Underground Operations was an
independent
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punk rock record label
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based in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada. Established in 1995, the label was originally based in
Ajax, Ontario
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.
Operated by
Mark Spicoluk, former
Closet Monster member and former bass player for
Avril Lavigne
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, this label was one of the most successful independent labels in Canada. Spicoluk started the label when he was 16 years of age. Underground Operations shut down on December 2, 2016.
Bands
*
Abandon All Ships
*
The Artist Life
*Aspirations
*
Bombs Over Providence
*
Closet Monster
*
Chad Michael Stewart/
Machete Avenue
*
Dead Letter Dept
*
Dean Lickyer
*
Diemonds
*Hands & Teeth
*Heart Attack Kids
*
The Holly Springs Disaster
*
Hostage Life
*
I Hate Sally
*Kathleen Turner Overdrive
*Kingdoms (band), Kingdoms
*
Lights
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Arts and entertainment Music
* Lights (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer-son ...
*
Marilyn's Vitamins
*
Means
Means may refer to:
* Means LLC, an anti-capitalist media worker cooperative
* Means (band), a Christian hardcore band from Regina, Saskatchewan
* Means, Kentucky, a town in the US
* Means (surname)
* Means Johnston Jr. (1916–1989), US Navy ...
*
Protest the Hero
*
Rob Moir
*Skynet (band), Skynet
*These Silhouettes
Discography
*1999:
Closet Monster – ''
A Fight for What Is Right''
*2000:
Closet Monster – ''
Where the Fuck Is Revolution?''
*2002:
Protest the Hero – ''
Search for the Truth'' EP
*2002: (coles) ''Notes From The Underground'' compilation
*2002:
Closet Monster – ''
Killed the Radio Star''
*2003:
Marilyn's Vitamins – ''Vans Don't Run On Love And Records Aren't Pressed With Smiles''
*2003:
Bombs Over Providence – ''Liberty's Ugly Best Friend''
*2003:
Protest the Hero – ''
A Calculated Use of Sound'' EP
*2004:
Hostage Life – ''Sing for the Enemy'' EP
*2004:
Closet Monster – ''
We Re-Built This City''
*2004: ''Greetings from the Underground'' compilation
*2005: ''The Power of Music'' compilation
*2005:
Dead Letter Dept. – ''Rock N' Roll Hates You''
*2005:
The Brat Attack – ''
From This Beauty Comes Chaos And Mayhem''
*2005:
Bombs Over Providence – ''Shake Your Body Politic''
*2005: ''Summer 2005 Sampler'' compilation
*2005:
Protest the Hero – ''
Kezia''
*2006:
Machete Avenue – ''The First Cuts''
*2006:
I Hate Sally – ''
Don't Worry Lady''
*2006:
Hostage Life – ''Walking Papers'' LP
*2007: ''Summer 2007 Sampler'' compilation
*2007: The Holly Springs Disaster – ''Motion Sickness Love''
*2007:
I Hate Sally vs.
GFK
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– ''
Sp(l)it EP''
*2007: These Silhouettes – ''The Thomas EP'' EP
*2008: ''Summer 2008 Sampler'' compilation
*2008:
Chad Michael Stewart – ''Machete Avenue''
*2008:
Dean Lickyer – ''Dean Lickyer''
*2008:
Means
Means may refer to:
* Means LLC, an anti-capitalist media worker cooperative
* Means (band), a Christian hardcore band from Regina, Saskatchewan
* Means, Kentucky, a town in the US
* Means (surname)
* Means Johnston Jr. (1916–1989), US Navy ...
– ''To Keep Me from Sinking''
*2008:
Protest the Hero – ''
Fortress
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''
*2008:
Lights
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Illumination
* Light bulb
* Traffic light
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* Lights (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer-son ...
– ''
Lights
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* Traffic light
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'' EP
*2008: Aspirations – ''EP!'' EP
*2008:
The Artist Life – ''Let's Start a Riot'' EP
*2008: Kathleen Turner Overdrive – ''Marauders!Wolves!Scavengers!Party!''
*2009: Kingdoms – ''Daughters of Atlas'' EP
*2009:
Protest the Hero – ''
Gallop Meets the Earth''
*2009:
The Artist Life – ''Let's Start a Campfire'' EP
*2010:
Abandon All Ships – ''
Geeving''
*2011:
Protest the Hero – ''
Scurrilous
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...
''
*2011:
The Artist Life – ''Impossible''
*2012:
DVBBS – ''Initio''
*2012:
Abandon All Ships – ''
Infamous''
*2012:
Diemonds – ''The Bad Pack''
*2013:
Rob Moir – ''Places to Die''
*2013: Skynet – ''The Wild'' EP
*2014:
Abandon All Ships – ''
Malocchio
The Evil Eye ( grc, ὀφθαλμὸς βάσκανος; grc-koi, ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός; el, (κακό) μάτι; he, עַיִן הָרָע, ; Romanian: ''Deochi''; it, malocchio; es, mal de ojo; pt, mau-olhado, olho gordo; ar ...
''
*2014: Hands & Teeth – ''Before the Light'' EP
*2014: ''Underground Operations / Cloud Empire 2014 Sampler'' compilation
*2014: Hands & Teeth – ''Digital 7"'' EP
*2015:
Diemonds – ''
Never Wanna Die''
*2015:
Rob Moir – ''Adventure Handbook''
*2016: Heart Attack Kids – ''No Future''
*2016:
Closet Monster – ''Suicide Note'' compilation
See also
*
List of record labels
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References
External links
Official site Underground Operations
on Myspace
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Record labels established in 1995
Canadian independent record labels
Companies based in Toronto
Punk record labels