Homestead Records was a Long Island, NY based sublabel

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 of music distributor Dutch East India Trading

Dutch East India Trading

Dutch East India Trading is an independent record label based in Rockville Centre, New York. It has released music by such artists as Sun Dial, The Orb, The Smiths, Soul-Junk, Die Monster Die, Prong, The Cure, Robert Wyatt, A Guy Called Gerald, Bongwater, Opium Den, Indian Bingo, Meat Beat...

. It was founded in 1984

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

 by Sam Berger, who was the American Independent buyer for Dutch East India Trading. Berger was finding that many bands who had perhaps released their own first 45 were having difficulty coming up with the finances to press followups. He was able to convince the owner of the company to press and distribute records for bands that already had recorded an album, and have the bands supply the artwork. It is considered instrumental in launching the post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 and noise rock

Noise rock

Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...

 genres. When Berger left to work with Midnight Records, he recommended 18 year old Gerard Cosloy

Gerard Cosloy

Gerard Cosloy is an American music industry executive.-Biography:Cosloy was raised in Wayland, Massachusetts, a western suburb of Boston. While he was in high school, he became involved in the local hardcore punk scene, put together many punk shows, and started Conflict, a mimeographed fanzine of...

, who he knew from Boston and who published a fanzine that Homestead distributed. Cosloy went on to sign many of the notable acts. Cosloy was succeeded by Ken Katkin and later by Steven Joerg. The label's last release was Ivo Perelman's

Ivo Perelman

Ivo Perelman is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in Sao Paulo.Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano while young, and concentrated on tenor sax from age 19. He attended the Berklee College of Music for one semester and then dropped out, moving to Los Angeles in...

 Cama de terra in 1996.

Artists

• Antietam
• Babe the Blue Ox
  Babe the Blue Ox (band)
  Babe the Blue OX are a Brooklyn based rock band. Formed in 1991, the trio was initially composed of Tim Thomas , Rose Thomson and Hanna Fox . in 1995, the band contributed the song "Hazmats" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization...
  
  
• Bastro
  Bastro
  Bastro was an American post-hardcore band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's main line-up consisted of David Grubbs on guitar, Clark Johnson on bass guitar, and John McEntire on drums.-History:...
  
  
• Beat Temptation
• Big Black
  Big Black
  Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun...
  
  
• Big Dipper
  Big Dipper (band)
  Big Dipper was an indie rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, formed in 1985 by former members of Volcano Suns and The Embarrassment. They released 4 albums between 1987 and 1990, before splitting up...
  
  
• Blackjacks
• Bloodsport
• Bodeco
  Bodeco
  Bodeco is a rock and roll band out of Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 1984 by guitarist, singer and songwriter Ricky Feather and drummer Brian Burkett. It later grew into a full band, with its most famous line-up featuring Feather, Burkett, guitarist Wink O'Bannon, bassist Jimmy Brown and...
  
  
• Breaking Circus
  Breaking Circus
  Breaking Circus was a postpunk band from the 1980s, based in Chicago and later Minneapolis, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Björklund.-History:...
  
  
• Bull
  Bull
  Bull usually refers to an uncastrated adult male bovine.Bull may also refer to:-Entertainment:* Bull , an original show on the TNT Network* "Bull" , an episode of television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...
  
  
• Cakekitchen
• David S. Ware
  David S. Ware
  David Spencer Ware , is an American jazz saxophonist.Ware grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. He attended the Berklee College of Music and worked in New York City as a cab driver for 14 years, later returning to Scotch Plains to live...
  
  
• Daniel Johnston
  Daniel Johnston
  Daniel Dale Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He currently lives in Waller, Texas....
  
  
• Death Of Samantha
  Death Of Samantha
  Death Of Samantha was a Cleveland, Ohio underground rock band, formed in 1984 and played their last show on December 15th, 1990. The founding members were John Petkovic, David James, and Steve Eierdam . By 1985 Doug Gillard joined as lead guitarist; in 1986 David James left and was replaced by Dave...
  
  
• Dinosaur Jr
  Dinosaur Jr
  Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur, prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005...
  
  
• Dredd Foole & the Din
• Einstürzende Neubauten
  Einstürzende Neubauten
  Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...
  
  
• Elliott Sharp
  Elliott Sharp
  Elliott Sharp is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from blues, jazz, and orchestral music to noise, no wave rock,...
  
  
• Fish & Roses
• GG Allin
  GG Allin
  Kevin Michael "GG" Allin was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. GG Allin is perhaps best remembered for his notorious live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including coprophagia, self-mutilation, and...
  
  
• Great Plains
• Green River
  Green River (band)
  Green River was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington that was active from 1984 to 1988. Although the band had little commercial impact outside of its native Seattle, Green River proved to have significant influence on the genre later known as grunge, both with its own music and with the...
  
  
• Happy Flowers
  Happy Flowers
  The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...
  
  
• Honor Role
• Ivo Perelman
  Ivo Perelman
  Ivo Perelman is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in Sao Paulo.Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano while young, and concentrated on tenor sax from age 19. He attended the Berklee College of Music for one semester and then dropped out, moving to Los Angeles in...
  
  
• King Kong
  King Kong (band)
  King Kong, a rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in early 1989 by Ethan Buckler, the original bassist in the band Slint. The core trio for many years was made up of Buckler, Willie McClean , and Ray Rizzo...
  
  
• Live Skull
  Live Skull
  -Overview:Live Skull created abrasive no wave music not unlike their 1980s contemporaries Sonic Youth, Swans, Rat at Rat R, The Chameleons, Mars, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Band of Susans. Their music featured angular guitar parts interspersed with bleak, quieter passages, for a haunting...
  
  
• Love Child
  Love child
  "Love child" is a euphemism for a child born out of wedlock. See Legitimacy .Love child may also refer to:In music:* Lovechild , an indie rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland...
  
  
• My Dad Is Dead
  My Dad Is Dead
  My Dad Is Dead, is a recording project of musician Mark Edwards. The project began in Cleveland, Ohio in 1985. My Dad Is Dead has released eleven full-length albums on labels such as St. Valentine's, Scat Records, Homestead Records and Emperor Jones....
  
  
• Naked Raygun
  Naked Raygun
  Naked Raygun is a Chicago-based punk rock group. Initially active from 1980 to about 1992, Naked Raygun had several short-lived reunions afterwards and a full-time reformation in 2006....
  
  
• New Radiant Storm King
  New Radiant Storm King
  New Radiant Storm King is an indie rock group formed at Massachusetts' Hampshire College in 1990.-Biography:New Radiant Storm King have released eight studio albums on six different labels...
  
  
• Nice Strong Arm
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983. The band is fronted by Nick Cave and has featured international personnel throughout their career.-Formation and early releases :...
  
  
• One Plus Two
• OWT
• Phantom Tollbooth
  Phantom Tollbooth (band)
  Phantom Tollbooth was a post punk band from New York City. Purveyors of psychedelic/jazzcore damage, PT played from 1984 to 1988, releasing albums on Homestead Records....
  
  
• Pony
  Pony
  A pony is a small horse . Depending on context, a pony may be a horse that is under an approximate or exact height at the withers, or a small horse with a specific conformation and temperament. There are many different breeds...
  
  
• Salem 66
  Salem 66
  Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...
  
  
• Seam
  Seam (band)
  Seam was an American indie rock band active from 1991 to 1999, led by Sooyoung Park, former frontman of Bitch Magnet. Park currently plays in Ee...
  
  
• Sebadoh
  Sebadoh
  Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...
  
  
• Sleepyhead
• Smack Dab
• Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
  
  
• Sorry
  Sorry
  * "Sorry," an expression of regret or condolence* Sorry! , a board game* Sorry! , the board game remade electronically* Sorry! , a 1980s British sitcom* Sorry , aka Gomen, a 2002 Japanese Film...
  
  
• Soul-Junk
  Soul-Junk
  Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping Christian rock / hip hop group from San Diego, California.-Background:The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water...
  
