Greasy Pop Records
| Greasy Pop Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Doug Thomas |
| Status | Inactive |
| Distributor | Festival |
| Genre | indie rock, indie pop, post-punk, detroit, power-pop, hardcore punk |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Official website | greasypop.com |
Greasy Pop Records was an Australian independent record label established by Doug Thomas (musician with The Dagoes and with The Spikes) in 1980 in Adelaide. Greasy Pop Records predominantly signed South Australian artists including Exploding White Mice, Where's the Pope?, Del Webb Explosion and The Mad Turks from Istanbul. As from 2006, the label was owned by Pete Hartman-Kearns and Monique Laver. According to I-94 Bar's Patrick Emery, Greasy Pop "was the focus of much of the city’s vibrant music scene, putting out great records ... Much of the Greasy Pop stable was based on the Detroit-via-Birdman thing – it's interesting that while Adelaide continues to share a cultural affinity closer to Melbourne than Sydney, its musical influences arguably owe more to the Sydney and the Birdman sound than the art-school aesthetic of Melbourne".
History
[edit | edit source]Greasy Pop Records was an independent record label founded by Doug Thomas in 1980.[1] From May 1978 Thomas was a guitarist for Adelaide-based indie rock group The Dagoes (as Frankie Thomas).[1][2] In February 1980 Thomas financed The Dagoes extended play, The Dagoes Sell Soul which was "American-oriented rock'n'roll" and was the debut release by Greasy Pop.[2] Late in 1982 The Dagoes disbanded and early in 1983 Thomas formed a "hard-edged, swampy acid-pop" band, The Spikes, which also released its material on Greasy Pop.[2] In 1985, Greasy Pop issued a compilation album of tracks, An Oasis in a Desert of Noise, by its popular artists: Exploding White Mice, The Mad Turks from Istanbul, The Spikes, Primitive Painters, Dust Collection, Plague, Garden Path, Verge, Ded Nats, On Heat and Primevils.[3] In 2006, Greasy Pop issued a DVD, An Oasis in a Desert of Celluloid, with 33 music videos.[4] As from August 2006, the label was owned by Pete Hartman-Kearns and Monique Laver.[5] According to I-94 Bar's Patrick Emery, Greasy Pop "was the focus of much of the city’s vibrant music scene, putting out great records ... Much of the Greasy Pop stable was based on the Detroit-via-Birdman thing – it's interesting that while Adelaide continues to share a cultural affinity closer to Melbourne than Sydney, its musical influences arguably owe more to the Sydney and the Birdman sound than the art-school aesthetic of Melbourne".[6]
Artists
[edit | edit source]- Aunty Raylene[5]
- Batteries not Included[1]
- Bloodloss[7]
- The Dagoes[2]
- Liz Dealey and the Twenty Second Sect[8]
- Ded Nats[3]
- Del Webb Explosion[1]
- Devil's Cabaret[1]
- The Dust Collection[9]
- The Every Brothers[10]
- Exploding White Mice[11]
- Garden Path[9]
- Greg Williams
- Handmedowns[9]
- Iron Sheiks[1]
- July 14th
- The Lizard Train[12]
- The Mad Turks from Istanbul aka The Mad Turks[13]
- Morning Glory[1]
- The Philisteins[14]
- Plague[3]
- Play Loud
- Primitive Painters[3]
- Screaming Believers[15]
- The Spikes[2]
- Undecided[1]
- Where's the Pope?[1]
- Neptune Lollyshoppe
References
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- ^ McFarlane, 'Bloodloss' entry. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ McFarlane, 'Liz Dealey and the Twenty Second Sect' entry. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ a b c McFarlane, 'Garden Path' entry. Archived from the original on 10 July 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ McFarlane, 'The Every Brothers' entry. Archived from the original on 8 September 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ McFarlane, 'Exploding White Mice' entry. Archived from the original on 8 July 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ McFarlane, 'The Lizard Train' entry. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ McFarlane, 'The Mad Turks' entry. Archived from the original on 23 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ McFarlane, 'The Philisteins' entry. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ McFarlane, 'Screaming Believers' entry. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website archived on 21 February 2009 from the original which appears to be inactive.
- Greasy Pop Records search results at Music Australia published by National Library of Australia.
- "Greasy Pop Records" article originally printed in Noise for Heroes, No. 18, Winter 1990. Archived from original from NKVD Records website copy on 30 April 2009.
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