Gold Standard Laboratories
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Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was 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:...

 which was founded in 1993
1993 in music
This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....

 in Boulder, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 by Sonny Kay
Sonny Kay
Sonny Kay is a visual artist/musician currently residing in Los Angeles, California.Kay was born in London, England on March 13, 1972 and raised in various locations including the UK, Barcelona , and Johannesburg . His family relocated to Los Angeles in 1979, and to Colorado in 1987...

. In 2000
2000 in music
See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....

, it was relocated to San Diego, California
California
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, USA, and two years later, to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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. It was headquartered in L.A. until closing its doors on October 29, 2007.

Beginning in 2001, GSL was co-owned by The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...

's Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...

.

Roster

Bands appearing on GSL:
  • !!!
    !!!
    !!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers...

  • 400 Blows
  • '57 Lesbian
  • A Luna Red
  • An Albatross
    An Albatross
    An Albatross is a noise rock band based in Wilkes-Barre, PA, known for their chaotic live shows and psychedelic/circus-like presentation.-History:Formed in the fall of 1999 by guitarist Jake Lisowski, vocalist Edward B...

  • Anavan
  • Arab On Radar
    Arab on Radar
    Arab on Radar are a Providence, Rhode Island based noise rock band founded in 1994. They went on hiatus in 2002. Members of the band went on to form or join the bands The Chinese Stars, Athletic Automaton, Made in Mexico, and most recently Doomsday Student...

  • Armatron
  • Attractive and Popular
  • Beautiful Skin
    Beautiful Skin
    Beautiful Skin were an American post-punk band extant from 1997 until their 2001 split. Despite never achieving real mainstream or commercial success, they are regarded among the cognoscenti as a trailblazer for the post-punk revival .-History:...

  • Big Sir
    Big Sir (band)
    Big Sir is a band that includes bassist Juan Alderete , singer Lisa Papineau, and producer Bruce Bouillet.-Discography:*Big Sir *Und Die Scheiße Ändert Sich Immer *TBA -External links:**...

  • Bunny Genghis
  • Chromatics
    Chromatics
    Chromatics are a band from Portland, Oregon, whose current lineup features singer Ruth Radelet, guitarist Adam Miller, drummer Nat Walker, and producer/multi-instrumentalist Johnny Jewel. The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi and described as "noisy" and "chaotic"...

  • Crime in Choir
    Crime in Choir
    San Francisco quintet Crime In Choir are an instrumental progressive rock band, comparable to Faust, Goblin, Magma, Soft Machine, etc. Founded in 2000, Crime In Choir released their previous full-length releases on Frenetic Records and Omnibus , respectively...

  • Coaxial
  • The Convocation Of...
    The Convocation Of...
    The Convocation is an American post rock band from Baltimore, Maryland.-History:As The Convocation Of..., the band was formed by George France, Tonie Joy, and Guy Blakeslee in August 1998...

  • Cut City
  • Dead and Gone
  • De Facto
    De Facto (band)
    De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael Ward.- Biography :...

  • Die Princess Die
  • Dmonstrations
  • The Faint
    The Faint
    The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Jacob Thiele, Dapose, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst...

  • Favourite Sons
    Favourite Sons
    The Favourite Sons is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, made up of Ken Griffin and four members of Jagjaguwar's Aspera. They have released one full length album, Down Beside Your Beauty, which was mixed by Victor Van Vugt The Favourite Sons is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, made up of Ken...

  • Free Moral Agents
    Free Moral Agents
    Free Moral Agents is a collective of musicians brought together by Isaiah "Ikey" Owens as a means to expand the sounds of what started as a solo recording project...

  • Get Hustle
  • GoGoGo Airheart
    GoGoGo Airheart
    GoGoGo Airheart was a post-punk band from San Diego, California, that was active from 1996 to 2006.-Career:The band started out by local independent label, Vinyl Communications, and released their self-titled debut in 1997. By that time drummer Andy Robillard and violinist Teri Hoefer joined the...

  • Heart of Snow
  • The Holy Kiss
  • I Am Spoonbender
    I Am Spoonbender
    I Am Spoonbender is an American/Canadian multimedia group formed in San Francisco in early 1997 by composer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Dustin Donaldson, with Brian Jackson and cub guitarist Robynn Iwata I Am Spoonbender is an American/Canadian multimedia group formed in San Francisco in early...

  • Indian Jewelry
  • Jaga Jazzist
    Jaga Jazzist
    Jaga Jazzist is an experimental jazz band from Norway that rose to prominence when the BBC named their first album, A Livingroom Hush , the best jazz album of 2002. The core of the band are brothers and main songwriters Lars and Martin Horntveth...

  • The Jai-Alai Savant
  • JR Ewing
    JR Ewing
    JR Ewing was a hardcore punk/screamo band from Norway. They formed in 1998 in Oslo, Norway and broke up after their final tour across Europe in 2006.- Discography :Full Albums:* 2000 - Calling in Dead* 2003 - Ride Paranoia* 2005 - Maelstrom...

