K Records
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K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System. K Records claims to have been "exploding the teenage underground into passionate revolt against the corporate ogre since 1982."
Artists who have worked with K Records
- Anna Oxygen
- Beat Happening
- Beck
- The Blow
- Built to Spill
- Calvin Johnson
- Chicks on Speed
- Dub Narcotic Sound System
- Elliott Smith
- Steve Fisk
- Girl Trouble
- Duck Hunt
- Gaze
- The Halo Benders
- Jason Anderson aka Wolf Colonel
- Karl Blau
- Kimya Dawson
- Sarah Dougher
- Landing
- Little Wings
- Lois
- Love as Laughter
- Lync
- The Make-up
- Marine Research
- The Microphones / Mount Eerie
- Mirah
- Modest Mouse
- Old Time Relijun
- The Rondelles
- Shonen Knife
- The Softies
- Some Velvet Sidewalk
- Tender Trap
- Tender Forever
- Tiger Trap
- Yume Bitsu
See also
Trivia
- Nothing Painted Blue released a song "K for Karnival" which is partially a tribute to K Records; it repeats "Who put the shield around the K?" several times, referring to the interstate-style shield around the letter K in the K Records logo.
- Musician Kurt Cobain had the K Records logo tatooed on his forearm, a result of a challenge put forwards by the label in the late 1980s to fans.
- In 2005, Springfield, Illinois indie band Resident Genius recorded a tribute song called "Calvin J", which contains the line "International pop underground/unknowingly broke fresh new ground"
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