Warcon Enterprises is a New York

New York

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 based 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:...

 focusing on mostly 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...

, started by Bob Chiappardi of Concrete Marketing

Concrete Marketing

Concrete Marketing is an independent marketing company based in New York, USA, founded by Bob Chiappardi and Walter O'Brien in 1984. is known mainly for its work with cutting edge rock and heavy metal, having amassed a client roster that features bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Korn, Limp...

 and Kevin Lyman

Kevin Lyman

Kevin Lyman is creator of a touring music and extreme sports festival called the Warped Tour, the Taste of Chaos, and the Mayhem tours. He also is a partner at SideOneDummy Records. He owns 4FINI which annually produces the above-mentioned tours as well as produced past tours such as the Down From...

 in 2004

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. Warcon was a sponsor of the Rockstar Taste of Chaos

Taste of Chaos

Taste of Chaos is a hardcore tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour along with friend and business partner, John Reese. The Taste Of Chaos tour caters for fans of the post-hardcore, screamo, and metal genres, while offering the same...

 tour. Warcon is distributed through Fontana Distribution

Fontana Distribution

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Warcon Enterprises closed its doors in late 2008. There were several attempts to re-finance the label which failed. Jim Chambers (GM), Stu Fine (President), Kyle Roeger (Head of new Media) and Hadley Poole (Head of PR/Video) were all that were left in the end. Each were slowly laid off except Jim Chambers who "kept the lights on" to handle any logistical issues.

Chambers was quoted in several music blogs referring to the demise as unfortunate and disheartening. Jim Chambers, Bob Chiappardi and Kevin Lyman all still remain friends and colleagues working within the music industry.

Current Bands

• Guantanamo
• The SmashUp
  The SmashUp
  The Smashup are a post-hardcore / punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York. They formed in 2001. They are currently signed to Warcon Records.They released their self-titled debut EP in 2004 and their first studio album "Being and Becoming" in 2005, featuring songs such as "Never Going To Kill Us",...
  
  
• Night Kills the Day
• Duck Duck Goose

Past Bands

• Helmet
  Helmet (band)
  Helmet is an alternative metal band from New York City formed in 1989. Founded by vocalist and lead guitarist Page Hamilton, Helmet has had numerous lineup changes, and Hamilton has been the only constant member....
  
  
• Adair
  Adair (band)
  Adair was an American post-hardcore/screamo band from St. Louis, Missouri. The members of the band had performed together in St. Louis for eight years before formally founding Adair in 2001. The five-member band consisted of local St...
  
  
• Bleed the Dream
  Bleed the Dream
  Bleed the Dream is an American rock band from Southern California.- Formation to Built by Blood :Keith Thompson had left Baltimore for Los Angeles a year earlier to follow his musical career. A month into 2003, Brandon Thomas left Baltimore too after speaking with Keith. Bleed the Dream had been...
  
   (disbanded, possibly reforming in 2009)
• Opiate For The Masses
  Opiate For The Masses
  Opiate for the Masses was a post-hardcore band from Arizona. They formed in Phoenix in 1999 by Ron Underwood, Elias Mallin, Dustin Lyon and Jim Kaufman. The meaning of their name comes from the Karl Marx quote that says the organized religion is nothing but an opiate for the masses. In June 2009,...
  
  
• Street Drum Corps
  Street Drum Corps
  Street Drum Corps is a punk rock percussion band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2004 by Bobby Alt, of S.T.U.N. and Faculty X, Adam Alt, of Circus Minor, and Frank Zummo, of TheStart. To date the group have released two albums and have been part of tours such as Van's Warped Tour, Taste of...
  
  
• Dir En Grey
  Dir en grey
  Dir En Grey is a Japanese metal band formed in 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will. As of 2011, they have recorded eight full-length records...
  
  
• My American Heart
  My American Heart
  My American Heart was a rock band from San Diego, California. The band's original name was No Way Out, which consisted of Larry Soliman on vocals, Jesse Barrera on bass guitar, Clint Delgado and Jeremy Mendez on guitar, and Steven Oira on Drums...
  
   (disbanding)

Compilation albums

• The Best of Taste of Chaos
  The Best of Taste of Chaos
  The Best of Taste of Chaos is an album of songs by bands that appeared on the Taste of Chaos tour.-Track listing:...
  
  
• The Best of Taste of Chaos Two.
  The Best of Taste of Chaos Two.
  The Best of Taste of Chaos Two. is a compilation album of material by bands that played in the Taste of Chaos tour.-Disc 1:#Underoath – "In Regards to Myself"#Thursday – "At This Velocity"#Bullet for My Valentine – "4 Words "...
  
  
• Taste of Christmas