  
• Squirrel Bait
  Squirrel Bait
  Squirrel Bait was an American punk band from Louisville, Kentucky. They were in existence from 1983 to 1988. Squirrel Bait's dense, moody, melodic hardcore sound, featuring pronounced tempo shifts, foreshadowed the grunge sound of the late 1980s as well as math rock...
  
  
• Stratotanker
• SSD
  SSD (band)
  SSD were a straight edge hardcore band from Boston. They released two records as SS Decontrol and then formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more records, these with a very heavy metal influenced sound...
  
  
• Supreme Dicks
  Supreme Dicks
  Supreme Dicks was an experimental indie rock group formed in 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts.Their albums combine dissonant lo-fi noise, avantgarde and psychedelia sounds to realized dilated and warped structures songs....
  
  
• Swans
  Swans (band)
  Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...
  
  
• Table
• The Dogmatics
  The Dogmatics
  The Dogmatics were a Boston, Massachusetts band, active in the 1980s.-Band Biography:Peter, Paul, and Jerry met in the first grade at St. Matthew's Catholic school in Dorchester, Massachusetts. After eight years at St...
  
  
• The Ex
• The Flies
• The Frogs
  The Frogs (band)
  The Frogs are an American rock music band founded in 1980, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion. The brothers mainly write and perform short, catchy pop songs, but they are also known for their improvised home recordings which are delivered in a comedic style, and often...
  
  
• The Hedonists
• The Holy Men
• The Mad Scene
  The Mad Scene
  The Mad Scene is a musical group based in New York City. Core members are guitarist Hamish Kilgour , and guitarist/bassist Lisa Siegel.-Career:The band was founded in 1990 in Auckland, New Zealand...
  
  
• The Meatmen
  The Meatmen
  The Meatmen are an American punk band headed by Tesco Vee originally from 1980 to 1997, and reformed in 2008. They are currently still touring and recording.The Meatmen made fun of the hardcore punk scene of the time...
  
  
• The Membranes
  The Membranes
  The Membranes were a post-punk band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1977, the initial line-up being John Robb , Mark Tilton , Martin Critchley and Martin Kelly . Critchley soon left, with Robb and Tilton taking on vocals, and Kelly moving to keyboards, with "Coofy Sid" taking over on drums...
  
  
• The Micronotz
  The Micronotz
  The Micronotz, also known as the Mortal Micronotz, were an American punk rock/alternative rock quartet formed in 1980 in Lawrence, Kansas, that, along with bands like The Embarrassment and Get Smart!, were prominent on the local music scene in Lawrence in the early 80s.-History:The band formed in...
  
  
• The Outnumbered
• The Pastels
  The Pastels
  The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK.Their early records for labels like Whaam!, Creation, Rough Trade, and Glass Records, had a raw and immediate sound, melodic and amateur, which seemed at odds with the time...
  
  
• The Proletariat
  The Proletariat
  The Proletariat was a punk band from Fall River, Massachusetts. They were active during the 1980s in the Boston Hardcore scene, despite their recorded output having a decidedly non-hardcore sound; The Proletariat show more strongly the musical influences of bands such as Wire, and Gang of Four in...
  
  
• The Verlaines
  The Verlaines
  The Verlaines are a rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. Formed in 1981 by Graeme Downes, Craig Easton, Anita Pillai, Phillip Higham and Greg Kerr, the band went through multiple line-ups before going on an extended hiatus after their 1997 album Over The Moon. In 2003 a career retrospective, You're...
  
  
• Trumans Water
  Trumans Water
  Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen full length recordings over their career, wherein they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore....
  
  
• U-Men
• Uzi
• Volcano Suns
  Volcano Suns
  Volcano Suns was an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed by Mission of Burma drummer Peter Prescott in 1984.-History:...
  
  
• Weird Paul Petroskey
  Weird Paul Petroskey
  Weird Paul Petroskey is a lo-fi musician in the Pittsburgh, PA, area. He has been writing and recording music since 1984 and releasing music since 1987. The majority of his music is self produced and distributed in limited numbers...
  
  
• William Hooker
• William Parker
  William Parker (musician)
  William Parker is an American free jazz double bassist, poet and composer.-Biography:Parker was not formally trained as a classical player, though he did study with Jimmy Garrison, Richard Davis, and Wilbur Ware and learned the tradition. Parker is one of few jazz bassists who regularly plays arco...
  
  

