Mutant Pop Records was an independent record label

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 founded in Corvallis, Oregon

Corvallis, Oregon

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 in 1995

1995 in music

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 by Tim "Timbo" Davenport (born October 1, 1961), also known by the "punk name"

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 T. Chandler. The label released approximately 15 full-length albums in compact disc

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 format, and more than 85 releases as 7" vinyl EPs or commercial CD-R discs

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. The label also re-released several pop-punk-related albums and EPs from other labels that had gone out of print. After ceasing the release of new material in 2002, the label made a brief comeback attempt in 2008 before terminating operations at the end of that year.

Company history

Mutant Pop Records was a single person operation, a so-called "bedroom label," begun in April 1995.

Timbo has described his own label's history in terms of three eras, focused around three flagship bands. Mutant Pop began with a clear focus on the geeky, sloppy pop punk of The Automatics, followed by the somewhat more complex Connie Dungs, and finished with Ramones-core punks The Peabodys. The label had an estimated 100 releases including vinyl EPs, full length CDs, and several waves of a short-run CD-R mail-order series. Mutant Pop was perhaps the first label to experiment with the CD-R format as a commercial option.

The label also operated its own wholesale distribution arm, known as 1000 Flowers, which served as an important hub for pop punk distribution during the second half of the 1990s. The distribution began as the wholesale arm of Mutant Pop in 1995, selling directly to record stores. In 1997 it moved to a direct-to-customer mail order service. The monthly mutant pop newsletter through which the distribution catalogue was distributed served as an important tool in the disemmination of knowledge regarding underground pop punk before the widespread use of the internet.

The label went on hiatus in 2001, only releasing a single release before making a small comeback during the first half of 2002. Thereafter the label went to sleep until 2008, when a return to 7" vinyl was made. The economics of the format proved to be untenable, however, and the label was silently terminated at the end of that year.

Artists

• After School Special
• The Automatics
• The Beautys
• The Beldons
• Boris the Sprinkler
  Boris the Sprinkler
  Boris the Sprinkler was a pop-punk band that formed in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1992, known for their zaniness and abnormality. Their aesthetic seemed to borrow from Devo and The Dickies. They display a sci-fi bizarro style reminiscent of Buckaroo Banzai....
  
  
• Buglite
• The Catalogs
• Cletus
• Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine
• The Chubbies
• The Connie Dungs
  The Connie Dungs
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• Dead Like Elvis
• Die Cheerleader Die
• Dillinger Four
  Dillinger Four
  Dillinger Four is an American punk rock band formed in 1994 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have released four full-length studio albums. The current band members are Patrick Costello on bass guitar and vocals, Erik Funk and Bill Morrisette on guitars and vocals, and Lane Pederson on drums.- Studio...
  
  

• Dirt Bike Annie
  Dirt Bike Annie
  Dirt Bike Annie was a band from Jersey City, New Jersey, who played pop punk and power pop music.-Group history:The bands three consistent members were Adam Rabuck , Dan Paquin and Jeanie Lee...
  
  
• Egghead.
• Everready
• The Frantics
  The Frantics (band)
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• Goin' Places
• The Grrrl Scouts
• High School Hellcats
  High School Hellcats
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• The Hissyfits
• Impulse International
• The Jimmies
• Jon Cougar Concentration Camp
  Jon Cougar Concentration Camp
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• Juvenile Wreck
• The Klopecs
• The Kung Fu Monkeys
• The Loblaws
• The Mansfields
• The Mute-Ants

• Moral Crux
• Nerd Gets the Girl
• The Peabodys
• The Proms
• The Pullouts
• Round Nine
• Ruth's Hat
• Scratch Bongowax
• Sicko
  Sicko (band)
  Sicko were an American rock group from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1991. Exceptionally, the three-piece pop punk group maintained a constant membership for every recording as a band. This line-up was Denny Bartlett , Ean Hernandez , and Josh Rubin...
  
  
• Slacker
• Stink
• Underhand
• The Wallys
  The Wallys
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• The Wanna-Bes

External links

• Mutant Pop Records official web site. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
• Interview with T. Chandler, The Punkhouse, December 1998. Retrieved February 19, 2010.