Teenage USA
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Teenage USA Recordings is a Canadian
independent record label
, founded by Phil Klygo and Mark DiPietro in the fall of 1997 on the back of Klygo's Skull Geek record label and fanzine.
The label, based in Toronto, has released records by artists such as Elevator
, Eric's Trip
, The Weekend, Pecola
, Gaffer
, Smallmouth, Peaches
, Stink Mitt, Dan Bryk
, Kid Lunch
, Thanatopop, Cecil Seaskull, Two-Minute Miracles
, Lonnie James, Blood Meridian
, Solar Baby, Robin Black
, The Zoobombs, The Exploders
, 122 Greige,
The Killer Elite
, Neck
, and Mean Red Spiders
.
Song Corporation bought into the label in 2000 and named Klygo and DiPietro as Song's Directors of Artistic Development. Following Song's bankruptcy a short year later, the pair regained ownership of their label and signed a distribution deal with Outside Music
. Shortly thereafter, DiPietro took a job at Outside, running their in-house label in addition to teenage USA. Klygo took over as Festival Director at Canadian Music Week, as well as starting a new experimental gallery-salon space with artist Germaine Koh called (weewerk) that eventually became a record label.
(teen036)STINK MITT - Biker Shorts Remix 12" w/ Jabba the Slut
(teen035)BLOOD MERIDIAN - We Almost Made it Home
(teen034)THE WEEKEND - Teaser + Bonus Level
(teen033)GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS - GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS
(teen032)TWO-MINUTE MIRACLES - Volume III "The Silence Of Animals"
(teen031)STINK MITT - Scratch 'n' Sniff
(teen030)MEAN RED SPIDERS - Still Life Fast Moving
(teen029)THE WEEKEND - Teaser EP
(teen028)THE ZOOBOMBS - Bomb You Live
(teen027)THE EXPLODERS - New Variations
(teen026)The Killer Elite - End Of A Whip / Talk About The City 7"
(teen025)ERIC'S TRIP - The Eric's Trip Show
(teen024)GORD DISLEY - Shots Fired / Comedy Record
(teen023)ELEVATOR - Taste of Complete Perspective CD/LP
(teen022)TWO-MINUTE MIRACLES - Volume II
(teen021)DAN BRYK - Lovers Leap
(teen020)THE EXPLODERS - Who's Who & What's What 7"
(teen019)MEAN RED SPIDERS - Starsandsons
(teen018)ROBIN BLACK & THE IRS - Star Shaped Single EP
(teen017)PEACHES - PEACHES EP
(teen016)THE WEEKEND - THE WEEKEND
(teen015)THANATOPOP - Four Track Mind
(teen014)LONNIE JAMES - Dee-O
(teen012)TWO-MINUTE MIRACLES - Volume I
(teen011)KID LUNCH - KID LUNCH
(teen010)122 GREIGE - Moving Away from the Sun
(teen009)NECK - Uncrated Distant Star EP
(teen008)CECIL SEASKULL - Whoever
(teen007)SOLARBABY - The Power of Negative Prayer
(teen006)MEAN RED SPIDERS - Places You Call Home
(teen005)GAFFER - Snow Falls Like Stars
(teen004)LONNIE JAMES - This Land is Your Land
(teen003)PECOLA/SMALLMOUTH - Split 7"
(teen002)PECOLA - Dat Hoang EP
(teen001)SMALLMOUTH - All Ports in Frequent Seas
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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:...
, founded by Phil Klygo and Mark DiPietro in the fall of 1997 on the back of Klygo's Skull Geek record label and fanzine.
The label, based in Toronto, has released records by artists such as Elevator
Elevator (band)
Elevator is a band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Started in 1994 as Elevator To Hell, a solo outlet for Eric's Trip lead man Rick White, the project eventually grew to include Eric's Trip drummer Mark Gaudet and White's ex-wife Tara on bass and, for a short while, Ron Bates of Orange Glass as a...
, Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip is a Canadian indie rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Eric's Trip achieved prominence as the first Canadian band to be signed to Seattle's flagship grunge label Sub Pop in the early 1990s...
, The Weekend, Pecola
Pecola
Pecola is a Japanese 3-D Anime series that was computer-generated in Canada, with cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place called Cube Town. It is based on a series of children's picture books by Naomi Iwata. The show stars Pecola, a curious and hyperactive penguin that tries to help the...
, Gaffer
Gaffer
- People :* Gaffer , a British colloquial term for "boss" or "old man" a man who has gone beyond the age of adolescent.* Gaffer , the head of the electrical department* Gaffer , a person who blows glass...
, Smallmouth, Peaches
Peaches (musician)
Merrill Beth Nisker , better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her songs are noted for disregarding traditional gender norms and their use of sexually explicit lyrics...
, Stink Mitt, Dan Bryk
Dan Bryk
Dan Waldemar Bryk is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and recording artist. Originally from Toronto, Bryk is currently based in New York City...
, Kid Lunch
Kid Lunch
Kid Lunch is the stage name of Joshua Malinsky, a Canadian musician from Toronto, Ontario who was previously associated with the band Poledo.He released an eponymous CD Kid Lunch through the label Teenage USA in 1999....
