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Taang! Records is an American independent record label. They have been in existence since 1984; their first release being by Gang Green. They are known for trend setting and have a reputation for kickstarting certain genres of musical style. For example, following releases by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Buck O Nine, the term "Ska Core" was created. The term "Street Punk" was created after releases by The Business and the Anti Heros.
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History
In 1996 the introduction to the domestic releases of 80's UK punk to the main chains caused a huge resurgence in the movement dominating the punk scene in America. Taang! Records started by completely monopolizing the Boston scene signing a large number of acts. Taang! initially existed as a singles only label until their 5th release which was Negative FX. Within 3 years Taang! had grown considerably, incorporating all forms of underground music from hardcore bands like Last Rights, Gang Green and Negative FX to punk bands like Stranglehold & Last Stand. Taang records! went International with releases simultaneously in England, Germany, Canada, Australia and the United States of America. By the 5th year of their existence they had achieved to expand outside of Boston to the signing of Australia bands such as the Hard ons screamfeeder. Taang! released several releases in Australia with JERRYS KIDS & MOVING TARGETS & THE LEMONHEADS this led to working with the Red Hot Chili Peppers & KEITH LEVENE TAANG#33 by 1989 the label had the 2 biggest college releases LEMONHEADS & BULLET LAVOLTA which were #1 & 2 on the charts at the same time, the label continued to release their roots style the whole time & never stopped releasing BOSTON bands SLAPSHOT SSD JERRYS KIDS DYS with one exception owner Curtis Casella signed his favorite American hardcore band POISON IDEA & also reformed his favorite BOSTON BAND : JERRYS KIDS to record KILL KILL KILL TAANG#27 However bands like the Lemonheads, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, SWIRLIES & SPACEMEN 3 brought a different sound to the already established label giving it a more diverse sound than they already had, but after 10 years in BOSTON signing every band from Mission of Burma to SS Decontrol in 1992 Curtis (Label Owner) went to produce San Diego based band Battalion of Saints for an archival release not knowing the band leader was reforming the a band & being a bicoastal resident in L.A. Curtis was asked to do the music supervision for the opening month for a friend who was the owner of a new club called the Viper Room ex central where Curtis'frequented, he ended being the first DJ at the Viper & moved from LA To San Diego where at the same time was working with the BATTALION OF SAINTS reforming still operating the label in Boston after 2 years of commuting back & forth he decide to settle in California & open an office in San Diego & LA. with the introduction to the internet TAANG! stopped signing new bands for 5 years & did only archival releases : several English acts such as COCKSPARRER, The ADICTS STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS, The Business, EXPLOITED, LAST RESORT, REVERBERATION, 4 SKINS, MENACE & THE BOYS 15 releases over 5 years which propelled the label to a very large success in chain stores around the USA as well as the first label to sign to digital. The label started to be more successful than ever when most labels were folding. All this time in Calfornia they still signed a Boston archival act - F.U.S one year PROLETARIAT the next year & older bands from who tried the stabb at other labels came back to TAANG! such as GANGGREEN SLAPSHOT & POISON IDEA . recently in 2007 the label has started to sign new bands most notably the Boston based |EVERYBODY OUT!, featuring Rick Barton of the Dropkick Murphys & also EVAVCUATE, led by Mike Virus of Cheap Sex and the Virus Fame who are from southern California which will release the debut CD in January 2009. also in 2009 UK based NEWTWON NEUROTICS will release a 2 CD set as well as early TAANG! recruits KILSLUG CD/DVD & the OYSTERS CD /DVD as well as GANGGREEN CD/DVD & DYS CD /DVD who will be reforming in 2009,ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT have also joined the taang stable to release their entire catalogue on the Label one CD containing 3 records on 1 & another CD w a dvd included RETAIL : recently TAANG! has opened a store in San Diego when most stores have closed down. Their store is in a prime location right in the heart of downtown San Diego, this is the 6th store.
Curtis Casella/Founder Of The TAANG! LABEL is featured in the 2006 Sony Pictures Classics documentary American Hardcore & also in the upcoming films Chip on My Shoulder directed by Ian McFarland & All That Matters Is Sunday: the Birth of Boston's Hardcore directed by punk filmmaker Lewis Ingham & is also portrayed as Curtis by another actor in the upcoming film BOSTON BOY. (Lionsgate Production)
The headquarters are 3830 5th Ave San Diego Ca 92103 619.296.4015 www.taang.com
Artists
- Adicts
- The Anti-Heros
- Attitude Adjustment
- Battalion of Saints
- the Boys
- The Bruisers
- Buck-O-Nine
- Bullet LaVolta
- The Business
- Brandon Cruz
- Ken Chambers
- Cocksparrer
- D.Y.S.
- The Dickies
- Dicky B Hardy
- Dropkick Murphys
- Evacuate
- Everybody Out!
- The Exploited
- Eye For An Eye
- F.U'S
- Forced Reality
- The Freeze
- 4 Skins
- Gang Green
- Hard-Ons
- Jerry's Kids
- Kilslug
- Last Resort
- Last Rights
- Last Stand
- The Lemonheads
- Keith Levene
- Lyres
- Maelstrom
- Menace
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Mission of Burma
- Moving Targets
- Negative FX
- Newtown Neurotics
- Oysters
- Poison Idea
- Proletariat
- Rat City Riot
- Reverberation
- Ruts
- Sam Black Church
- Seka
- slapshot
- Slaughter & the Dogs
- Sloppy Seconds
- Spacemen 3
- Spore
- SSD
- Stars & Stripes
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Stranglehold
- Swirlies
- The Titanics
- Upsidedown Cross
- The Worthless
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