Releases

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Release Number	Artist	Title	Format	Year Recorded
HMS 001	Blackjacks	Basic Blackjacks	EP	1984
HMS 002	Salem 66 Salem 66 Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...	Salem 66	LP
HMS 003	Dogmatics	Thayer St.	LP
HMS 004	Great Plains	Born In A Barn	LP
HMS 005	Windbreakers	Terminal	LP	1985
HMS 006	Salem 66 Salem 66 Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...	Across The Sea	7"	1984
HMS 007	Big Black Big Black Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun...	Racer-X Racer-X Racer-X is the third EP by American Post-Hardcore band Big Black. It was released by Homestead Records in 1984 and reissued by Touch & Go Records in 1992.-Track listing:#"Racer-X"#"Shotgun"#"The Ugly American"#"Deep Six"#"Sleep!"...	12"EP/CSEP
HMS 008	Naked Raygun Naked Raygun Naked Raygun is a Chicago-based punk rock group. Initially active from 1980 to about 1992, Naked Raygun had several short-lived reunions afterwards and a full-time reformation in 2006....	Throb Throb Throb Throb Throb Throb is an album by Chicago punk band Naked Raygun, released on Homestead Records in 1985. It was the first of the band's releases to feature the musicianship of John Haggerty whose guitar playing distinguished the band's sound during the 1980s...	LP/CD/CS	1985
HMS 009	The Meatmen The Meatmen The Meatmen are an American punk band headed by Tesco Vee originally from 1980 to 1997, and reformed in 2008. They are currently still touring and recording.The Meatmen made fun of the hardcore punk scene of the time...	War Of The Superbikes	LP/CD/CS
HMS 010	The Nomads	Outburst!	LP	1984
HMS 011	Various Artists	Speed Trials Compilation	LP/CS	1985
HMS 012	Breaking Circus Breaking Circus Breaking Circus was a postpunk band from the 1980s, based in Chicago and later Minneapolis, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Björklund.-History:...	The Very Long Fuse The Very Long Fuse The Very Long Fuse is the debut EP by Breaking Circus. It was released in 1985 by on Homestead Records.-Track listing:#"Precision"#" Marathon"#"Lady in the Lake"#"Soul of Japan"#"The Imperial Clawmasters' Theme"#"Monster's Sanctuary"...	12"EP
HMS 013	The Flies	Get Wise	LP	1984
HMS 014	Died Pretty Died Pretty Died Pretty, sometimes The Died Pretty, were an Australian alternative rock band founded by mainstays, Ron Peno as lead singer and Brett Myers as lead guitarist and backing vocalist, in Sydney in 1983 – briefly as Final Solution. Their music started from a base of early electric Bob Dylan with...	Out Of The Unknown	12"EP
HMS 015	Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur, prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005...	Dinosaur Dinosaur (album) "Bulbs of Passion" was not featured on the original vinyl LP; it was a b-side to the "Repulsion" single. Subsequent reissues on cassette and compact disc featured it as the last song. The 2005 reissue on Merge Records placed "Bulbs of Passion" as the first track at J Mascis' request...	LP/CS	1985
HMS 015	Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur, prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005...	Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur (album) "Bulbs of Passion" was not featured on the original vinyl LP; it was a b-side to the "Repulsion" single. Subsequent reissues on cassette and compact disc featured it as the last song. The 2005 reissue on Merge Records placed "Bulbs of Passion" as the first track at J Mascis' request...	CD
HMS 016	Sonic Youth Sonic Youth Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...	Bad Moon Rising Bad Moon Rising (album) Bad Moon Rising is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on the New York independent record label Homestead Records in 1985. The album is loosely themed around the dark side of America, and includes references to obsession and insanity, Charles Manson,...	LP/CD/CS
HMS 017	Swans Swans (band) Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...	Raping A Slave	12"EP
HMS 018	One Plus Two	The Ivy Room	12"EP
HMS 019	The Outnumbered	Why Are All The Good People Going Crazy	LP	1984
HMS 020	Volcano Suns Volcano Suns Volcano Suns was an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed by Mission of Burma drummer Peter Prescott in 1984.-History:...	The Bright Orange Years	LP	1985
HMS 021	Sonic Youth Sonic Youth Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...	Death Valley '69 Death Valley '69 "Death Valley '69" is a song by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth and is the eighth and final track on their 1985 album Bad Moon Rising. The song was written and sung by Thurston Moore and fellow New York musician Lydia Lunch, and recorded and produced by Wharton Tiers in July 1984...	12"EP
HMS 022	Live Skull Live Skull -Overview:Live Skull created abrasive no wave music not unlike their 1980s contemporaries Sonic Youth, Swans, Rat at Rat R, The Chameleons, Mars, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Band of Susans. Their music featured angular guitar parts interspersed with bleak, quieter passages, for a haunting...	Bringing Home The Bait	LP
HMS 023	Otto's Chemical Lounge	Spillover	12"
HMS 024	U-Men	Stop Spinning Stop Spinning Stop Spinning is the second EP by the band The U-Men released in 1985.- Track listing :# Clubs# The Fumes# Cow Rock# Green Trumpet# A Year And A Day# Ten After One...	12"
HMS 025	Antietam Antietam (band) Antietam is an indie rock band from Louisville, Kentucky formed in 1984 by members of the Babylon Dance Band, husband and wife duo Tara Key and Tim Harris. They released six albums between 1985 and 1995, and since the late 1980s have been based in New York...	Antietam	LP
HMS 026	Nick Cave Nick Cave Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...	The Firstborn Is Dead The Firstborn Is Dead The Firstborn Is Dead is the second studio album released by the post-punk band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was first released in 1985. On this record, singer Nick Cave continued his fascination with the American South, with its references to Elvis Presley and bluesmen like Blind Lemon Jefferson...	LP/CD/CS
HMS 027	SSD SSD (band) SSD were a straight edge hardcore band from Boston. They released two records as SS Decontrol and then formally changed their name to SSD. As SSD they released two more records, these with a very heavy metal influenced sound...	Break It Up Break It Up (SSD album) Break It Up was the fourth and final release from Boston Crossover Thrash band SSD. It had both feet planted in the metal genre, leaving behind all trappings of punk and hardcore.-Side A:#"Break It Up" #"Children Will Rock"...	LP
HMS 028	Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait was an American punk band from Louisville, Kentucky. They were in existence from 1983 to 1988. Squirrel Bait's dense, moody, melodic hardcore sound, featuring pronounced tempo shifts, foreshadowed the grunge sound of the late 1980s as well as math rock...	Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait (EP) -Personnel:Squirrel Bait*David Grubbs – guitar*Clark Johnson – bass guitar*Brian McMahan – guitar*Peter Searcy – vocals*Britt Walford – drumsAdditional musicians and production*Steve Albini – front design...	12"EP/CDEP
HMS 029	Nick Cave Nick Cave Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...	Tupelo	12"EP
HMS 030	Salem 66 Salem 66 Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...	A Ripping Spin	LP/CS
HMS 031	Green River Green River (band) Green River was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington that was active from 1984 to 1988. Although the band had little commercial impact outside of its native Seattle, Green River proved to have significant influence on the genre later known as grunge, both with its own music and with the...	Come On Down Come on Down - Personnel :Green River* Jeff Ament – bass guitar, back and sleeve designs* Mark Arm – vocals* Stone Gossard – guitar* Steve Turner – guitar* Alex Vincent – drumsProduction* Green River – production, cover concept...	LP/CD/CS
HMS 032	Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur, prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005...	Repulsion	7"
HMS 033	Dredd Foole & The Din	Eat My Dust	LP
HMS 034	Wombats	Mud Puddles	LP	1986
HMS 035	Bloodsport	I Am The Game	LP	1985
HMS 036	Sorry	The Way It Is	LP
HMS 037	Proletariat The Proletariat The Proletariat was a punk band from Fall River, Massachusetts. They were active during the 1980s in the Boston Hardcore scene, despite their recorded output having a decidedly non-hardcore sound; The Proletariat show more strongly the musical influences of bands such as Wire, and Gang of Four in...	Marketplace	7"
HMS 038	The Nomads	She Pays The Rent	12"
HMS 039	Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha was a Cleveland, Ohio underground rock band, formed in 1984 and played their last show on December 15th, 1990. The founding members were John Petkovic, David James, and Steve Eierdam . By 1985 Doug Gillard joined as lead guitarist; in 1986 David James left and was replaced by Dave...	Strungout On Jargon	LP
