Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

which was founded in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

in Boulder,

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

by Sonny Kay. In

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, it was relocated to

San Diego San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...

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, United States, and two years later, to

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. It was headquartered in L.A. until closing its doors on October 29, 2007. Beginning in 2001, GSL was co-owned by

The Mars Volta The Mars Volta is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 2001. The band's only constant members are Omar Rodríguez-López (guitar, producer, direction) and Cedric Bixler-Zavala (vocals, lyrics), whose partnership forms the core of the ban ...

's Omar Rodríguez-López.

Artists

Bands appearing on GSL: * !!! * 400 Blows * '57 Lesbian * A Luna Red * An Albatross * Anavan * Arab On Radar * Armatron * Attractive and Popular * Beautiful Skin * Big Sir * Bunny Genghis * Chromatics * Crime in Choir * Coaxial * The Convocation Of... * Cut City * Dead and Gone * De Facto * Die Princess Die * Demonstrations * Fatal Flyin' Guillotines *

The Faint The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Graham Ulicny, Dapose and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes (band), Brig ...

* Favourite Sons * Free Moral Agents * Get Hustle * GoGoGo Airheart * Heart of Snow * The Holy Kiss * I Am Spoonbender * Indian Jewelry *

Jaga Jazzist Jaga Jazzist (also known as Jaga) is a Norwegian experimental jazz band, that rose to prominence when the BBC named their second album, ''A Livingroom Hush'' (Smalltown Supersound/Ninja Tune), the best jazz album of 2002. (in Norwegian) Biograph ...

* The Jai-Alai Savant * JR Ewing * Juhl * Kill Me Tomorrow * Le Shok *

The Locust The Locust was an American hardcore punk band from San Diego, California, known for their mix of grindcore aggression and new wave experimentation. The band has been noted for their use of insect costumes when performing live. History Prio ...

* Lost Kids * Malcriada *

* Meanface *

Melt-Banana Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast noise rock and hardcore punk mixed with experimental, electronica and pop-based song structures. Since forming in 1992 the band has released ten albums and toure ...

* Mohinder * Neon King Kong * Omar A. Rodríguez-López * Omega Cinco * Out Hud * The Pattern *

The Phantom Limbs The Phantom Limbs were a rock band formed in Oakland, California, in 1999. The group combined the unusual keyboard-driven compositions of Stevenson Sedgwick with an aggressive, punk-influenced rhythm section and a very odd singer, Loto 'Hopeless' ...

* Physics * Pleasure Forever * The Rapture * Red Eyed Legends *

Rhythm of Black Lines Rhythm of Black Lines was a rock group from Austin, Texas founded in 1998 by Clint Newsom, Kiki Solis, Tim O'Neil, Omar Chavez, and Paul Newman. The band's first two albums were issued on the Sixgunlover imprint. The group released their last re ...

* SABERTOOTH . TIGER * Semiautomatic * Soiled Doves * The Starlite Desperation * The Starvations * The Stitches * Subpoena the Past *

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* Sunshine * Tender Buttons *

Triclops! Triclops! was an American, San Francisco and Oakland-based acid punk/progressive rock band, formed in 2005. They released two full-length albums, a 7" picture disc single, and an EP on noted independent record labels Gold Standard Laboratorie ...

* The Vanishing * Vaz * Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes * The VSS *

Vue Vue or VUE may refer to: Places * Vue, Loire-Atlantique, a commune in France * The Vue, a skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina Arts, entertainment and media * Vue (band), a rock and roll band from San Francisco, California * Vue International, ...

* With Love * Woodpussy * XBXRX * Xiu Xiu * Year Future

References

{{Authority control American independent record labels Record labels established in 1993 Record labels disestablished in 2007 Alternative rock record labels Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles 1993 establishments in Colorado 2007 disestablishments in California