Bomp! Records
| Bomp! Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Founder | Greg Shaw (with partner Suzy Shaw) |
| Genre | Garage rock, punk rock, proto-punk, glam rock, power pop, new wave, indie |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Official website |
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Bomp! Records is an Los Angeles-based record label formed in 1974 by fanzine publisher and music historian Greg Shaw.
History
The label has featured punk, pop, powerpop, garage rock, new wave, old school rock, neo-psychedelia among other genres, and its roster has included artists such as The Modern Lovers, Iggy & The Stooges, Stiv Bators & The Dead Boys, 20/20, Shoes, Devo, The Weirdos, The Romantics, Spacemen 3, the Germs, SIN 34, Jeff Dahl, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Black Lips.
Shaw died from heart failure at the age of 55 on October 19, 2004. Bomp! Records is currently headed by his ex-wife and lifelong partner, Suzy Shaw.[1]
Along with Mick Farren, Suzy Shaw co-authored Bomp: Saving The World One Record At A Time, published by Ammo Books in 2007.[1] In 2009 Bomp! and Ugly Things published a follow-up, Bomp 2 – Born In The Garage, edited by Suzy Shaw and Mike Stax.
Notable artists
Listed alphabetically
- 20/20
- Stiv Bators
- The Barracudas
- Beachwood Sparks
- The Beat
- Black Lips
- Blow-Up
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Paul Collins
- Jeff Dahl
- Dead Boys
- Dead Meadow
- Devo
- DMZ
- Eyed of Mind
- Gravedigger Five
- Germs
- Hollowbody
- The Haunted
- The Hollywood Squares
- The Konks
- The Last
- The Miracle Workers
- Modern Lovers
- The Morlocks
- The Nerves
- The Pandoras
- The Romantics
- Shoes
- SIN 34
- Spacemen 3
- The Stooges
- Mark Sultan
- The Telescopes
- The Things
- The Warlocks
- Weirdos
- The Zeros
See also
References
External links
- Bomp! Records Official site
- Bomp: Saving The World One Record At A Time (by Suzy Shaw and Mick Farren) (Defunct prior to 8/11)
- The Bomp! History lesson (Defunct prior to 8/11)