HMS 040	Salem 66 Salem 66 Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...	Love & Truth	7"
HMS 041	Foetus Foetus (band) Foetus is the primary musical outlet of industrial music pioneer J. G. Thirlwell. Until 1995 the band underwent various name changes, all including the word foetus. Monikers adopted at different times include Foetus Under Glass, You've Got Foetus On Your Breath and Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel...	Nail Nail (album) Nail is a Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel album released by Self Immolation/Some Bizzare in 1985. It was initially released in the US by Homestead Records in 1985 and later by Thirsty Ear in 1995...	LP/CD/CS
HMS 042	Big Black Big Black Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun...	Il Duce	7"
HMS 043	Big Black Big Black Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun...	Atomizer Atomizer (album) Atomizer is a 1986 album by the American noise rock group Big Black. It is their debut album as all previous releases are EPs. The LP is accompanied by liner notes that explain the stories behind many of the songs...	LP/CS	1986
HMS 044	Big Black Big Black Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun...	The Hammer Party The Hammer Party -Track listing:#"Steelworker" 1#"Live in a Hole" 1#"Dead Billy" 1#"I Can Be Killed" 1#"Crack" 1#"RIP" 1#"Cables" 2#"Pigeon Kill" 2#"I'm a Mess" 2#"Texas" 2#"Seth" 2#"Jump the Climb" 2#"Racer X" 3#"Shotgun" 3#"The Ugly American" 3#"Deep Six" 3...	LP/CD/CS
HMS 045	Naked Raygun Naked Raygun Naked Raygun is a Chicago-based punk rock group. Initially active from 1980 to about 1992, Naked Raygun had several short-lived reunions afterwards and a full-time reformation in 2006....	All Rise	LP/CD/CS
HMS 046	The Flies	Get Burned	LP	1985
HMS 047	Sonic Youth Sonic Youth Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...	Flower Flower/Halloween Flower/Halloween is a single by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth released in 1985.-Track listing:#"Flower"#"Halloween"The tracks were recorded and mixed at Radio Tokyo, Venice, California...	12"EP	1986
HMS 048	Great Plains	Naked At The Buy, Sell And Trade	LP	1985
HMS 049	Dogmatics	Everybody Does It	LP	1986
HMS 050	One Plus Two	Once In A Blue Moon	LP
HMS 051	The Outnumbered	Holding The Grenade Too Long	LP	1985
HMS 052	Proletariat The Proletariat The Proletariat was a punk band from Fall River, Massachusetts. They were active during the 1980s in the Boston Hardcore scene, despite their recorded output having a decidedly non-hardcore sound; The Proletariat show more strongly the musical influences of bands such as Wire, and Gang of Four in...	Indifference	LP/CS
HMS 053	Beat Temptation	Concerned About Rock Music	LP
HMS 054	Micronotz	40 Fingers	LP	1986
HMS 055	Uzi	Sleep Asylum	12"EP
HMS 056	Live Skull Live Skull -Overview:Live Skull created abrasive no wave music not unlike their 1980s contemporaries Sonic Youth, Swans, Rat at Rat R, The Chameleons, Mars, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Band of Susans. Their music featured angular guitar parts interspersed with bleak, quieter passages, for a haunting...	Cloud One	LP/CS
HMS 057	Volcano Suns Volcano Suns Volcano Suns was an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed by Mission of Burma drummer Peter Prescott in 1984.-History:...	Sea Cruise	7"
HMS 058	Phantom Tollbooth Phantom Tollbooth (band) Phantom Tollbooth was a post punk band from New York City. Purveyors of psychedelic/jazzcore damage, PT played from 1984 to 1988, releasing albums on Homestead Records....	Valley Of The Gwangi	7"
HMS 059	Antietam Antietam (band) Antietam is an indie rock band from Louisville, Kentucky formed in 1984 by members of the Babylon Dance Band, husband and wife duo Tara Key and Tim Harris. They released six albums between 1985 and 1995, and since the late 1980s have been based in New York...	Until Now	7"
HMS 060	Big Black Big Black Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun...	5 Song Promo	12"EP
HMS 061	Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait was an American punk band from Louisville, Kentucky. They were in existence from 1983 to 1988. Squirrel Bait's dense, moody, melodic hardcore sound, featuring pronounced tempo shifts, foreshadowed the grunge sound of the late 1980s as well as math rock...	Kid Dynamite	7"
HMS 062	Not Released
HMS 063	Einsturzende Neubauten Einstürzende Neubauten Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...	Strategies Against Architecture	LP/CD/CS	1984
HMS 064	Nick Cave Nick Cave Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...	The Singer	12"EP	1986
HMS 065	Nick Cave Nick Cave Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...	Kicking Against The Pricks Kicking Against the Pricks Kicking Against the Pricks is the third album released by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. First released in 1986, the album is a collection of cover versions...	LP/CD/CS
HMS 066	The Reactions	Cracked Marbles	EP
HMS 067	Phantom Tollbooth Phantom Tollbooth (band) Phantom Tollbooth was a post punk band from New York City. Purveyors of psychedelic/jazzcore damage, PT played from 1984 to 1988, releasing albums on Homestead Records....	Phantom Tollbooth	LP
HMS 068	Antietam Antietam (band) Antietam is an indie rock band from Louisville, Kentucky formed in 1984 by members of the Babylon Dance Band, husband and wife duo Tara Key and Tim Harris. They released six albums between 1985 and 1995, and since the late 1980s have been based in New York...	Music From Elba	LP
HMS 069	GG Allin GG Allin Kevin Michael "GG" Allin was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. GG Allin is perhaps best remembered for his notorious live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including coprophagia, self-mutilation, and...	You Give Love A Bad Name You Give Love a Bad Name (album) You Give Love a Bad Name is the third studio album by the transgressive American punk rock musician GG Allin, and is jointly credited to Allin and a one-time studio band named The Holy Men...	LP/CS	1987
HMS 070	Volcano Suns Volcano Suns Volcano Suns was an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed by Mission of Burma drummer Peter Prescott in 1984.-History:...	All Night Lotus Party All-Night Lotus Party -Track listing:- Personnel :*Lou Giordano – engineer*Peter Prescott – drums, vocals*Volcano Suns – producer*Jeff Weigand – bass,vocals, photography*Jon Williams – guitar, vocals, engineer...	LP/CS	1986
HMS 071	Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha was a Cleveland, Ohio underground rock band, formed in 1984 and played their last show on December 15th, 1990. The founding members were John Petkovic, David James, and Steve Eierdam . By 1985 Doug Gillard joined as lead guitarist; in 1986 David James left and was replaced by Dave...	Laughing In The Face Of A Dead Man	LP	1986
HMS 072	Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait was an American punk band from Louisville, Kentucky. They were in existence from 1983 to 1988. Squirrel Bait's dense, moody, melodic hardcore sound, featuring pronounced tempo shifts, foreshadowed the grunge sound of the late 1980s as well as math rock...	Skag Heaven Skag Heaven -Personnel:Squirrel Bait*David Grubbs – guitar*Clark Johnson – bass guitar*Brian McMahan – guitar*Peter Searcy – vocals*Ben Daughtrey – drums, front designAdditional musicians and production*Guy Dove – photography...	LP/CD/CS	1987
HMS 073	Nick Cave Nick Cave Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...	Your Funeral ... My Trial	LP/CD/CS	1986
HMS 074	Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Red Lorry Yellow Lorry are a rock band that were formed in Leeds, England in early 1981.- History :The band was formed by guitarist/songwriter Chris Reed and vocalist Mark Sweeney, along with bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown...	Cutdown	12"EP	1986
HMS 075	Breaking Circus Breaking Circus Breaking Circus was a postpunk band from the 1980s, based in Chicago and later Minneapolis, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Björklund.-History:...	The Ice Machine The Ice Machine The Ice Machine is an album by Breaking Circus. It was released in 1986 by on Homestead Records.-Track listing:Side 1:#"Song Of The South" #"Ancient Axes" #"Daylight"...	LP	1986
HMS 076	Membranes	Songs Of Love & Fury	LP	1986
HMS 077	Big Dipper Big Dipper (band) Big Dipper was an indie rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, formed in 1985 by former members of Volcano Suns and The Embarrassment. They released 4 albums between 1987 and 1990, before splitting up...	Boo-Boo Boo-Boo (Big Dipper album) Boo-Boo is the debut EP from Boston band Big Dipper. The EP was remastered and released as part of Merge Record's Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology set in 2008.-Track listing:...	LP/CS	1987
