DC-Jam Records is a Midwest American record label founded in 2006 by Darron Hemann that focuses primarily on

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, and experimental music. The label features well-known classic punk rock artists such as

T.S.O.L. T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Huntington Beach, California. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.'s music has varied on each release, including such styles as deathro ...

, JFA,

Fishbone Fishbone is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1979, the band plays a fusion of ska, punk, funk, metal, reggae, and soul. AllMusic has described the group as "one of the most distinctive and eclectic alternative ...

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Richie Ramone Richard Reinhardt (born August 11, 1957) is an American drummer best known by his stage name Richie Ramone, and for being the drummer for the punk band the Ramones from February 1983 until August 1987. As of 2025, he is one of three surviving ...

The Adicts The Adicts are a British punk rock band from Ipswich, Suffolk, England. A popular English punk rock band of the 1980s, they were often in the indie charts during that decade. The Adicts originated as The Afterbirth in late 1975 but never had ...

, Down By Law, Ultrabomb, Trusty, and

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, and several others including The Soviet Machines,

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, The Ragged Jubilee, Onward, etc.,

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, Dirty Filthy Mugs,

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, Kirkwood Dellinger Downtown Brown, and Fast Piece of Furniture (featuring Jeff Nelson of

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and

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Discography

* Ultrabomb Dying to Smile LP & CD * Ultrabomb Time to Burn LP & CD * 16 Hi-Fi Hits Compilation LP *

“Live in Manchester England” LP Picture Disc * The Soviet Machines LP * #Goals CD *

“What You’ve Heard Isn’t Real” EP & CD *

“Carrier Wave” LP & CD *

''All The Young Droogs'' CD & LP *

''Crazy Glue'' LP & CD *

''Live'' PIC DISC LP x2 *

''The Punk Remains The Same'' CD & 7" * JFA ''Speed of Sound'' CD * JFA ''To All Our Friends'' CD & LP *

''Life Liberty & the Pursuit of Free Downloads'' PIC DISC LP * Dirty Filthy Mugs ''All Yobs In'' CD & PIC DISC LP * Dirty Filthy Mugs ''Bodkin Downs'' 7" * Dirty Filthy Mugs ''Up in The Downs'' CD * 300 Pounds ''Trail of Numbered Days'' CD * Downtown Brown ''Grabbleton Beach'' CD * Downtown Brown “2001-2011” CD * Downtown Brown “Masterz of the Universe” LP & CD * Fast Piece of Furniture ''Adventures in Contentment'' LP * Frontside Five ''Resurrection Cemetery'' CD *

LP & CD *

The Heard The Heard was an American garage rock band formed in Longview, Texas, in 1965. Within a year of their formation, the band gained a reputation as one of the loudest musical acts in Texas, soon receiving a string of gigs at Houston's Catacomb Club ...

''Genesis'' CD * Kirkwood Dellinger ''Gold'' CD * Machine 22 ''Off The Record'' CD * Minus One ''The Kids Don't Skate Here'' CD * Minus One “No Sign of Angels” CD * Minus One “Anthems of Byzanthium, The Early Years ‘81-‘86” CD *

Slightly Stoopid Slightly Stoopid is an American Rock music, rock band based in the Ocean Beach, San Diego, Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego, San Diego, California, who describe their music as "a fusion of folk, rock, reggae and blues with hip-hop, funk, m ...

Split 7” * Neon Wilderness (band), Neon Wilderness ''Pure Power'' CD * Painted Willie ''Mind Bowling'' CD * Onward, etc. “Sonder On” CD * The Rudy Schwartz Project ''Bowling for Appliances'' CD * The Rudy Schwartz Project ''Delicious Ass Frenzy'' CD * The Rudy Schwartz Project “Winter Dance of the Koala Sperm Harvest” CD * The Rudy Schwartz Project “Full Frontal Klugman” CD * The Rudy Schwartz Project “Don’t Get Puffy, Get Charred” CD * The Rudy Schwartz Project “Salmon Dave” CD * The Rudy Schwartz Project ''Remembering a Summertime Rash'' CD * The Rudy Schwartz Project ''The Year They Switched to Cornmeal'' CD * Trusty ''Demo'' CD *

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''Preserved Emergencies'' CD *

''Last of The Pariahs'' CD *

''Entitled'' CD & LP *

“Cellophane” CD & LP

Compilations

* Various “DC-Jam Skate Rock Vol.1” CD X2 * Various “17 Hi-Fi Hits” LP

References

External links

Official site

Punker Pages bio

{{DEFAULTSORT:DC-Jam Records American independent record labels Punk record labels