Union Label Group is a

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based in

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. It was formed through the merger of the smaller labels Stomp Records, 2112 Records, and Tyrant Records. Mayday! Records was later created as a genre imprint. Stomp Records was founded in 1994 by Matt Collyer of The Planet Smashers and Jordan Swift of The Kingpins. The label specializes in

third wave ska Ska (; , ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a w ...

, and was founded to release ''All-Skanadian Club Volume 1'', a compilation of ska and

ska punk Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments, especially Horn (instrument), horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones ...

from across Canada. Soon after that release, The Planet Smashers released their self-titled debut album and The Kingpins released the "On the Run" EP on the label. In 2000, Stomp Records merged with 2112 Records, a Montreal label that specialized in

punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...

, to form Union 2112. Tyrant Records released

mod revival The mod revival is a subculture that started in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and later spread to other countries (to a lesser degree). The Mod Revival started with disillusionment with the punk scene when commercialism set in. It was f ...

garage rock Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock music that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is ...

, and

new wave music New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop music, pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. It is considered a lighter and more melodic "broadening of Punk subculture, punk culture". It was originally used as a catch-all fo ...

. This imprint has been discontinued. Mayday! Records are dedicated to Canadian

street punk Street punk (sometimes alternatively spelled streetpunk) is an urban working class-based subgenre of punk rock, which emerged as a rebellion against the perceived artistic pretensions of the first wave of British punk. The earliest street pun ...

Artists

Stomp Records

*The Anti-Queens *The BCASA *

Bedouin Soundclash Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band based in Toronto and consisting of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, bass player Eon Sinclair, and various session musicians. Their sound has been described as a combination of reggae and ska. Bedouin ...

Big D and the Kids Table Big D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork in Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records a ...

*Bike Thiefs * The Brains * Buck-O-Nine * Capable! * The Creepshow * Cross Dog *Doghouse Rose * The Dreadnoughts * Duotang * The Expos *

The Flatliners The Flatliners are a Canadian punk rock band from Richmond Hill, Ontario. Since their formation in 2002, the band has been a growing influence in the Toronto punk/ska movement, with consistently well-received albums and live shows. History ...

* The Filthy Radicals * Gangster Politics * The Hunters * Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club * Jah Cutta * JFK & the Conspirators * The Johnstones * Joystick * K-Man & The 45's * King Apparatus * The Kingpins * The Know How * Los Kung Fu Monkeys * The New City Gamblers * New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble * One Night Band * Paul Cargnello * Raygun Cowboys * The Peacocks * The Planet Smashers *

The Real McKenzies The Real McKenzies is a Canadian Celtic punk band founded in 1992 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are considered the founders of the Canadian Celtic punk movement, and were one of the first Celtic punk bands, albeit 10 years af ...

* The Resignators * The Saint Alvia Cartel * Sarah Blackwood * Skavenjah * The Stomp All Stars * Subb * The Toasters * The Undercovers * Voodoo Glow Skulls * Westbound Train * Whole Lotta Milka * Wine Lips

Union 2112

* Ann Beretta * Belvedere * Captain Everything! * Ceremonial Snips * Death by Stereo * Down By Law * Eric Panic * Fifty Nutz * Flashlight Brown * The Frenetics * Men O' Steel * Misconduct * My Big Wheel * Nicotine * Penelope * The Real Deal * Rentokill * Reset * The Resistance * The Riptides * Snitch * Snuff * X Large

Mayday Records

* Ripcordz

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