Time Bomb Recordings was a

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-based

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, founded in 1995 by artist manager Jim Guerinot in a joint-venture agreement with

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. In the following five years, the artist roster grew to encompass a variety of musical genres (punk, indie, rockabilly); generally falling under the label "alternative rock". When the Arista agreement expired in 2000, Time Bomb signed with BMG Distribution. The label has also existed mostly to administer its back catalog and is currently distributed by RED Distribution (whose parent,

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, absorbed BMG). Time Bomb continued to release new albums in physical form until 2007, with the release of

Social Distortion Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. It consists of Mike Ness (vocals, guitar), Jonny Wickersham (guitar), Brent Harding (bass), David Hidalgo Jr. (drums), and David Kalish (keyboards). Emerg ...

's ''

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'' compilation album. Social Distortion would later sign to

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, and Time Bomb did not release any new music in over half a decade. In 2014, Time Bomb was revived with the release of '' Summer Nationals'', an EP of three song covers by

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and

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. The label has since released more music by The Offspring, including their 2015 number one hit " Coming for You", as well as the band's 2018 cover version of 311's " Down". In 2019, Time Bomb Recordings was acquired by Concord Music Company.

Former artists

* Amazing Crowns * Animal Chin *

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* Ball *

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* Black Days * Chlorine * Crumbox * Death in Vegas * Disappointment Inc * The Elevator Drops * Indigo Swing *

Lionrock Lionrock was a British big beat group, comprising record producer Justin Robertson, MC Buzz B, and producer, engineer, programmer and synthesist Roger Lyons. Lyons replaced recording engineer Mark Stagg in 1995. Their biggest chart success cam ...

* Litany * No Knife *

* Quarashi * Mike Ness *

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* Screamfeeder * Peter Searcy * Starling *

* Soul Circle *

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* Tenderloin *

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* The Waking Hours * Wellwater Conspiracy

Compilations

* '' Hell Comes to Your House'' * '' Idle Hands Soundtrack'' * ''The Best of KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas'' * ''Live At The Hootenanny''

References

External links

Official site
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Former artists

Compilations

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