HMS 078	Salem 66 Salem 66 Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...	Frequency And Urgency	LP/CS	1987
HMS 079	Various Artists	The Wailing Ultimate Compilation	LP/CD/CS	1987
HMS 080	Live Skull Live Skull -Overview:Live Skull created abrasive no wave music not unlike their 1980s contemporaries Sonic Youth, Swans, Rat at Rat R, The Chameleons, Mars, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Band of Susans. Their music featured angular guitar parts interspersed with bleak, quieter passages, for a haunting...	Pusherman	12"EP	1986
HMS 081	Phantom Tollbooth Phantom Tollbooth (band) Phantom Tollbooth was a post punk band from New York City. Purveyors of psychedelic/jazzcore damage, PT played from 1984 to 1988, releasing albums on Homestead Records....	One Way Conversation	LP/CS	1987
HMS 082	The Lorries	Crawling Mantra	12"EP/CSEP	1987
HMS 083	Live Skull Live Skull -Overview:Live Skull created abrasive no wave music not unlike their 1980s contemporaries Sonic Youth, Swans, Rat at Rat R, The Chameleons, Mars, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Band of Susans. Their music featured angular guitar parts interspersed with bleak, quieter passages, for a haunting...	Don't Get Any On You	LP/CS	1986
HMS 084	Nice Strong Arm	Reality Bath	LP/CS	1987
HMS 085	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	My Skin Covers My Body	LP/CS	1987
HMS 086	Big Dipper Big Dipper (band) Big Dipper was an indie rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, formed in 1985 by former members of Volcano Suns and The Embarrassment. They released 4 albums between 1987 and 1990, before splitting up...	Heavens	LP/CD/CS	1987
HMS 087	Volcano Suns Volcano Suns Volcano Suns was an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed by Mission of Burma drummer Peter Prescott in 1984.-History:...	Bumper Crop Bumper Crop (album) Bumper Crop is a 1987 record from the band Volcano Suns.-Track listing:...	LP/CD/CS	1987
HMS 088	Verlaines	Juvenilia	LP/CS	1987
HMS 089	Membranes	Time Warp 1991	12"EP	1987
HMS 090	Live Skull Live Skull -Overview:Live Skull created abrasive no wave music not unlike their 1980s contemporaries Sonic Youth, Swans, Rat at Rat R, The Chameleons, Mars, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Band of Susans. Their music featured angular guitar parts interspersed with bleak, quieter passages, for a haunting...	Dusted Dusted Dusted may refer to:*Dusted , a 1989 debut album from the Gin Blossoms*Dusted , the joint venture of Rollo & Mark Bates*"Dusted" , a 1999 song by Leftfield from their album Rhythm and Stealth...	LP/CD/CS	1987
HMS 091	Salem 66 Salem 66 Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...	Your Soul Is Mine, Fork It Over	CD	1995
HMS 092	Breaking Circus Breaking Circus Breaking Circus was a postpunk band from the 1980s, based in Chicago and later Minneapolis, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Björklund.-History:...	Smoker's Paradise	12"EP/CSEP	1987
HMS 093	Great Plains	Sum Things Up	LP/CS	1987
HMS 094	Salem 66 Salem 66 Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...	Natural Disasters, Natural Treasures	LP/CD/CS	1988
HMS 095	Verlaines	Bird Dog Bird Dog (album) Bird Dog is an album released in 1987 by The Verlaines. The album is often considered to be The Verlaines best, most introspective piece of work, with songs such as Slow Sad Love Song, Bird Dog and C.D., Jimmy, Jazz and Me all appearing on You're just too obscure for me, the group's only...	LP/CD/CS	1987
HMS 096	Phantom Tollbooth Phantom Tollbooth (band) Phantom Tollbooth was a post punk band from New York City. Purveyors of psychedelic/jazzcore damage, PT played from 1984 to 1988, releasing albums on Homestead Records....	Power Toy	LP/CD/CS	1988
HMS 097	Big Dipper Big Dipper (band) Big Dipper was an indie rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, formed in 1985 by former members of Volcano Suns and The Embarrassment. They released 4 albums between 1987 and 1990, before splitting up...	All Going Out Together	12"EP	1987
HMS 098	Nice Strong Arm	Secret Language	7"	1988
HMS 099	GG Allin GG Allin Kevin Michael "GG" Allin was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. GG Allin is perhaps best remembered for his notorious live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including coprophagia, self-mutilation, and...	Expose Yourself To Kids	7"	1988
HMS 100	Various Artists	Human Music Compilation	2xLP/CD/CS	1988
HMS 101	Honor Role	Craig Olive	7"	1988
HMS 102	Honor Role	Rictus	LP/CS	1989
HMS 103	The Chills The Chills The Chills are a guitar and keyboard-based rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, they were one of the proponents of the Dunedin Sound.- History :...	Brave Words Brave Words Brave Words is an album by New Zealand group The Chills released in 1987.-Track listing :Side 1:#"Push"#"Rain"#"Speak for Yourself"#"Look for the Good in Others and They'll See the Good in You"#"Wet Blanket"#"Ghosts"Side 2:...	LP/CD/CS	1987
HMS 104	Nice Strong Arm	Mind Furnace	LP/CD/CS	1988
HMS 105	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	They Cleaned My Cut Out With A Wirebrush	7"
HMS 106	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	I Crush Bozo I Crush Bozo I Crush Bozo is an album by the band Happy Flowers. The album was released in 1988.-Track listing:#"Get Me off the Broiler Pan" - 2:54#"I'm the Stupid One" - 2:29#"More Mittens" - 1:22#"Old Relatives" - 2:22#"Get Paul's Head" - 1:34...	LP/CS
HMS 107	GG Allin GG Allin Kevin Michael "GG" Allin was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. GG Allin is perhaps best remembered for his notorious live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including coprophagia, self-mutilation, and...	Freaks, Faggots, Drunks And Junkies Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies is the fourth studio album by transgressive punk rock musician GG Allin. A collaboration with backing band Bulge, the LP was first released by Homestead Records in 1988....	LP/CD/CS
HMS 108	Membranes	Kiss Ass Godhead	LP/CS
HMS 109	My Dad Is Dead My Dad Is Dead My Dad Is Dead, is a recording project of musician Mark Edwards. The project began in Cleveland, Ohio in 1985. My Dad Is Dead has released eleven full-length albums on labels such as St. Valentine's, Scat Records, Homestead Records and Emperor Jones....	Let's Skip The Details	LP/CD/CS	1988
HMS 110	Beat Happening Beat Happening Beat Happening is an American punk band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford have been the band's continual members...	Beat Happening/Screaming Trees	12"EP
HMS 111	Bastro Bastro Bastro was an American post-hardcore band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's main line-up consisted of David Grubbs on guitar, Clark Johnson on bass guitar, and John McEntire on drums.-History:...	Rode Hard And Put Up Wet	LP/CD/CS
HMS 112	The Chills The Chills The Chills are a guitar and keyboard-based rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, they were one of the proponents of the Dunedin Sound.- History :...	The Lost	12"EP/CDEP/CSEP	1985
HMS 113	Tall Dwarfs Tall Dwarfs Tall Dwarfs are a New Zealand rock band formed in 1981 by Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate who, through their do-it-yourself ethic, helped pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music. The duo formed out of the ashes of Toy Love....	Hello Cruel World Hello Cruel World Hello Cruel World is an album by New Zealand band, Tall Dwarfs released in 1988. In 2005, the album was later rereleased but as an 18-track CD....	LP/CD/CS	1988
HMS 114	The Clean The Clean The Clean are an influential Indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band settled down to their well-known and current line-up with bassist Robert Scott...	Compilation	LP/CD/CS	1986
HMS 115	The Ex	Aural Guerilla	LP	1988
HMS 116	Not Released
HMS 117-1/2 or HMS 155-1/2	Daniel Johnston Daniel Johnston Daniel Dale Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He currently lives in Waller, Texas....	Continued Story/Hi, How Are You? Hi, How Are You Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album is the sixth self-released music cassette album by singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston, recorded in September 1983. It is arguably his most popular album. Johnston claims he almost had a nervous breakdown recording it and calls this his "unfinished album."The...	LP/CD/CS	1989
HMS 118	Not Released
HMS 119-1	Gibson Bros.	Big Pine Boogie	LP/CS	1987
HMS 120	Rhys Chatham Rhys Chatham Rhys Chatham is an American composer, guitarist, and trumpet player, primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music. He is best known for his "guitar orchestra" compositions...	Die Donnergotter	LP
HMS 121	Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha was a Cleveland, Ohio underground rock band, formed in 1984 and played their last show on December 15th, 1990. The founding members were John Petkovic, David James, and Steve Eierdam . By 1985 Doug Gillard joined as lead guitarist; in 1986 David James left and was replaced by Dave...	Where The Women Wear The Glory And The Men Wear The Pants	LP/CD	1988
