Three Ring Records is an independent record label based out of the San Francisco/Bay Area in northern California. Started in 2003 by Dan Crowell of the band D.W. Holiday, Three Ring saw its first release that same year with the Bother's The Night Bleeds Gold. This album was mastered by recording engineer Chris Cline

Chris Cline

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 whose work has ranged from ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

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 to more obscure bands like Deadwood Forest. Shortly thereafter Chris joined Three Ring as a partner and he and Dan have continued to release albums at an alarming rate.

In 2007 Three Ring Records was awarded "Best Local Label" by the readers of the San Francisco Bay Guardian. To date Three Ring has charted a number of its releases on the College Music Journal and has also released a benefit compilation to help homeless youth in San Francisco.

2008 and Beyond

In 2008, Three Ring Records played a part in the Bay Area Takeover, an organization dedicated to promote the Bay Area independent music scene at industry festivals. This year also saw the addition of two new record labels to its roster: 500 Records and Snowstorm Records. The beginning of 2009 saw the addition of Mission Freak Records to the Three Ring family thus adding to its growing roster.

Artists

• Aim Low Kid
• Aimless Never Miss-500 Records
• Amores Vigilantes
• Asp
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• Audio Out Send
• Birth Rites-Mission Freak Records
• Bother, The
• boyskout
• Brooks, T.S.-Snowstorm Music
• Clarke, Craig-Snowstorm Music
• Dasto-500 Records
• D.W. Holiday
• Datagun-Mission Freak Records
• The Ebb and Flow
  The Ebb and Flow
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• elephone
• Form and Fate
• Golden Birds-Mission Freak Records
• Grand Lake
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  -500 Records
• Foreign Resort, The
• Frankel
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• Gamma Gamma
• Identical Homes-500 Records
• James and Evander-500 Records
• Jub
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• The Lonelyhearts
  The Lonelyhearts
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• Love is Chemicals
• Matinees, The-Snowstorm Music
• Manuok
  Manuok
  Manuok is an American solo musical project founded in San Diego, California in 2004 by Scott Mercado. Scott Mercado is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Montrose, Scotland and currently resides in San Diego, California. He is currently a member of...
  
  -500 Records
• Andy McWilliams
• Music for Animals
• The New Slave-Snowstorm Music
• Rykarda Parasol
• Porno Galacitca-Mission Freak Records
• Pu22l3
• Scattered PAGES, The
• Scrabbel
  Scrabbel
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• Silian Rail-500 Records
• Society of Rockets, The
• The Soft Province
• Solar Powered People
• Soltero
  Soltero
  Soltero is the musical project of songwriter Tim Howard, who currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Soltero has had several incarnations, including a five-piece band and a four-piece band, as well as solo and duo acoustic lineups...
  
  
• Spark and Decay-500 Records
• Stevens, Alexis-Mission Freak Records
• Tom Thumb and the Latter Day Saints

Affiliations

• IODA
  IODA
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• Spectre Entertainment Group
• Burnside Distribution Corporation
• Bay Area Takeover 2008
• Noise Pop
  Noise pop
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  2008(Partner), 2009(Sponsor)