Suburban Home Records and Distribution is a

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based in

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. The label was founded in 1995 by Virgil Dickerson, and is known for focusing on

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releases and bands in the

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and

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genres. Its roster has included Two Cow Garage, Drag the River, Oblivion, The Gamits, and Apocalypse Hoboken. In 2006 the label founded the Vinyl Collective, an online store that serves as a community hub for independent vinyl collectors.

History

Suburban Home was founded and continues to be operated by Virgil Dickerson. Dickerson, who was attending college in Boulder, Colorado at

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, had started the first

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for the local scene in September 1995. He named the fanzine ''Suburban Home'' after the song "Suburban Home" by The Descendents. He then booked shows at the campus-run Club 156 from 1995 to 1997, and began booking shows across Colorado as well. Some of Dickerson's friends started bands and needed a label to release their first records, so he created a record label under the name Suburban Home in 1996. The label began releasing local

albums on seven-inch vinyl and home-burned CDs. The first release was the

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band Overlap in the summer of 1996. The second release was by The Fairlanes. Early on the label also put out the compilation album ''Punk: It's All About the Orchis Factor'', which included early releases by bands such as

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, Oblivion, and FOUR! The label initially operated distribution by

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only, advertising in various music magazines. In 1997 Dickerson moved to work as manager at

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in Los Angeles, who had just signed

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. After about a year he moved back to

to run Suburban Home full-time. In 1998 the label opened a music retail store in Denver called Bakamono, which sold music, clothing, books, and fanzines. The store did well for a time, then closed a year later. The label started selling online in 1999. After the release of ''It's Crazy'' by Drag the River in 2000, the label began branching out from

and releasing

and

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albums as well. Suburban Home is currently an established distributor and show promoter, and in 2011 the label helped support the creation of the Colorado label Greater Than.

The Vinyl Collective

Suburban Home Records focused on

releases from its inception, only to abandon vinyl in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the format went out of style. In 2006 the label again began releasing vinyl, starting with bands like

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and Fear Before the March of Flames. The releases did well and the label started the online vinyl community Vinyl Collective, which quickly grew in popularity. The Vinyl Collective serves as both a blog and a vinyl-only online record store. The Vinyl Collective has released vinyl by bands such as

Minus the Bear Minus the Bear was an American indie rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2001, and comprising members of Botch, Kill Sadie, and Sharks Keep Moving. Their sound was described as " Pele-esque guitar-taps and electronics with sophistic ...

, and

Portugal the Man Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently based in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist, Eric Howk and Zoe Manville. Gourley and Carothers met a ...

. In January 2011 the Vinyl Collective was acquired by Fork Radio Inc., Mightier Than Swords Records and Academy Fight Song. It was relaunched in February 2011 as a community for independent vinyl collectors.

Artists

Current

* Alone at 3am *

Armchair Martian Armchair Martian, formed in 1993, is an American trio based out of Fort Collins, Colorado. They are a punk and alt-country band influenced by Descendents, Hüsker Dü, and Uncle Tupelo. They have put out numerous recordings through four record l ...

* Austin Lucas *

Chad Price Chad Price is the lead singer for the melodic punk band ALL and alt-country band Drag the River. He is currently the lead singer for A Vulture Wake. He joined ALL in 1993 as the band's third singer, after Dave Smalley and Scott Reynolds. He h ...

* Drag The River * The Gamits *

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Joey Cape Randal Joseph Cape (born November 16, 1966) is an American singer and musician. Active since 1989, Cape is best known as the frontman of the California punk rock band Lagwagon. Cape released his first solo album, ''Bridge'', in 2008. His seco ...

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* Jon Snodgrass of

*Josh Small *Jr. Juggernaut * Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground *Lizzie Huffman * Look Mexico *Michael Dean Damon *Mike Hale *Nightmares For A Week *Ninja Gun * Oblivion *

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*The Takers *

Tim Barry Tim Barry is an American musician and the lead singer of the Richmond, Virginia-based punk rock band Avail. In addition to performing with Avail, he was the bass guitarist in the Richmond-based folk punk band (Young) Pioneers from 1994 to 19 ...

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* Two Cow Garage *Yesterday's Ring

Former

*Adventures of Jet *Apocalypse Hoboken *The Fairlanes *Ghost Buffalo *LaGrecia *Laymen Terms *Love Me Destroyer *The Revenge *Scott Reynolds and the Steaming Beast * Useless ID * Stereotyperider

References

External links

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Vinyl Collective
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