HMS 122	Big Dipper Big Dipper (band) Big Dipper was an indie rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, formed in 1985 by former members of Volcano Suns and The Embarrassment. They released 4 albums between 1987 and 1990, before splitting up...	Craps	LP/CD/CS
HMS 123	Phantom Tollbooth Phantom Tollbooth (band) Phantom Tollbooth was a post punk band from New York City. Purveyors of psychedelic/jazzcore damage, PT played from 1984 to 1988, releasing albums on Homestead Records....	Daylight In The Quiet	LP/CS	1990
HMS 124	The Flesh Eaters The Flesh Eaters (band) The Flesh Eaters are an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1977. They are the most prominent of the bands which have showcased the compositions and singing of their founder, punk poet Chris Desjardins, known as...	Live	LP/CD	1988
HMS 125	Giant Sand Giant Sand Giant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album...	The Love Songs	LP/CD/CS
HMS 126	Soluble Fish	Chemical Imbalance Lo-Fi Compilation	CD/CS
HMS 127	My Dad Is Dead My Dad Is Dead My Dad Is Dead, is a recording project of musician Mark Edwards. The project began in Cleveland, Ohio in 1985. My Dad Is Dead has released eleven full-length albums on labels such as St. Valentine's, Scat Records, Homestead Records and Emperor Jones....	Best Defense	LP/CS	1988
HMS 128	Giant Sand Giant Sand Giant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album...	Christmas Everyday	7"
HMS 129	Great Plains	Exercise	7"
HMS 130	Fish & Roses	We Are Happy To Serve You	LP	1989
HMS 131	Bastro Bastro Bastro was an American post-hardcore band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's main line-up consisted of David Grubbs on guitar, Clark Johnson on bass guitar, and John McEntire on drums.-History:...	Shoot Me A Deer	7"
HMS 132	Bastro Bastro Bastro was an American post-hardcore band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's main line-up consisted of David Grubbs on guitar, Clark Johnson on bass guitar, and John McEntire on drums.-History:...	Diablo Guapo	LP/CD/CS	1989
HMS 133	Peter Stampfel And The Bottlecaps	The People's Republic Of Rock 'n' Roll	LP
HMS 134	Giant Sand Giant Sand Giant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album...	Giant Sandwitch	LP/CD/CS
HMS 135	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	BB Gun BB gun BB guns are a type of air gun designed to shoot projectiles named BBs after the birdshot pellet of approximately the same size. These projectiles are usually spherical but can also be pointed; those are usually used for bird hunting. Modern day BB guns usually have a smoothbore barrel, with a bore...	7"	1989
HMS 136	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	Oof Oof Oof is an album by the band, Happy Flowers. The album was released in 1989.-Track listing:#"Stop Touching My Food#"Unhappy Meal"#"Pickin' Scabs"#"There's a Soft Spot on the Baby's Head"#"Finger in My Crackerjacks"#"Ain't Got Nothin'"...	LP/CD/CS
HMS 137	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	Too Many Bunnys, Not Enough Mittens	CD
HMS 138	Verlaines	Hallelujah All The Way Home Hallelujah All the Way Home Hallelujah All the Way Home is the debut album by New Zealand group, The Verlaines. First released in 1985 by Flying Nun Records, it was re-released by Homestead Records in 1989.-Track listing:All songs written by Graeme Downes.#"It Was Raining"...	LP/CD/CS	1985
HMS 139	The Chills The Chills The Chills are a guitar and keyboard-based rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, they were one of the proponents of the Dunedin Sound.- History :...	The Kaleidoscope World Kaleidoscope World (The Chills album) Kaleidoscope World is an album by New Zealand group, The Chills released in 1986 on Creation Records. The album was a compilation of early singles, plus all the Chills' tracks which featured on the Dunedin Double EP and The Lost EP...	LP/CD/CS	1986
HMS 140	OWT	Good As Gold	LP
HMS 141-1	Gibson Bros.	Dedicated Fool	LP/CS	1989
HMS 142-1/2	Daniel Johnston Daniel Johnston Daniel Dale Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He currently lives in Waller, Texas....	Yip/Jump Music Yip/Jump Music Yip/Jump Music is the fifth self-released music cassette album by singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston, recorded over the summer 1983.The album was re-released on cassette in 1986 by Stress records, and in 1988 released on CD and double LP by Homestead Records...	2xLP/CD/CS
HMS 143	Tall Dwarfs Tall Dwarfs Tall Dwarfs are a New Zealand rock band formed in 1981 by Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate who, through their do-it-yourself ethic, helped pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music. The duo formed out of the ashes of Toy Love....	Weeville Weeville -Track listing:#"Lag"#"What More"#"Breath"#"Skin Of My Teeth"#"Crawl"#"Sign The Dotted Line"#"Pirouette"#"Lucky"#"Bodies"#"Mr. Broccoli"#"Lie"#"The Winner"#"Rorschach"#"Tip Of My Tongue"#"Ozone"#"Hallelujah Boy"...	LP/CD/CS	1990
HMS 144	The Pastels The Pastels The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK.Their early records for labels like Whaam!, Creation, Rough Trade, and Glass Records, had a raw and immediate sound, melodic and amateur, which seemed at odds with the time...	Sittin' Pretty Sittin' Pretty Sittin' Pretty is an album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1989. The first track, "Nothing to Be Done" was featured in the soundtrack of 1998's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh' novel "The Acid House".-Track listing:...	LP/CD/CS	1989
HMS 145	Sebadoh Sebadoh Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...	The Freed Man The Freed Man The Freed Man was the debut album by Sebadoh. The title refers to the Friedman Complex apartments at Smith College where Lou Barlow was living with his then-girlfriend Kathleen Billus. As Barlow says in the liner notes, ".....	LP/CS
HMS 146	My Dad Is Dead My Dad Is Dead My Dad Is Dead, is a recording project of musician Mark Edwards. The project began in Cleveland, Ohio in 1985. My Dad Is Dead has released eleven full-length albums on labels such as St. Valentine's, Scat Records, Homestead Records and Emperor Jones....	The Taller You Are The Shorter You Get	LP/CD/CS
HMS 147	Nice Strong Arm	Cloud Machine	12"EP
HMS 148	Giant Sand Giant Sand Giant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album...	Long Stem Rant	LP/CD/CS
HMS 149	Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha was a Cleveland, Ohio underground rock band, formed in 1984 and played their last show on December 15th, 1990. The founding members were John Petkovic, David James, and Steve Eierdam . By 1985 Doug Gillard joined as lead guitarist; in 1986 David James left and was replaced by Dave...	Rosenberg Summer	7"
HMS 150	Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha Death Of Samantha was a Cleveland, Ohio underground rock band, formed in 1984 and played their last show on December 15th, 1990. The founding members were John Petkovic, David James, and Steve Eierdam . By 1985 Doug Gillard joined as lead guitarist; in 1986 David James left and was replaced by Dave...	Come All Ye Faithless	LP/CD/CS
HMS 151	Nice Strong Arm	Stress City	LP/CD/CS	1990
HMS 152	Salem 66 Salem 66 Salem 66 was an indie rock group formed in 1982 by Judy Grunwald, Elisabeth Kaplan and Susan Merriam. At the time a serious all-female rock band was somewhat unusual. Through the eighties, the band added and subtracted members, including Robert Wilson Rodriguez, Stephen Smith, Tim Condon, and Jim...	Down The Primrose Path	LP/CD
HMS 153	Lovechild	Okay?	LP/CD/CS	1991
HMS 154-1	Gibson Bros. & Workdogs & Barry Hayden	Punk Rock Truck Driving Song Of A Gun	LP/CS	1990
HMS 155	Not Released or Daniel Johnston Daniel Johnston Daniel Dale Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston was the subject of the 2006 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston. He currently lives in Waller, Texas.... (see HMS 117)
HMS 156	Cakekitchen Graeme Jefferies Graeme Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.In 1981 Graeme and his brother Peter Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections...	Time Floating Backwards	LP/CD/CS
HMS 157-7	Seam Seam (band) Seam was an American indie rock band active from 1991 to 1999, led by Sooyoung Park, former frontman of Bitch Magnet. Park currently plays in Ee...	Days Of Thunder	7"	1991
HMS 158	Sebadoh Sebadoh Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...	Weed Forestin' Weed Forestin' Weed Forestin is an album by the American indie rock band, Sebadoh. It was self-released by Lou Barlow on cassette in 1987, under the guise Sentridoh, and sold at record stores in his native Massachusetts...	LP/CS	1990
HMS 158	Sebadoh Sebadoh Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...	Freed Weed	CD
HMS 159	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	Call Me Pudge	7"
