Candy Ass Records

Candy Ass Records

Infobox record label
name = Candy Ass Records


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genre = Punk, Queercore, Riot Grrrl
country = United States
location = Portland, Oregon
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Candy Ass Records is an independent record label run out of Portland, Oregon by Jody Bleyle, a member of the band Team Dresch as well as member of Hazel (band) and formerly of the queercore bands Family Outing and Infinite Xs.

The label is best known for the 1995 release of the double LP compilation "Free to Fight". Featuring all-women bands and musicians such as The Third Sex, Rebecca Gates of The Spinanes, Fifth Column, Containe, Heavens to Betsy, Excuse 17, Lois, Cheesecake and Team Dresch, all contributing songs dealing with women's safety, defense against harassment and rape and pertinent topics surrounding these issues. The recording also featured self defense instructions led by Anna LoBianco and Staci Cotler, which were included in a 75 page illustrated booklet accompanying the LPs/CD. As well, the booklet contained a great variety of other contributions from women such as bell hooks, Sue P. Fox and others, in the form of stories, practical advice and poems, all dealing with self defense.

Jody Bleyle is interviewed in the documentary film "She's Real, Worse Than Queer" speaking about Candy Ass Records and the release of "Free to Fight", along with Alice Stagg, who contributed several segments on self defense on the recording and accompanied Team Dresch on the tour promoting the release.

Candy Ass also co-released, with Chainsaw Records, the first Team Dresch LP, "Personal Best", in 1994 and the band's second LP, "Captain My Captain", in 1995. Jody Bleyle also released recordings by her other band Hazel.

After the release of "Free to Fight", the label planned to issued several follow-up singles by various artists under the same name as the original compilation and dealing with the same issues. The first release, called "Free to Fight #1", was a split single with Sleater-Kinney and Cypher in the Snow accompanied by self defense tips. However, this first release was also to be the last, due to the label's financial constraints.

Aside from these endeavors the label has also released recordings by many other artists, such as The Lookers (with Sarah Dougher), Vegas Beat, and Cypher in the Snow.

Artists appearing on Candy Ass Records

* Cheesecake
* Containe
* Cypher in the Snow
* Excuse 17
* Fifth Column
* Rebecca Gates
* Hazel
* Heavens to Betsy
* Heavy Johnson Trio
* Lois
* The Lookers
* Mizzery
* New Bad Things
* Ovarian Trolley
* Sleater-Kinney
* Surf Maggots
* Team Dresch
* The Third Sex
* Thirty Ought Six
* Vegas Beat
* Veronica

See also

* List of record labels
* List of all-women bands
* "Free to Fight"

External links

* [http://www.freetofight.org/ FreetoFight.org - includes downloadable MP3s]
* [http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/basement/2450/freetofight.html Review of "Free to Fight" CD and Booklet]
* [http://www.music-hills.com/Candy-Ass-Records-studio_1.htm Candy Ass Discography]
* [http://www.amherst.edu./~astudent/1997-1998/issue018/a-seven.html "Free to Fight" split single]


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