Hopeless Records

Hopeless Records

infobox record label
name = Hopeless/Sub City Records


founded = 1993
founder = Louis Posen
distributor = Alternative Distribution Alliance
genre = alternative rock
punk rock
pop punk
emo
country = US
location = Van Nuys, California
url = [http://www.hopelessrecords.com/ Official website of Hopeless Records]

Hopeless Records is an independent record label located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. [ [http://www.last.fm/label/Hopeless+Records/ Hopeless Records’s Label Page – Music at Last.fm ] ] [ [http://www.punknews.org/labels/hopeless Punknews.org | About Hopeless Records ] ] The label was started in 1993 by Louis Posen and financed by a group of private investors. Hopeless's artists are generally considered punk rock, pop punk, emo, or alternative rock, but some also include elements of various genres of metal.

The label's "charitable arm," Sub City Records, participates in a number of benefit tours such as the Take Action Tour. [ [http://acoatofredpaintinhell.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/taking-action-one-tour-at-a-time-an-interview-with-louis-posen/ Taking Action, One Tour at a Time: an Interview with Louis Posen « A Coat of Red Paint In Hell ] ] Each year Hopeless/Sub City releases a benefit compilation "Take Action!" which is a multidisc compilation of punk and other independent bands. The CD release usually coincides with the annual Take Action Tour.

Hopeless also owns downloadpunk.com, a music downloading site that offers songs and albums in DRM-free, 192 kbit/s MP3 format.

Artists

Current artists

* Anarbor
* Against All Authority
* All Time Low
* Kaddisfly
* Mustard Plug
* Nural
* Samiam
* The Human Abstract
* The Dangerous Summer
* There For Tomorrow
* Selby Tigers

Former artists

* 88 Fingers Louie
* Amber Pacific (Contract Ended)
* Atom And His Package
* Avenged Sevenfold (2001 - 2004; Left for Warner Bros. Records)
* Break The Silence
* Common Rider
* Digger
* Dillinger Four
* Ever We Fall (Broke Up)
* Heckle (1997)
* Falling Sickness
* Fifteen
* Funeral Oration
* Guttermouth
* Jeff Ott
* Mêlée (Sub City, Left for Warner Bros. Records)
* The Queers
* Royden
* Scared Of Chaka
* The Story So Far
* Thrice (Sub City, 2001 - 2003; Left for Island Records, then Vagrant Records)
* The Weakerthans

Compilations/Samplers

* Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 1
* Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 2
* Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 3
* Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 4
* Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 5
* Hopelessly Devoted To You Vol. 6
* Take Action! Vol. 1
* Take Action! Vol. 2
* Take Action! Vol. 3
* Take Action! Vol. 4
* Take Action! Vol. 5
* Take Action! Vol. 6
* Take Action! Vol. 7 - March 4, 2008

See also

* List of record labels

References

External links

* [http://www.hopelessrecords.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2007/sb20070921_623045.htm?campaign_id=rss_smlbz Business Week-The Paul Newman of Punk Rock]
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN1920623720070820 Reuters-Small punk label a powerhouse of philanthropy]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/labels/hopelessrecords Hopeless Purevolume Site]


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