Epitaph Records is an American

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owned by

Bad Religion Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilities and ...

guitarist

Brett Gurewitz Brett W. Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), nicknamed Mr. Brett, is an American musician and record producer, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the Punk rock, punk band Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records ...

. A large portion of the record label, known as

Hellcat Records Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid ...

, is owned by

Tim Armstrong Timothy Ross Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Known for his distinctive voice, he is the singer/guitarist for the punk rock band Rancid (band), Rancid and hip hop/punk rock supergroup T ...

, frontman of the

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band Rancid. Several sister labels also exist, such as

ANTI- Anti- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label to Epitaph Records. Founded by Andy Kaulkin, Anti- first gained attention by releasing Tom Waits's Grammy Award–winning '' Mule Variations'' in 1999. Other veteran recordin ...

Burning Heart Records Burning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 in Fagersta, Sweden, and currently based in Örebro. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output ...

, and Heart & Skull Records that have signed other types of bands.

History

Early years (1980s)

formed Epitaph Records as a vehicle for releases by his band

.Larkin, Colin (1999) "Epitaph Records" in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock'', Virgin Books, , p. 150 The name had been taken from the

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protest song "

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" from which the lyrics "Confusion will be my epitaph." had struck a chord with Brett and Greg when they were young. Its first release for the label was Bad Religion's 1981

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EP, followed by their debut ''

How Could Hell Be Any Worse? ''How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'' is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on January 19, 1982, by Epitaph Records. Released almost a year after their self-titled EP, it was financed from the sales of the self t ...

'', which was also the label's first full-length release. Also released during this period was '' Peace thru Vandalism'', an EP by

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, who were the first band besides Bad Religion to sign to Epitaph. Two more Bad Religion releases followed – '' Into the Unknown'' and the EP ''

Back to the Known ''Back to the Known'' is the second EP released by American punk rock band Bad Religion. The name of the EP is a reference to the band abandoning the progressive rock influences of its previous album, 1983's '' Into the Unknown'', and returning ...

'' – before their temporary split. After Gurewitz had cleaned up his drug issues, both Epitaph and Bad Religion were revived in 1987. In the following year, Epitaph released its first record as a proper label, which was L7's self-titled album, and it was distributed by

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. Also in 1988, Bad Religion released ''

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'', which was both released and distributed by Epitaph. In 1989, Gurewitz signed

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to Epitaph. They released their debut for the label, ''

S&M Airlines ''S&M Airlines'' is the second studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on September 5, 1989, through Epitaph Records. It was also the group's first release on Epitaph. A music video was made for the title track. The al ...

'', that same year, featuring the video for its title track and the cover of

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", which featured guest vocals by Gurewitz and

Greg Graffin Gregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and only constant member of the punk band Bad Religion, which he co-founded in 1980. He has also released three solo albums. Graffin obtained his PhD ...

, also a member of Bad Religion. This was followed by Bad Religion's next two albums – '' No Control'' and '' Against the Grain'' – which sold 60,000 and 100,000 copies respectively.

Breakthrough success (1990s)

By 1993, more punk acts had signed to Epitaph, and the label relocated to new offices in

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. Although

was the founding band of Epitaph, releasing their early records through the label, they switched over to

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in 1993, with ''

Recipe for Hate ''Recipe for Hate'' is the seventh studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on June 4, 1993. It was their last album on Epitaph Records for nine years (until 2002's '' The Process of Belief'') and the band had switched to At ...

'' being their first record outside of the label. Brett Gurewitz is thought to have left Bad Religion as a result of internal disputes, but actually left the band in 1994 so he could run Epitaph full-time.

