Blonde Vinyl was an

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founded in 1990 by

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. The ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music'' describes the label as "one of Christian music's first true indie labels."

Background

Blonde Vinyl signed bands with styles that were viable in the underground of the general market but rarely found their way into the Christian market—old school punk, garage rock, grunge, gothic, EBM/industrial, synthpop/house, spoken word, acoustic pop. Blonde Vinyl folded in 1993 when its distributor, Spectra, went bankrupt. After bankruptcy, Knott attempted to resurrect Blonde Vinyl under the name Siren Records. Siren managed two releases before going bankrupt: ''World Tour'' by LSU Cash in Chaos and ''Beautiful Dazzling Music No. 1'' by Rainbow Rider (Dance House Children). After the failure of Siren, Knott started the band Aunt Bettys.

Sub-labels

Three sub-labels were created to further classify the diverse musical styles that were being released on Blonde Vinyl: Voice of the Youth, SLAVA Music, and Blonde Vinyl Inspirational. Voice of the Youth was created for the edgier alternative releases on Blonde Vinyl. Six albums were released under this imprint: ''product # bvcd 3482 (love gift)'' by

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, ''The Grape Prophet'' by L.S. Underground, ''Plague of Ethyls'', and ''As Blue as the State Allows'' by Sass o' Frass Tunic. SLAVA Music existed as an underground industrial music-focused label before joining with Blonde Vinyl for distribution. Three albums were released under this imprint: ''Digital Priests - the Remixes'' by