Geykido Comet Records
Encyclopedia
| Geykido Comet Records | |||
 |
|||
| Founded | 1998 | ||
| Genre(s) | Punk Punk rock Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock... , Indie Indie rock Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others... |
||
| Country | US United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
||
| Web address | http://www.gcrecords.com/ | ||
Geykido Comet Records (or GC Records for short) began as a small and humble bedroom operation in 1998
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
seeing the first release in January 1999: Intro5pect
Intro5pect
Intro5pect is a political Synthpunk band from Southern California.The band were officially formed in 1997 as a reaction to what was an apparent commercialization of the punk genre...
7-inch EP "Education".
Since then Geykido Comet Records has released an entire catalog of CDs, vinyl and books and is still being run by the husband-and-wife duo Shahab Zargari and Heela
Heela
Heela is a rare name derived from the Pashtu language which translates to "to hope" or "to wish."PJ Harvey has a song named Heela....
Naqshband.
Artists
- The Answer Lies
- As I...
- Bobot AdrenalineBobot AdrenalineFormed in 2001, Bobot Adrenaline is a Los Angeles political rock band with punk aggressions, featuring Pepper Berry from now defunct Buck.After five songs released on several Geykido Comet Records compilations the band went into the studio and recorded their debut EP, Unfurled, in 2007...
- Buck
- Deadman Walking
- East Arcadia
- Enemy YouEnemy YouEnemy You was a punk rock band from San Francisco, California that formed in 1997.-Biography:Prior to their formation, David Jones, the main songwriter in Enemy You, recorded several releases with his band After School Special on Mutant Pop Records. After AFS broke up, Enemy You was formed and...
- ESL?!
- EXFORK
- FleshiesFleshiesFleshies are a band from Oakland, California signed to Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles. They are known for their outlandish stage presence, their left-wing politics and their non-stop world touring schedule...
- Four Deadly QuestionsFour Deadly QuestionsFour Deadly Questions was a band from Brooklyn, New York, made up of ex-members of Dick Army and Books Lie . Most DIY bands and Recess Records affiliates utilize this band for setting up gigs in the New York City area as all members of this band have been in the punk scene for many years and have...
- Four Letter Words
- Holding On To Sound
- Intro5pectIntro5pectIntro5pect is a political Synthpunk band from Southern California.The band were officially formed in 1997 as a reaction to what was an apparent commercialization of the punk genre...
- Jack Killed Jill
- Jag Offs
- Kill the ScientistKill the ScientistKill The Scientist was an experimental music, performance art and sound collage band. The group created music from 1989 until 2003. The group was heavily influenced by Negativland, Crass and Skinny Puppy...
- Lipstick Pickups
- Mall'd to DeathMall'd to DeathMall’d to Death is a punk rock trio from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their first release was on the 2009 benefit Protect 2 compilation on Scissor Press/Geykido Comet Records....
- NEC Productions
- Neckties Make Me Nervous
- Passporte
- Peelander-ZPeelander-ZPeelander-Z is a Japanese punk band based in New York City. They bill themselves as a "Japanese Action Comic Punk band hailing from the Z area of Planet Peelander"...
- Pornshot
- Toys That KillToys That KillToys That Kill is a punk rock band, formed from a previous incarnation known as F.Y.P . Just after the release of their last album self-titled album, Todd C., SEAN C. and new members started the new band...
- (Vlad and) the Impalers
- Zero Content
Compilations
- We're Not Generation X
- You Call This Music?! Volume 1
- You Call This Music?! Volume 2You Call This Music?! Volume 2You Call This Music?! Volume 2 is the second volume in a series of punk music compilations released by Southern California based Geykido Comet Records. Its cover artwork is by NYC artist Fly....
- Dropping Food on Their Heads Is Not Enough: Benefit for RAWADropping Food on Their Heads Is Not Enough: Benefit for RAWAGeykido Comet Records benefit CD for Afghan Women released in 2002 was in response to the atrocities done to Afghan women by the Taliban. Featuring local unknowns as well as groups like Anti-Flag, Youth Brigade, Chumbawamba, Fleshies, The Frisk and Jello Biafra as well as setting aside 100% of all...
- Six Steps to a Better You: Six Band CD
- This Just In... Benefit For Indy MediaThis Just In... Benefit for Indy MediaThis Just In... Benefit for Indy Media is a benefit CD released by Geykido Comet Records in 2005 for grassroots non-profit news outlet Indymedia, more specifically the Los Angeles chapter...
- The Chemical X DVD Zine
- Protect2 - Benefit for www.protect.org