Blonde Vinyl

Blonde Vinyl was an independent record label founded by Michael Knott. Pior to Blonde Vinyl, several Christian record companies attempted and often succeeded in releasing artists who were edgy, creative, and original; these included Narrowpath Records, Broken Records, Exit Records, Alarma Records and Solid Rock Records. However, the Christian industry had started to stagnate artistically when Michael Knott released long awaited albums from his two main bands, LSU and Lifesavers, along with bands with styles that were viable in the underground of the general market but rarely found their way into the Christian market--old school punk, garage rock, grunge, gothic, EBM/industrial, synthpop/house, spoken word, acoustic pop. These were styles which were not nearly as popular at the time as they are now. Blonde Vinyl opened the way for the more profitable Tooth and Nail Records. Blonde Vinyl closed in 1993 after going bankrupt.

Artists

*Acoustic Shack
*Black and White World
*Black Carnation
* Breakfast With Amy
*Dance House Children
*Dead Artist Syndrome
*Deitiphobia
*Fluffy
*Hounds of Heaven
*Idle Lovell
*LSU
*Lifesavers
*Love Life
*Lust Control
*Michael Knott
*N Side Out
*Plague of Ethyls
*Sass O'Frass Tunic
*Shelley Rogers
*Sincerely Paul
*Steve Scott
*Tribe of Dan
*Veil of Ashes
*Wigtop
*Windy Lyre
*Writ On Water

Compilations

*"Blonde Vinyl Teaser I" (BVCD007 - 1991)
*"Blonde Vinyl Teaser II / Food for Thought" (BVCD0072 - 1991)
*"SLAVA Compilation - Voice of the People" (BVCD3442 - 1992)

ub-Labels

Three sub labels were created to further classify the diverse musical styles that were being released on Blonde Vinyl. They were Voice of the Youth, SLAVA Music, and Blonde Vinyl Inspirational.

Voice of the Youth was created for the edgier alternative releases on Blonde Vinyl. Six albums were released under this imprint: "product # bvcd 3482 (love gift)" by Breakfast with Amy, "Go, Fluffy, Go!" by Fluffy, "Screaming Brittle Siren" by Michael Knott, "The Grape Prophet" by L.S. Underground, "Plague of Ethyls", and "As Blue as the State Allows" by Sass O' Frass Tunic.

SLAVA Music existed as an underground industrial music-focused label before joining with Blonde Vinyl for distribution. Three albums were released under this imprint: "Digital Priests - the remixes" by Deitiphobia, "Revelation 1921" by Wigtop, and the "SLAVA compilation".

Blonde Vinyl Inspirational was created for praise and worship music. The only release on this imprint was "Quiet Assurance" by N Side Out.

iren Records

After bankruptcy, Michael Knott attempted to resurrect Blonde Vinyl Records under the name of Siren Records. Siren only managed two releases before they also went bankrupt. The two releases for Siren records were "World Tour" by LSU Cash in Chaos and Beautiful Dazzling Music No. 1 by Rainbow Rider (Dance House Children).

References

ee also

* List of record labels

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/label/Blonde+Vinyl+Records Discogs: Blonde Vinyl]
* [http://www.christianmusicarchive.com/label.php?id=269 CMA: Blonde Vinyl]
* [http://blondevinyltribute.tripod.com/ Tribute site]
* [http://www.michaelknott.com/index.html Michael Knott's home page]
* [http://www.knottheads.com/bv.php Blonde Vinyl page on the Michael Knott tribute site]
* [http://mashmusic.tripod.com/writwater.html Writ on Water]
* [http://www.lustcontrol.com/ Lust Control]
* [http://www.accidentalsirens.com/massivivid/ Massivivid featuring members of Deitiphobia]