Hellcat Records

Information about Hellcat Records

Hellcat Records
Parent companyEpitaph Records
Founded1997
FounderTim Armstrong
Genrehardcore, oi!, psychobilly, punk and ska
Country of originUS
LocationLos Angeles, California
Official website[1]


Hellcat Records is a vanity record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between the owner of Epitaph, Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of which is generally responsible for signing the bands.

The label specializes in ska, punk, oi!, psychobilly and hardcore bands. Give 'Em the Boot, a Hellcat label sampler which also includes tracks from other up-and-coming independent bands, has been issued every other year since 1997, with the exceptions of the third release which was released 3 years after the second and the last one, which was released one year after the one before it.

Movies

In 2005, a Give 'Em the Boot DVD was released, featuring tour footage of numerous Hellcat bands.

On January 15, 2006, the label released Live Freaky! Die Freaky!, a full-length movie produced by Tim Armstrong, and filmed using marionettes. The plot involves Charlie Manson's story being misinterpreted by a nomad in a post-apocalyptic Earth, and features the voice talents of the members of Rancid, Green Day, and The Transplants, among numerous others.

Bands

Active roster

This list includes bands which are currently active on Hellcat.

Defunct bands

This list includes now defunct bands that finished their careers on Hellcat.

Former bands

The following bands have either departed to other record labels or were dropped.

Controversy

Hellcat Records has been involved in a feud with one of its former bands, Leftöver Crack, over censorship issues. Leftöver Crack wanted their 2001 debut album to be titled Shoot the Kids at School, with the cover art depicting a gun-toting arm aiming at a playground. In the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre, Hellcat refused to allow this, so the band titled their album Mediocre Generica in protest, as a veiled reference to what they viewed as the mediocrity of the bands on Hellcat's label. This incident ultimately led to Leftöver Crack departing the label.

After leaving the label, Leftöver Crack has accused Hellcat Records of promoting sexism and homophobia within the punk community. Their accusations are based on allegedly homophobic lyrics by the now-departed U.S. Bombs, Hellcat's attempted signing of controversial reggae artist Buju Banton, and Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards' use of naked women in label art. (Along with alleged sexism throughout the lyrics of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards' second album, "Viking".)[1]

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Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1966) is a American musician and songwriter best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants, as well as his record label Hellcat Records.
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Hardcore punk, now commonly known as hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. In North America, hardcore punk emerged with a new sound, which was generally thicker, heavier, and faster than standard punk rock.
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Oi! is a working class street-level subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.[1]

The music and associated subculture had the goal of promoting unity between punks, skinheads and other non-aligned working class youths (sometimes
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Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between late-1970s punk rock and 1950s American rockabilly. It is often characterized by lyrical references to horror and exploitation films, violence, lurid sexuality, and other topics generally considered taboo,
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SKA may refer to:
  • Ska, a style of music
  • Ska-P, a Spanish ska punk band.
  • Square Kilometre Array, a radio telescope under design.
  • Skills for Adolescence, a program in middle schools.

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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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City of Los Angeles

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A vanity label is a term given to a situation where a famous recording artist is allowed to run a "label within a label" and release music by other artists he or she admires.
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In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. In everyday usage, a record label is also a company that manages such brands and trademarks; coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution,
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Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962, Los Angeles, California), nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records. Brett grew up in the town of Woodland Hills, California, a suburb of L.A.
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Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1966) is a American musician and songwriter best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants, as well as his record label Hellcat Records.
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Rancid (IPA: /ɹæn.sɪd/) is a punk band, formed in 1991 in Albany, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong.

Rancid includes Armstrong on guitar and vocals, Freeman on bass and vocals, Lars Frederiksen on guitar and vocals, and Branden Steineckert on drums.
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SKA may refer to:
  • Ska, a style of music
  • Ska-P, a Spanish ska punk band.
  • Square Kilometre Array, a radio telescope under design.
  • Skills for Adolescence, a program in middle schools.

..... Click the link for more information.
Oi! is a working class street-level subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.[1]

The music and associated subculture had the goal of promoting unity between punks, skinheads and other non-aligned working class youths (sometimes
..... Click the link for more information.
Psychobilly is a genre of music generally described as a mix between late-1970s punk rock and 1950s American rockabilly. It is often characterized by lyrical references to horror and exploitation films, violence, lurid sexuality, and other topics generally considered taboo,
..... Click the link for more information.
Hardcore punk, now commonly known as hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. In North America, hardcore punk emerged with a new sound, which was generally thicker, heavier, and faster than standard punk rock.
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Give 'Em the Boot is a series of compilation albums released by Hellcat Records. The first release came in 1998, and there has been a new release every other year, except for the gap between the second and third releases, which had two years in between.
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A sampler is a type of of compilation album offered at a reduced price to showcase a selection of artists signed to a particular record label. The format became popular in the late 1960s as record labels sought to promote artists whose work was primarily available in album rather
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This DVD is the fifth release in the Give 'Em the Boot series.
  1. Give Em the Boot Intro
  2. "Ruby Soho" - Rancid
  3. "Never Die" - Tiger Army
  4. "Light At the End" - F-Minus
  5. "Rudie Can't Fail" - Joe Strummer and the Mesacaleros

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Live Freaky Die Freaky is a stop motion-animated, musical independent film directed by John Roecker. It is a black comedy based on the Charles Manson murders. It premiered on DVD in the United States on January 17, 2006, and played in a few theatres on January 20, 27 and 28.
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A marionette is a type of puppet with strings controlled by a puppeteer from above. [1] Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues.
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Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) is a career criminal who led the so-called Manson Family, a commune or cult that began to form around him in the U.S. city of San Francisco in 1967.
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Apocalyptic fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction (or, in some cases, the more general category speculative fiction) that is concerned with the end of civilization through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster.
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Rancid (IPA: /ɹæn.sɪd/) is a punk band, formed in 1991 in Albany, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong.

Rancid includes Armstrong on guitar and vocals, Freeman on bass and vocals, Lars Frederiksen on guitar and vocals, and Branden Steineckert on drums.
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Green Day is an American rock band formed in 1988. The band consists of three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Tré Cool (drums).

Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California.
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