HMS 160	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	Lasterday I Been Bad	LP/CD/CS
HMS 161	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	Peel Session	7"	1991
HMS 161	Happy Flowers Happy Flowers The musical group, Happy Flowers, was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1983 by two members of the Landlords, John Beers and Charlie Kramer , both students at the University of Virginia...	Flowers on 45:HMS Singles	CD/CS	1992
HMS 162	Verlaines	Some Disenchanted Evening Some Disenchanted Evening Some Disenchanted Evening is an album released by The Verlaines in 1989 by recording label, Flying Nun Records.-Track listing:All songs written by Graeme Downes, except where noted.#"Jesus What a Jerk" - 2:37...	LP/CD/CS	1989
HMS 163-1/2	Gibson Bros.	The Man Who Loved Couch Dancing	LP/CD/CS	1990
HMS 164	Bastro Bastro Bastro was an American post-hardcore band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's main line-up consisted of David Grubbs on guitar, Clark Johnson on bass guitar, and John McEntire on drums.-History:...	Sing The Troubled Beast	LP/CD/CS	1991
HMS 165	Sebadoh Sebadoh Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...	Gimme Indie Rock Gimme Indie Rock Gimme Indie Rock is a 7" EP by Sebadoh, released in 1991. First pressing comes on clear vinyl and black vinyl. Later reissued on translucent green vinyl and on marbled gray vinyl. The EP was included in its entirety on the reissued version of Sebadoh III....	7"	1991
HMS 166	Weird Paul Petroskey Weird Paul Petroskey Weird Paul Petroskey is a lo-fi musician in the Pittsburgh, PA, area. He has been writing and recording music since 1984 and releasing music since 1987. The majority of his music is self produced and distributed in limited numbers...	Lo Fidelity Hi Anxiety	LP/CD/CS	1991
HMS 167	King Kong King Kong (band) King Kong, a rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in early 1989 by Ethan Buckler, the original bassist in the band Slint. The core trio for many years was made up of Buckler, Willie McClean , and Ray Rizzo...	Old Man On The Bridge	LP/CD/CS	1991
HMS 168	Sebadoh Sebadoh Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...	III Sebadoh III III is the third album by the American indie rock band, Sebadoh. It was released by Homestead Records in 1991.III was the first full length Sebadoh album to feature Jason Loewenstein, who joined the band's two founding members Lou Barlow and Eric Gaffney in 1989, and debuted on the "Gimme Indie...	2xLP/CD/CS	1991
HMS 169	The Frogs The Frogs (band) The Frogs are an American rock music band founded in 1980, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion. The brothers mainly write and perform short, catchy pop songs, but they are also known for their improvised home recordings which are delivered in a comedic style, and often...	It's Only Right And Natural It's Only Right And Natural It's Only Right and Natural is the second album by the band The Frogs and was released in 1989 by Homestead Records. Gerard Cosloy, who was in charge of Homestead at the time, came into possession of some of the Flemion Brothers' improvised homemade tapes and signed them to the label...	LP/CD/CS	1989
HMS 170-7	Gibson Bros.	Mean Mistreater	7"	1992
HMS 171	Flying Saucer Flying saucer A flying saucer is a type of unidentified flying object sometimes believed to be of alien origin with a disc or saucer-shaped body, usually described as silver or metallic, occasionally reported as covered with running lights or surrounded with a glowing light, hovering or moving rapidly either...	A Place	7"
HMS 172	Mad Scene Mad scene In opera, a mad scene is an enactment of insanity in an opera or play. It was a popular convention of Italian and French opera in the early decades of the nineteenth century....	The Falling Over, Spilling Over	7"
HMS 173	The Styrenes The Styrenes The Styrenes are an American proto-punk rock band, formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975, by former members of other local underground scene bands, electric eels and Mirrors.-Members:* Paul Marotta − vocals, guitar, piano*UK Rattay − guitar...	It's Artastic	CD
HMS 174	The Electric Eels	God Says Fuck You	CD	1992
HMS 175	Lovechild	Six Of One	7"
HMS 176	Cakekitchen Graeme Jefferies Graeme Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.In 1981 Graeme and his brother Peter Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections...	World Of Sand	CD/CS	1992
HMS 177-1/2/4	Seam Seam (band) Seam was an American indie rock band active from 1991 to 1999, led by Sooyoung Park, former frontman of Bitch Magnet. Park currently plays in Ee...	Headsparks	LP/CD/CS	1992
HMS 178	Bratmobile Bratmobile Bratmobile was an American punk band. Bratmobile was a first-generation "riot grrrl" band, which grew from the Pacific Northwest and Washington, DC underground...	Kiss And Ride	7"
HMS 179	Tsunami Tsunami (band) Tsunami was an American indie rock band from Arlington, Virginia, formed by housemates Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson in late 1990 to play at New Year's party...	Geniuses Of Crack	7"	1991
HMS 180	Dentists The Dentists The Dentists were an indie/pop band from the Medway towns in England who were active from 1984 to 1995. The band's permanent members were Mick Murphy , Bob Collins and Mark Matthews . The band also had three different drummers: Ian Smith , Alun Jones and Rob Grigg...	Dressed	CD/CS	1992
HMS 181	Paul K & The Weathermen	The Blue Sun	CD/CS
HMS 182	Not Released
HMS 183	Bodeco Bodeco Bodeco is a rock and roll band out of Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 1984 by guitarist, singer and songwriter Ricky Feather and drummer Brian Burkett. It later grew into a full band, with its most famous line-up featuring Feather, Burkett, guitarist Wink O'Bannon, bassist Jimmy Brown and...	Bone Hair & Hide	LP/CD	1992
HMS 184	Unrest Unrest (band) Unrest is an indie rock band from the Washington, D.C. area. It was one of Mark Robinson's projects for what would eventually become the TeenBeat label, also created by Mark while in high school. Developing from an experimental approach of never playing the same song twice, earlier material seemed...	Bavarian Mods And Other Hits	7"	1992
HMS 185	Lovechild	Witchcraft	LP/CD/CS	1992
HMS 186	Graverobbers	Mark Robinson	7"
HMS 187	Dentists The Dentists The Dentists were an indie/pop band from the Medway towns in England who were active from 1984 to 1995. The band's permanent members were Mick Murphy , Bob Collins and Mark Matthews . The band also had three different drummers: Ian Smith , Alun Jones and Rob Grigg...	See No Evil	7"
HMS 188	Smack Dab	Lucky	7"	1992
HMS 189	Smack Dab	Queen Crab	CD/CS	1992
HMS 190	Trumans Water Trumans Water Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen full length recordings over their career, wherein they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore....	Our Scars Like Badges	7"	1992
HMS 191	Hedonists	Know Your Angers Name	7"	1992
HMS 192	Trumans Water Trumans Water Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen full length recordings over their career, wherein they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore....	Of Thick Tum Of Thick Tum Of Thick Tum is the first album by Trumans Water. BBC disc jockey John Peel heard this album and was so impressed by it that he played it in its entirety on his show. The band initially self-released a small pressing of this album on vinyl in 1992, with each copy in a hand-made and unique jacket...	LP/CD	1992
HMS 193	Trumans Water Trumans Water Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen full length recordings over their career, wherein they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore....	Godspeed The Hemorrrhage	LP	1994
HMS 194	Babe the Blue Ox Babe the Blue Ox (band) Babe the Blue OX are a Brooklyn based rock band. Formed in 1991, the trio was initially composed of Tim Thomas , Rose Thomson and Hanna Fox . in 1995, the band contributed the song "Hazmats" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization...	Box	CD	1993
HMS 195	Babe the Blue Ox Babe the Blue Ox (band) Babe the Blue OX are a Brooklyn based rock band. Formed in 1991, the trio was initially composed of Tim Thomas , Rose Thomson and Hanna Fox . in 1995, the band contributed the song "Hazmats" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization...	Chickenhead Bonesucker	7"	1992
HMS 196	Bodeco Bodeco Bodeco is a rock and roll band out of Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 1984 by guitarist, singer and songwriter Ricky Feather and drummer Brian Burkett. It later grew into a full band, with its most famous line-up featuring Feather, Burkett, guitarist Wink O'Bannon, bassist Jimmy Brown and...	Suicide Ride 'Live'	7"
HMS 197	Bull	Gordon Zone	CD	1993
HMS 198	Cakekitchen Graeme Jefferies Graeme Jefferies is a musician from New Zealand.In 1981 Graeme and his brother Peter Jefferies formed the post-punk band Nocturnal Projections...	Far From The Sun	CD	1993