, Thanatopop, Cecil Seaskull, Two-Minute Miracles
Two-Minute Miracles
The Two-Minute Miracles are a Canadian indie rock band from London, Ontario, fronted by songwriter and singer-guitarist Andy Magoffin. The band, having a history of fluid membership, now consists of Magoffin, guitarist Justin Nace, keyboardist Michael Christoff, bassist Greg Smith and drummer Aaron...
, Lonnie James, Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian (band)
Blood Meridian is a Canadian alternative country band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band consists of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer Joshua Wells...
, Solar Baby, Robin Black
Robin Black
Robin Black is a Canadian glam rock band, originally known as Robin Black and the Intergalactic Rock Stars, formed in 1998. The band's lead singer also uses Robin Black as his stage name.-History:...
, The Zoobombs, The Exploders
The Exploders
The Exploders are an alternative rock band from Lake Bolac, Victoria, Australia.-Biography:The Exploders formed in 2004 and were picked up by the label Rubber Records in 2005, appearing at the Falls Festival the following year. They released their self titled debut album on 21 March 2006...
, 122 Greige,
The Killer Elite
The Killer Elite
The Killer Elite is a 1975 American action thriller film starring James Caan and Robert Duvall and directed by Sam Peckinpah.The screenplay was written by Marc Norman and Stirling Silliphant adapted from the Robert Syd Hopkins novel, Monkey in the Middle. The novel was written under Hopkins'...
, Neck
Neck
The neck is the part of the body, on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates, that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. The adjective signifying "of the neck" is cervical .-Boner anatomy: The cervical spine:The cervical portion of the human spine comprises seven boney...
, and Mean Red Spiders
Mean Red Spiders
Mean Red Spiders are a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Toronto, Canada in September 1993. Mean Red Spiders' music is largely guitar-based indie rock influenced by psychedelic music. Their music makes extensive use of distortion, digital keyboard loops, recorded voice samples, and effects...
.
Song Corporation bought into the label in 2000 and named Klygo and DiPietro as Song's Directors of Artistic Development. Following Song's bankruptcy a short year later, the pair regained ownership of their label and signed a distribution deal with Outside Music
Outside Music
Outside Music is a Canadian record label and distributor, founded by Lloyd Nishimura in 1995. In 2007, it expanded to include an artist management division which counts Jill Barber, Matthew Barber, One Hundred Dollars and Sunparlour Players as management clients.Outside has released countless...
. Shortly thereafter, DiPietro took a job at Outside, running their in-house label in addition to teenage USA. Klygo took over as Festival Director at Canadian Music Week, as well as starting a new experimental gallery-salon space with artist Germaine Koh called (weewerk) that eventually became a record label.
Teenage USA Recordings discography
(teen037)THE WEEKEND - Beatbox My Heartbeat(teen036)STINK MITT - Biker Shorts Remix 12" w/ Jabba the Slut
(teen035)BLOOD MERIDIAN - We Almost Made it Home
(teen034)THE WEEKEND - Teaser + Bonus Level
(teen033)GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS - GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS
(teen032)TWO-MINUTE MIRACLES - Volume III "The Silence Of Animals"
(teen031)STINK MITT - Scratch 'n' Sniff
(teen030)MEAN RED SPIDERS - Still Life Fast Moving
(teen029)THE WEEKEND - Teaser EP
(teen028)THE ZOOBOMBS - Bomb You Live
(teen027)THE EXPLODERS - New Variations
(teen026)The Killer Elite - End Of A Whip / Talk About The City 7"
(teen025)ERIC'S TRIP - The Eric's Trip Show
(teen024)GORD DISLEY - Shots Fired / Comedy Record
(teen023)ELEVATOR - Taste of Complete Perspective CD/LP
(teen022)TWO-MINUTE MIRACLES - Volume II
(teen021)DAN BRYK - Lovers Leap
(teen020)THE EXPLODERS - Who's Who & What's What 7"
(teen019)MEAN RED SPIDERS - Starsandsons
(teen018)ROBIN BLACK & THE IRS - Star Shaped Single EP
(teen017)PEACHES - PEACHES EP
(teen016)THE WEEKEND - THE WEEKEND
(teen015)THANATOPOP - Four Track Mind
(teen014)LONNIE JAMES - Dee-O
(teen012)TWO-MINUTE MIRACLES - Volume I
(teen011)KID LUNCH - KID LUNCH
(teen010)122 GREIGE - Moving Away from the Sun
(teen009)NECK - Uncrated Distant Star EP
(teen008)CECIL SEASKULL - Whoever
(teen007)SOLARBABY - The Power of Negative Prayer
(teen006)MEAN RED SPIDERS - Places You Call Home
(teen005)GAFFER - Snow Falls Like Stars
(teen004)LONNIE JAMES - This Land is Your Land
(teen003)PECOLA/SMALLMOUTH - Split 7"
(teen002)PECOLA - Dat Hoang EP
(teen001)SMALLMOUTH - All Ports in Frequent Seas