Below Par Records is an Australian

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established in

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by three sixteen-year-old Sydney high-school students, Jai Al-Attas, Mark Catanzariti and Steven Chalker. In 2001, Matt Hawkes replaced Steven Chalker as the third partner. Below Par Records won the Nescafe Big Break competition in 2002Nestlé Australia: NESCAFÉ Coffee
and, in 2003, Below Par Records went into a label development deal with Eleven owned by John Watson and Melissa Chenery. In 2005 Below Par Records started an imprint called

OK!Relax OK!Relax is an imprint label of Below Par Records. It was created in 2005 and so far has released records by Die! Die! Die! and The Scare. See also *List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b ...

in which they released records by

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and Die!Die!Die!. Today, Below Par Records is home to gold-selling artist

Kisschasy Kisschasy are an Australian rock band that formed in Melbourne, Victoria in 2002. Their line-up consists of lead vocalist Darren Cordeux, bassist Joel Vanderuit, guitarist Sean Thomas and drummer Karl Ammitzboll. The band released two gold c ...

as well as Something With Numbers,

and Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. Below Par Records is distributed by

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/ EMI in Australia and New Zealand.

Current and former signings

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* Die!Die!Die! * For Amusement Only * In the Grey * Jim Ward *

* Last Years Hero *

The Living End The Living End are an Australian punk rockabilly band from Melbourne, formed in 1994. Since 2002, the line-up consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals), and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 199 ...

* MC Lars *

* Something With Numbers * Vaux

References

External links

* Australian independent record labels Indie rock record labels Alternative rock record labels Record labels based in Sydney {{Australia-record-label-stub