  • Juhl
  • Kill Me Tomorrow
    Kill Me Tomorrow
    Kill Me Tomorrow is a 1957 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Pat O'Brien and Lois Maxwell. It was made by Tempean Films at Southall Studios in West London.-Cast:*Pat O'Brien as Bart Crosbie*Lois Maxwell as Jill Brook...

  • Le Shok
    Le Shok
    Le Shok was a synthpunk band from Long Beach, California, USA. The band was made up of members of various other punk bands from the area and existed from 1997 until early 2001, releasing numerous 7" records, one full-length, and touring the US twice....

  • The Locust
    The Locust
    The Locust is a musical group from San Diego, California, United States known for their unique mix of grindcore speed and aggression, mathcore complexity, and new wave weirdness.- Style :...

  • Lost Kids
  • Malcriada
  • The Mars Volta
    The Mars Volta
    The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...

  • Meanface
  • Melt-Banana
    Melt-Banana
    Melt-Banana is a Japanese punk band that is known for playing extremely fast noise music mixed with experimental electronica and pop-based song structures. They have worked with artists as diverse as Merzbow, John Zorn, Mike Patton, and Discordance Axis...

  • Mohinder
    Mohinder (band)
    Mohinder was a four-piece post-hardcore band from Cupertino, California. Despite their brief existence, they were considered an important feature of the California hardcore punk scene, and helped to define the musical genre now known as screamo. Mohinder songs tended to be short in duration, and...

  • Neon King Kong
  • Omar A. Rodríguez-López
    Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
    Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...

  • Omega Cinco
  • Out Hud
    Out Hud
    Out Hud was an electronic band formed in 1996 in the Bay Area of California and later based in New York City. The band consisted of guitarist Nic Offer, bassist Tyler Pope, cellist Molly Schnick, vocalist/drummer Phyllis Forbes and mixer Justin Van Der Volgen. Pope, Offer, and Van Der Volgen are...

  • The Pattern
    The Pattern (band)
    The Pattern was an American punk garage rock band based in Oakland, California from 2000 to 2004.- History :The Pattern formed in the summer of 2000 as a "party band", uniting the efforts of a five-piece crew, all of which had previous band experiences...

  • The Phantom Limbs
    The Phantom Limbs
    The Phantom Limbs formed in Oakland, California in 1999. They combined no wave, horror punk, deathrock, and goth to create a unique synthpunk sound.-History:...

  • Physics
  • Pleasure Forever
  • The Rapture
    The Rapture (band)
    The Rapture is an Indie rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock, pioneering the post-punk revival genre...

  • Red Eyed Legends
  • Rhythm of Black Lines
    Rhythm of Black Lines
    Rhythm of Black Lines was a rock group sui generis formed by Clint Newsom, Kiki Solis, Tim O'Neil, Omar Chavez, and Paul Newman. The group released their last record on Gold Standard Laboratories label, run by Sonny Kay and Omar Rodríguez-López....

  • SABERTOOTH . TIGER
  • Semiautomatic
  • Soiled Doves
    Soiled Doves
    -Albums:*Soiled Life CD *# "Black Cactus Choir" - 2:49*# "Death Knell for Paper Children" - 2:36*# "Hot Siberian Heart" - 2:39*# "Fuck This Nest" - 2:07*# "Accelerator" - 1:57*# "Soiled Doves" - 3:37...

  • The Starlite Desperation
    The Starlite Desperation
    The Starlite Desperation is a rock band originally from Monterey, California. Combining elements of garage rock, punk, psychedelic music, goth rock, post punk, glam rock and 60's Pop. They released three full length records, 1 EP, and 3 singles, on several labels, including Gold Standard Laboratories...

  • The Starvations
  • The Stitches
  • Subpoena the Past
  • Subtitle
  • Sunshine
  • Tender Buttons
  • Triclops!
  • Vanishing
  • Vaz
    Vaz
    Vaz also may refer to:*Vaz , people named Vaz*VAZ Plus, a Virtual Studio Technology and DirectX plugin that simulates a subtractive synthesizer...

  • Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes
  • The VSS
    The VSS
    -History:The VSS formed in 1995 after the breakup of the hardcore group Angel Hair. Vocalist Sonny Kay and guitarist Josh Hughes had both played in Angel Hair; the rest of the lineup consisted of bassist Andrew Douglas Rothbard and Dave Clifford...

  • Vue
  • With Love
  • Woodpussy
  • XBXRX
    XBXRX
    XBXRX is an American punk band formed in 1998 in Mobile, Alabama.Their early sound very new wave-influenced, but is now more improvised and deconstructed, moving away from using the synthesizers that typify new wave. They are a collective with a revolving cast of musicians, including Steve...

  • Xiu Xiu
  • Year Future
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