Dischord Records
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| Dischord Records | |
| Parent company | none (itself) |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Ian Mackaye Jeff Nelson |
| Distributing label | (digital) |
| Genre(s) | Hardcore Punk Punk Post-Hardcore Emo |
| Country | US |
| Web address | [Official site] |
The company is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded the label in 1980 to release records by local hardcore punk bands. Bands such as Minor Threat, Embrace, Rites of Spring, Nation of Ulysses, Scream, Gray Matter, Jawbox, Shudder to Think, Dag Nasty, Lungfish and Fugazi have released records on Dischord. The label is most notable for having maintained a strict do-it-yourself ethic, producing all of its albums by itself and selling them at discount prices without the help of major distributors.
Dischord was a focal label in the early days of hardcore, and is one of the more famous independent labels, along with the likes of Alternative Tentacles, SST records, and Touch & Go. Early releases by Dischord were relatively well-produced compared to other punk and hardcore recordings of the time. Minor Threat's early work is an example of these higher production values.
Dischord Records was also a key in the formative years of emo and post-hardcore between 1985 and 1987. (For more details, see Rites of Spring or Embrace.)
Recent additions to the Dischord roster include Q and Not U, Beauty Pill, Antelope, Faraquet, Medications, and Black Eyes. Many of these acts, notably Q and Not U and Black Eyes, are both influential and experimental dance-punk/post-punk revival bands.
The label suffered a loss in 2005 with the disbanding of popular group Q and Not U. While the Dischord roster is not as active as it was in its heyday, Dischord continues to release records by bands from Washington D.C., and continues to document and support the Washington D.C. music scene.
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