Change in style (2000s)

In 2001, Brett Gurewitz returned to Bad Religion, and the band returned to Epitaph Records,Piccoli, Sean (2002) "Punk's been good to bad religion", ''

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'', March 1, 2002, p. 36 releasing seven more albums, the latest being '' Age of Unreason'' (2019). In mid-2005 Epitaph was added to the official list of

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members along with several other high-profile independent labels. The reason for the listing is not clear, but one source points to an agreement for internet P2P distribution. Another source claims label management joined RIAA to get certified sales awards (i.e., official "Gold" or "Platinum" record status) for releases. This sparked some controversy as some feel they should no longer be labeled independent if they are a member of the RIAA. However, the only source that has actually been used for these claims of membership is the official RIAA membership list, which has been disputed. As of this writing, not only is Epitaph listed as an official member but

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is once again listed, after being falsely listed before. In addition,

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has released statements denying their own involvement in the RIAA, condemning the organization.

Recent years (2010s)

Epitaph signed

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in 2010, the label releasing '' Hurley'' later that year.Luerssen, John D. (2010)
Weezer Sign to Epitaph, Announce 'Hurley' Album
, Spinner, August 5, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2011 The label signed

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in the same year. Epitaph signed

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n punk band Dangerous! in 2011 and released album ''Teenage Rampage''. Epitaph had also signed the Canadian punk rock band Propagandhi. The label has also been more active in signing bands from the

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including

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, and

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Sales certifications

Epitaph has issued two albums that have been certified as platinum or multi-platinum, for sales of over 1 million units, by the

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: '' Smash'' by

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, which has been certified six-times platinum, and '' ...And Out Come the Wolves'' by Rancid, which has been certified platinum. Seven albums released by the label, or its subsidiaries Hellcat and

, have been certified gold for sales of 500,000 copies: ''

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'' by the Offspring, ''

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'' by

, '' Let's Go'' by Rancid, '' Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards'' by

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, ''

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'' and '' Popular Monster'' by

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, ''

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and '' Sempiternal'' by

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* H₂O (active with Bridge Nine Records) * Heavens (disbanded) *

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* Humpers *

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(one time release only) (Active with

) * The Matches * Motion City Soundtrack * New Found Glory (active with Revelation Records) * New Bomb Turks * Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds * No Fun At All (

) *

(disbanded) * Obey the Brave (Disbanded) * The Offspring * Osker (Disbanded) * Our Last Night * Pete Philly and Perquisite (Disbanded) * The Pietasters * Poison Idea (Disbanded) * Pulley (band), Pulley * Randy (band), Randy * Red Aunts (Disbanded) * Refused * Rich Kids on LSD (Disbanded) * Rancid (Now active on Epitaph’s sub label,

) * Ruth Ruth * Satanic Surfers * Scatter the Ashes * Settle (band), Settle * Set Your Goals (band), Set Your Goals *The Donnas * The Sidekicks (Disbanded) * Sing It Loud (Disbanded) * Sleeping with Sirens (active with Sumerian Records) * SNFU (Disbanded) * Some Girls (California band), Some Girls * The Sound of Animals Fighting * The Special Goodness * Story of the Year * Straight Faced * Sugarcult (on hiatus) * Ten Foot Pole * Terrorgruppe * Thelonious Monster * Thursday (band), Thursday * Too Close to Touch (Disbanded) * Total Chaos (band), Total Chaos * Title Fight (band), Title Fight (inactive) *

* Tricky (musician), Tricky * Turbonegro * U.S. Bombs * The Vandals (active with Kung Fu Records) * Vanna (band), Vanna (Disbanded) * Voodoo Glow Skulls (active with Dr. Strange Records) * The Weakerthans (on hiatus) *

(active with Atlantic Records) * You Me at Six (active with BMG Rights Management) * Zeke (band), Zeke

Compilations

* Punk-O-Rama ''series'' * Unsound (compilation album), Unsound ''series'' * How We Rock * Spirit of the Streets * Epitaph / Union skate/surf DVD series ** Football Schmootball (1st) ** DC Video (3rd) ** Circle One (5th) ** Bored Generation skate/surf enhanced CD-ROM (1996) ** More Songs About Anger, Fear, Sex & Death (1992) * ''New Noise'' (2010) * ''New Noise 2'' (2011)

References

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History

Early years (1980s)

Breakthrough success (1990s)

Change in style (2000s)

Recent years (2010s)

Sales certifications

Artists

Current

Former

Compilations

See also

References