New Underground Records
Founded1980 (1980)[1]
FounderDanny Phillips
Gary Kail
GenrePunk rock
Country of originUnited States
LocationSan Pedro, Los Angeles

New Underground Records was an American independent record label founded by Danny Phillips (a.k.a. Danny Dean[1]) and Gary Kail.[2] Phillips and Kail were influenced by D. Boon and Mike Watt's New Alliance Records label and decided to create their own to promote bands they knew.[2] Alongside New Alliance, New Underground was one of the first DIY labels in the South Bay punk scene of the 1980s.[1]

Albums

Their compilitation album, Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself, featured songs by Red Cross ("Rich Brat" from Red Cross),[3] Descendents ("I Wanna Be a Bear" from Milo Goes to College),[3] Minutemen ("Shit You Hear At Parties" from The Politics of Time),[3] Saccharine Trust (Disillusion Fool),[3] Mood of Defiance ("Empty Me" from Now),[3][4] and Ill Will ("Paranoid Midnight Deposit".)[5] Kail came up with the title for the compilation.[2]

Other compilations were entitled Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Food? and Life Is Boring So Why Not Steal This Record?,[2] with the latter featuring artwork by Raymond Pettibon.[2] Phillips named these albums.[2] A fourth was planned but never completed.[2]

Discography

Mood of Defiance
Anti
  • I Don't Want To Die In Your War (1982)[6]
  • Defy The System (1983)[6]
  • God Can't Bounce (1984)[6]
Zurich 1916
  • Creative Nihilism (1984)[2]
Compilations
  • Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Food? (1981)[7]
  • Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself (1982)[3]
  • Life Is Boring So Why Not Steal This Record? (1983)[8]

Legacy

Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself was re-released by Delerium Records in 2001.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dean, Danny. "About New Underground Records/Nu Underground Records". DannyDean.com. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ibarra, Craig (2015). A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977-1985. END FWY. pp. 206–207. ISBN 978-0-9860971-0-2.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Blush, Steve (2010). American Hardcore: A Tribal History (second ed.). Feral House. p. 396. ISBN 9781932595987.
  4. ↑ "Thurston Moore: The Six-Pack Q&A". Rolling Stone. August 6, 2007. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ "From the Vaults: Made in South Bay". Maximumrocknroll. May 25, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "Anti discography". Discogs. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  7. ↑ Blush, Steve (2010). American Hardcore: A Tribal History (second ed.). Feral House. p. 395. ISBN 9781932595987.
  8. ↑ Blush, Steve (2010). American Hardcore: A Tribal History (second ed.). Feral House. p. 398. ISBN 9781932595987.
  9. ↑ "Life Is Ugly – LA Punk Compilation". Delerium Records. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
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