Springman Records is an

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founded in

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Avi Ehrlich Avi is a given name, usually masculine, often a diminutive of Avram, Avraham, etc. It is sometimes feminine and a diminutive of the Hebrew spelling of Abigail. People with the given name include: * Avi (born 1937), Newbery award-winning Americ ...

that was run out of his parents' garage in

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, until late 2005, when Ehrlich moved the label to

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. The label's official slogan is "Friendly Punks" though many other styles of music appear on the label, such as

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, ska,

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, and hardcore. In 2007, Springman stopped releasing albums, but launched Silver Sprocket, a

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that also releases records with a more collective and community-oriented philosophy. Silver Sprocket members jokingly refer to themselves as a

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on their Myspace page. The group has been involved in political and community-related projects around Sacramento. As an imprint, Silver Sprocket has released albums, clothing, toys, and art-related projects. Now based in Ehrlich's

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Victorian, Silver Sprocket's business side works with numerous bands and graphic artists, including Mitch Clem of the Nothing Nice To Say

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to release his merchandise and managing his record label, Face Palm Records.

Roster

Amazing Transparent Man Amazing Transparent Man was a pop-punk band on the Springman Records label from 1997 to 2004. They hailed from DeKalb, Illinois DeKalb ( ) is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 43,862 according to the 2010 ...

* The Albert Square *

Andrew Jackson Jihad AJJ is an American folk punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, originally formed in 2004 as Andrew Jackson Jihad. Their lyrics handle themes of shyness, poverty, humanity, religion, addiction, existentialism, and politics. Singer/guitarist Sean Bonnet ...

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* Attaboy * Big D and the Kids Table * Blatz * Brickfight *

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(Bopper of

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) * dj BC * Enda * Filth *

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* The Groovie Ghoulies *

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* Mitch Clem * The New Trust *

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* The Phenomenauts *

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* Pteradon *

* The Rum Diary * The Secretions * Shang-A-Lang *

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The Teenage Harlets The Teenage Harlets was a surf garage punk band based in San Francisco. They got together in 1999 and broke up in 2008. The band was characterized by its fast, The Teenage Harlets gained recognition at the 2006 SXSW music festival by playing ...

* Tera Melos *

The Thorns Of Life The Thorns of Life were a punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York. In October 2008, Blake Schwarzenbach, formerly of Jets to Brazil and Jawbreaker, revealed that he had started writing music for an "as-yet-unnamed group" with the drummer A ...

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Other projects

The label has also released compilation CDs and assorted projects featuring bands such as

Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Matt Skiba (vocals, guitar), Dan Andriano (vocals, bass) and Derek Grant (drums, vocals). Founded in late 1996 by Skiba, bassist Rob D ...

The Ataris The Ataris are an American punk rock band from Anderson, Indiana. Formed in 1996, they released five studio albums between 1997 and 2007. Their best-selling album is ''So Long, Astoria'' (2003), which was certified gold. Their high-charting s ...

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Mates of State Mates of State are an American indie pop duo, active since 1997. The group is the husband-and-wife team of Kori Gardner (born June 16, 1974) (vocals, organ, synthesizer, piano, electric piano, and occasional guitar and drums) and Jason Hammel ...

, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes,

No Use for a Name No Use for a Name (sometimes abbreviated NUFAN or No Use) was an American punk rock band from Sunnyvale, California, United States formed in 1986 by Chris Dodge (guitar), Steve Papoutsis (bass) and Rory Koff ( drums). The band's sound evolved con ...

, Swingin' Utters,

Thrice Thrice is an American rock band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998. The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and lead guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school. Early in their career, the band was known ...

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and

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. * '' The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show'' compilation album * ''

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'' film * ''Punk Rock Strike Vol. 4'' compilation for Gogol Bordello * ''Pounded'' miniseries soundtrack

References

External links

Official site

Silver Sprocket site
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Roster

Other projects

See also

References

External links