Trend Is Dead! Records (stylized tREND iS dEAD! records) is an

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Normal, Illinois Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the town's population was 52,736. Normal is the smaller of two principal cities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, and is I ...

. The label was founded in 1995 and released titles on cassette and vinyl before switching to compact discs. Trend Is Dead! is recognized for its

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releases, although some have delved into experimental, rock, garage, industrial, and hardcore. The label has released material by Frantics,

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, Dade County Resistance, Black Left Pinky, Santa's Dead,

Youth Gone Mad Youth Gone Mad is an American punk rock band founded in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1980 by Paul "ENA" Kostabi (also of White Zombie and Psychotica). Youth Gone Mad signed onto the Posh Boy Records roster, scored a minor radio ...

, and Sonny Vincent and the Bad Reactions.

Compilation albums

After some success pressing small runs of tapes of local artists, Trend Is Dead! Records began issuing ten band compilation cassettes involving bands from the Blo/No scene, alongside other groups from across the United States. The first CD released by Trend Is Dead! Records was the '' Trendy Compilation'' in 1998. * '' tREND iS dEAD! Volume One'' (1996) * '' tREND iS dEAD! Volume Two'' (1997) * '' tREND iS dEAD! Volume Three'' (1998) * '' Trendy Compilation'' (1998) * '' Worse Than Alternative It's Another PUNK COMP'' (1999) * ''

Ramones Maniacs ''Ramones Maniacs'' is a 2001 tribute album to the punk rock band the Ramones, released by Trend Is Dead! Records. The album's track list is an exact match of the band's 1988 compilation album ''Ramones Mania'', which had been released by Sire Reco ...

'' (tribute, 2001) * '' ¿dEAD iS tREND?'' Sampler (2005)

Artists

* Black Left Pinky * Brothers Boch * Cletus * Courtney Ono * Dade County Resistance *

* End Me * Frantics *

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* Pee Pee Touchers * The Pull-Outs *

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* t.r. (Totally Ridiculous) *

External links

Official site
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Compilation albums

Artists

See also

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