HMS 199	Trumans Water Trumans Water Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen full length recordings over their career, wherein they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore....	Spasm Smash XXXOXOX Ox & Ass Spasm Smash XXXOXOX Ox & Ass Spasm Smash XXXOXOX Ox & Ass is the second album by Trumans Water. It is their first double-album and was released in 1993 on Homestead Records in the United States and Elemental Records in the UK. There is also a Japanese re-release of the album with a radically different tracklisting...	CD	1993
HMS 200	Not Released
HMS 201	Table	Spin Drift	7"
HMS 202	Elliott Sharp/Carbon	Truthtable	CD	1993
HMS 203	Dentists The Dentists The Dentists were an indie/pop band from the Medway towns in England who were active from 1984 to 1995. The band's permanent members were Mick Murphy , Bob Collins and Mark Matthews . The band also had three different drummers: Ian Smith , Alun Jones and Rob Grigg...	Powdered Lobster Fiasco	CD	1993
HMS 204	Cheshire	Cheshire	7"
HMS 205	Supreme Dicks Supreme Dicks Supreme Dicks was an experimental indie rock group formed in 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts.Their albums combine dissonant lo-fi noise, avantgarde and psychedelia sounds to realized dilated and warped structures songs....	The Unexamined Life The Unexamined Life The Unexamined Life is an album by the band Supreme Dicks, released in 1993. - Track listing :# In A Sweet Song# The Arabian Song# The Sun's Bells# Jack Smith# That I May Never Forget And Stay# Garden Of Your Past# Jack - O - Lantern# River Song...	CD	1993
HMS 206	Blunderbuss	Road To Arizona	7"
HMS 207	New Radiant Storm King New Radiant Storm King New Radiant Storm King is an indie rock group formed at Massachusetts' Hampshire College in 1990.-Biography:New Radiant Storm King have released eight studio albums on six different labels...	Rival Time	CD	1993
HMS 208	Caspar Brotzmann Massaker Caspar Brötzmann Caspar Brötzmann is an electric guitar player.While Brötzmann typically performs with the power trio lineup of Caspar Brötzmann Massaker , with guitar, bass guitar and drum set, he only uses rock and roll and heavy metal music as a basis for his music...	Koksofen	CD	1993
HMS 209	Trumans Water Trumans Water Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen full length recordings over their career, wherein they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore....	Godspeed The Punchline Godspeed the Punchline Godspeed the Punchline is an LP by Trumans Water. It was released in January 1994 by Homestead Records in the United States and Elemental Records in the UK. This album was preceded by three other "Godspeed" albums--Godspeed the Static, Godspeed the Vortex and Godspeed the Hemorrhage--all of which...	LP/CD	1994
HMS 210	Tara Key	Bourbon County	CD	1993
HMS 211	Babe the Blue Ox Babe the Blue Ox (band) Babe the Blue OX are a Brooklyn based rock band. Formed in 1991, the trio was initially composed of Tim Thomas , Rose Thomson and Hanna Fox . in 1995, the band contributed the song "Hazmats" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization...	J'Mapelle Babe	CD	1993
HMS 212	Smack Dab	Majestic Root	CD	1994
HMS 213	Pony	Cosmovalidator	LP/CD	1994
HMS 214	Sleepyhead	Starduster	LP/CD	1994
HMS 215	Elliot Sharp/Terraplane	Terraplane	CD	1994
HMS 216	William Hooker	Radiation	CD	1994
HMS 217	Babe the Blue Ox Babe the Blue Ox (band) Babe the Blue OX are a Brooklyn based rock band. Formed in 1991, the trio was initially composed of Tim Thomas , Rose Thomson and Hanna Fox . in 1995, the band contributed the song "Hazmats" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization...	Color Me Babe	CD	1994
HMS 218	Antietam Antietam (band) Antietam is an indie rock band from Louisville, Kentucky formed in 1984 by members of the Babylon Dance Band, husband and wife duo Tara Key and Tim Harris. They released six albums between 1985 and 1995, and since the late 1980s have been based in New York...	Rope-A-Dope	CD	1994
HMS 219	Blunderbuss	Conspiracy	LP/CD	1995
HMS 220	David S. Ware Quartet David S. Ware David Spencer Ware , is an American jazz saxophonist.Ware grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. He attended the Berklee College of Music and worked in New York City as a cab driver for 14 years, later returning to Scotch Plains to live...	Cryptology	CD	1994
HMS 221	Trumans Water Trumans Water Trumans Water is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed in 1991. They have released over a dozen full length recordings over their career, wherein they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore....	Milktrain to Paydirt Milktrain to Paydirt Milktrain to Paydirt is an album by Trumans Water. It was released in August 1995 by Homestead Records. It was their first studio album without Glen Galloway , and their first album with Kevin Cascell on drums. It was also their last release on the Homestead label. The song "Off-Peak Arson"...	LP/CD	1995
HMS 222	Tara Key	Ear And Echo	CD	1995
HMS 223	William Hooker	Armageddon	CD	1995
HMS 224	Sleepyhead	I Love You the Rain	7"	1995
HMS 225	Soul-Junk Soul-Junk Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping Christian rock / hip hop group from San Diego, California.-Background:The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water...	1945 1945 (EP) -Track listing:...	7"	1994
HMS 226	Stratotanker	Baby, Test The Sky	CD	1995
HMS 227-1	Soul-Junk Soul-Junk Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping Christian rock / hip hop group from San Diego, California.-Background:The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water...	1952 part 2 1952 (album) 1952 is the third album release by the band Soul-Junk. It was released in 2 parts, a CD and a LP vinyl record. Most of the lyrics are drawn directly from scripture, specifically the New International Version...	LP	1994
HMS 227-2	Soul-Junk Soul-Junk Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping Christian rock / hip hop group from San Diego, California.-Background:The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water...	1952 1952 (album) 1952 is the third album release by the band Soul-Junk. It was released in 2 parts, a CD and a LP vinyl record. Most of the lyrics are drawn directly from scripture, specifically the New International Version...	CD	1994
HMS 228	Sleepyhead	Communist Love Songs	CD	1996
HMS 229	Supreme Dicks Supreme Dicks Supreme Dicks was an experimental indie rock group formed in 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts.Their albums combine dissonant lo-fi noise, avantgarde and psychedelia sounds to realized dilated and warped structures songs....	The Emotional Plague The Emotional Plague The Emotional Plague is the last album by the band Supreme Dicks, released in 1996 .- Track listing :# "Synaesthesia"# "Cuchulain "# "Columnated Ruins / Seeing Distant Chimneys"# "Along A Bearded Glade"# "Swell Song"# "Showered"...	CD	1996
HMS 230	David S. Ware Quartet David S. Ware David Spencer Ware , is an American jazz saxophonist.Ware grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. He attended the Berklee College of Music and worked in New York City as a cab driver for 14 years, later returning to Scotch Plains to live...	Dao	CD	1995
HMS 231	William Parker William Parker (musician) William Parker is an American free jazz double bassist, poet and composer.-Biography:Parker was not formally trained as a classical player, though he did study with Jimmy Garrison, Richard Davis, and Wilbur Ware and learned the tradition. Parker is one of few jazz bassists who regularly plays arco...	Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy	CD	1996
HMS 232	Hoosegow	Mighty	CD	1996
HMS 233	Uncle Joe's Big 'Ol Driver	Elsewhere	CD	1996
HMS 234	Falstaff	Falstaff II	CD	1996
HMS 235	Pony	El Dorado	CD	1996
HMS 236	Soul-Junk Soul-Junk Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping Christian rock / hip hop group from San Diego, California.-Background:The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water...	1953 1953 (album) 1953 is an indie rock album by the Soul-Junk released in 1996. The album consists of guitar based low-fi rock, which one reviewer described as being in the ballpark of "Beck meets Danielson." Alternative Press found their musical arrangements to be outstanding, "tuneful, energetic and original",...	CD	1996
HMS 237	Ivo Perelman Ivo Perelman Ivo Perelman is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in Sao Paulo.Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano while young, and concentrated on tenor sax from age 19. He attended the Berklee College of Music for one semester and then dropped out, moving to Los Angeles in...	Cama De Terra	CD	1996
HMS 238	Stratotanker	Gambit	CD	1996
F-UK-U3	The Cannibals The Cannibals (British band) The Cannibals are a British rock band formed in 1976 by Mike Spenser, after his former band, the Flying Tigers, had split up. They have released seven full length albums, numerous singles, EP's, split LP's, and appeared on several compilations...	Trash For Cash	MLP	1985