Red Scare Industries (sometimes referred to as Red Scare Records) is a
punk rock
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record label
"Big Three" music labels
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. The label was started in San Francisco (but moved to Chicago) by former
Fat Wreck Chords
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employee Toby Jeg.
Jeg started the label in 2004 when his friend
Brendan Kelly of
The Lawrence Arms
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Band history Pre-history
Prior to forming the Lawrence Arms, the three band members were active ...
wanted a new label to release the EP for his new band
The Falcon, it has since released material for bands such as
The Lillingtons
The Lillingtons were a pop-punk band formed in 1995 in Newcastle, Wyoming. The band is composed of its original members, vocalist and lead guitarist Kody Templeman, drummer Tim O’Hara, bassist Cory Laurence, and later added rhythm guitarist Al ...
,
Cobra Skulls
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History
Cobra Skulls were formed in Re ...
,
The Copyrights
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,
Sundowner,
Teenage Bottlerocket
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, and more. For 2010 and 2011, Red Scare albums by
The Menzingers
The Menzingers are an American punk rock band from Scranton, Pennsylvania, formed in 2006. The band consists of Greg Barnett (vocals, guitar), Tom May (vocals, guitar), Eric Keen (bass) and Joe Godino (drums). To date, the band has released eigh ...
and
The Sidekicks have been named album of the year by punknews.org.
The label has also worked with non-Red Scare artists on additional projects, including "Red Oktoberfest", an annual weekend music festival in Chicago which has featured bands such as The Lawrence Arms,
American Steel, and
Off With Their Heads, and the
Swingin' Utters
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tribute album, ''Untitled 21: A Juvenile Tribute to the Swingin' Utters'', which most notably featured the
Dropkick Murphys
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.
Artists
Current artists
*
Arms Aloft
*
Brendan Kelly & The Wandering Birds
*
Broadway Calls
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* The Brokedowns
*Bullets To Broadway
*Druglords Of The Avenues
* Elway
*
The Falcon
* Good Friend
*
Guerilla Poubelle
* Heart & Lung
*The Holy Mess
*The Heat Tape
*Joe McMahon
*
No Trigger
No Trigger is an American melodic hardcore band from Massachusetts.
History
The band formed in 2001, with a sound which takes cues from like-minded outfits such as Strike Anywhere and None More Black. The band self-released two demos, one of t ...
*Ramona
*Reaganomics
* SACK
*Sam Russo
*
Sicko
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*
Sludgeworth
Sludgeworth is an American punk rock band from Chicago consisting of Dan Schafer (vocals), Adam White (guitar), Dave McClean (guitar), Mike Hootenstrat (bass), and Brian Vermin (drums).
The band was formed in 1989 as a side project from Scree ...
* Tightwire
*
The Bollweevils
The Bollweevils is a punk band from Chicago.
The members consist of Daryl Wilson on vocals, Joe Mizzi on bass, Ken Fitzner ("Ken Weevil") on guitar, and Pete Mumford on drums.
Former members include founding bass player, Bob Skwerski, Brian Cz ...
* Tired Radio
*Vultures United
Former artists
*Billy Liar (active with
Pirates Press Records
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)
*
The Bombpops
The Bombpops are an American punk rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 2007. The band was formed by co-front women Jen Razavi and Poli van Dam; it has had many formation changes since 2007. The band is signed to Fat Wreck Chords.
Hist ...
(active with
Fat Wreck Chords
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)
*
The Copyrights
The Copyrights are a pop punk band from Carbondale, Illinois, made up of Adam Fletcher (lead vocals, bass), Brett Hunter (vocals, guitar), Kevin Rotter (vocals, guitar), and Luke McNeill (drums). They are currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords. Th ...
(active with
Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords (pronounced "Fat Records") is an independent record label based in San Francisco focused on punk rock. It was started by NOFX lead singer Michael Burkett (better known as Fat Mike) and his wife at the time, Erin Burkett in 1990. ...
)
*
Cobra Skulls
Cobra Skulls are an American punk rock band originally from Reno, Nevada, United States, but later based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They have released three studio albums, five EPs, and three 7" splits.
History
Cobra Skulls were formed in Re ...
(active with Fat Wreck Chords)
*
Direct Hit (active with
Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords (pronounced "Fat Records") is an independent record label based in San Francisco focused on punk rock. It was started by NOFX lead singer Michael Burkett (better known as Fat Mike) and his wife at the time, Erin Burkett in 1990. ...
)
*
Enemy You
Enemy You was an American punk rock band from San Francisco, California, United States, that formed in 1997.
Biography
Prior to their formation, David Jones, the main songwriter in Enemy You, recorded several releases with his pop punk band Af ...
(disbanded)
*
La Plebe
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History
...
(disbanded)
*
Laura Jane Grace
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(active with
Polyvinyl Record Co.
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The Polyvinyl roster consi ...
)
*
The Lillingtons
The Lillingtons were a pop-punk band formed in 1995 in Newcastle, Wyoming. The band is composed of its original members, vocalist and lead guitarist Kody Templeman, drummer Tim O’Hara, bassist Cory Laurence, and later added rhythm guitarist Al ...
(disbanded)
*Nothington (disbanded)
* MakeWar (active with Fat Wreck Chords)
*
Masked Intruder (active with
Pure Noise Records
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)
*
The Isotopes (active with
Stomp Records
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Stomp Records wa ...
)
*
The Methadones
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*
The Menzingers
The Menzingers are an American punk rock band from Scranton, Pennsylvania, formed in 2006. The band consists of Greg Barnett (vocals, guitar), Tom May (vocals, guitar), Eric Keen (bass) and Joe Godino (drums). To date, the band has released eigh ...
(active with
Epitaph Records
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)
* The Lippies (disbanded)
*
Red City Radio
Red City Radio was an American punk rock band from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, formed in 2007. The band's lineup consisted of Garrett Dale, Ryan Donovan, Derik Envy and Dallas Tidwell.
History
The band has released an EP, ''To the Sons and Daug ...
(active with
Pure Noise Records
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)
*The Riptides
(active with
Pirates Press Records
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)
*
The Sidekicks (disbanded)
* Sincere Engineer (active with
Hopeless Records
Hopeless Records is an American independent record label in Van Nuys, California.
History
Hopeless Records was founded in 1993 by Louis Posen. The label's artists are generally considered to fall under the genres of punk rock, pop punk, post-ha ...
)
*Success (disbanded)
*
Sundowner (active with Fat Wreck Chords)
*
Teenage Bottlerocket
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(active with
Pirates Press Records
Pirates Press Records is a punk rock record label founded in 2005. The label is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with its headquarters located in Emeryville, California. The label releases music representing a variety of punk rock subgenres, i ...
)
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