New York, while Hannum is...
  
   - The Clearing LP
• FDR-029 - Ed Schrader's Music Beat CS
• FDR-030 - Roomrunner CS
• FDR-031 - Überchriist - s/t CS
• FDR-032 - Woollen Kits CS
• FDR-095 - Clockcleaner
  Clockcleaner
  Clockcleaner is a punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA, named after a particular "hot bag" of heroin that was distributed in Philadelphia in the 1980s. The band consists of John Sharkey III on vocals/guitar, Karen Horner on 6-string bass guitar, and Richie Charles Jr on drums...
  
  - Nevermind 12"