Recess Records

RECESS RECORDS

Recess Records is an independent record label founded in 1989 with the release of F.Y.P's Extra Credit, an 11 song 7-inch record. Label founder Todd Congelliere (frontman for F.Y.P and Toys That Kill) originally created the label as a vehicle to release F.Y.P's material. Congelliere promoted Extra Credit by running classified ads in Berkeley based Maximum Rocknroll fanzine and going to skateboard contests. He quickly sold his initial pressing of 500 copies. In between touring the U.S., Europe, and Japan, Congelliere began releasing records for fellow punk rock and DIY bands, eventually having a roster of close to 20 artists on his label. Pinhead Gunpowder, fronted by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, announced in April 2008 that a new 7" single from the band will be released on Recess Records in late May 2008.^[1]

History

• Recess started in a bedroom in Torrance, California in 1989.
• In 1995 Recess was moved out of the apartment into a warehouse.
• In 1997 Recess relocated to San Pedro, California (15 minutes away) and has been there ever since.
• In 2008, Recess launched the Recess Japan branch of the label

Artists

Recess Records

• The Arrivals
• The Bananas
• Beatnik Termites
• Ben Weasel
• Bent Outta Shape
• Berzerk
• Civic Minded Five
• The Criminals
• The Crumbs
• The Dwarves
• F.Y.P
• Fleshies
• Four Deadly Questions
• Four Letter Words
• Furious George
• The Grumpies
• I Spy
• Jag Offs
• Jon Cougar Concentration Camp
• The Modern Machines
• Off With Their Heads
• Propagandhi
• Pinhead Gunpowder
• Quincy Punx
• The Riverdales
• Screeching Weasel
• Sharkpants
• Summer Vacation
• Swing Ding Amigos
• Toys That Kill
• The Underground Railroad to Candyland

Recess Japan

• The Mapes
• Belly Button
• No People
• San Hose
• Seventeen Again
• The Cistems
• Sharkpants

See also

• List of record labels

External links

• Official site
• Mini-documentary by Mike Plante
• Recess Japan website