Boss Tuneage
| Boss Tuneage | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Aston Stephens |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) | Plastic Head Distribution |
| Genre | Punk & hardcore |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | PO Box 124, Belford, Northumberland, NE66 9EE |
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Boss Tuneage is an independent record label based in Belford, UK.
History[edit]
Boss Tuneage was founded by Aston Stephens in 1990. He got into punk music as a young teenager and started his own fanzine, at 15, called IG that got him touch with many punk artists. On the back of that, he released a 7" split single between Vehicle Derek and Goober Patrol and the 500 copies sold in three weeks.[1] By the mid 90s, Boss Tuneage had become a dominant force in the punk scene[2] and became one of the busiest labels in their genre.[3] To date, Boss Tuneage have released more than 400 titles with a roster of more than 100 bands.
Ethics & ethos[edit]
Boss Tuneage's work on a 50:50 share with the artists; the artists fund their own recordings while Boss Tuneage release the music. Aston Stephens has the ethos of primarily releasing "the stuff that I personally like, and hope enough people like it too!"[4]
Imprints[edit]
Boss Tuneage has a number of imprints including Boss Tuneage Retro, X Fist, Mosh Tuneage, Flexipunk and Free Range Product.[5]
Artists[edit]
List on Boss Tuneage's current artist roster -
- The Abs
- Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
- Angelic Upstarts
- Annalise
- Anti System
- Baby Little Tablets
- Bad Dress Sense
- Barefoot
- Bedford Falls
- Beezewax
- Benny
- Big Drill Car
- The Bitter Pills
- Blocko
- Burning Flag
- Can't Decide
- Castro
- Chillerton
- Civilised Society?
- Colt Seavers
- The Coventry Automatics AKA The Specials
- The Crippens
- Dame
- Danger!Man
- Dealing With Damage
- Decadence Within
- Diaz Brothers
- The Doublecross
- Down And Outs
- Down Love
- Drive
- Electro Hippies
- Exit Condition
- Graham Fellows
- Five Foot Nothing
- Flag Of Democracy
- Four Letter Word
- Four Square
- FUAL
- GAN
- Geoffrey Oicott
- Geriatric Unit
- The Goodies
- The Great St Louis
- Hard Ons
- HDQ
- Heresy
- Insurrection
- Ipanema
- Jaded Eyes
- Jilted John
- Jingo De Lunch
- The Jones
- Joyce Mckinney Experience
- K-Line
- John Kastner
- Kick Joneses
- Krimewatch
- Lawnmower Deth
- Keith Levene
- Loudmouth
- Lucky Malice
- Mad At The Sun
- The Magnificent
- Manifesto Jukebox
- Mau Maus
- Midway Still
- Milloy
- Moving Targets
- Natterers
- New Set Of Bruises
- Obstruction
- Pandemix
- Parasite
- Perfect Daze
- Persecution
- The Phoenix Foundation
- Political Asylum
- Pray U Prey
- The Proletariat
- Prophecy Of Doom
- Punchbuggy
- Rad Owl
- Duncan Redmonds
- Reign Of Fury
- Restless Habs
- Reverse
- Scott Reynolds
- Ripcord
- Rise
- Scarper!
- Section 13
- The Shitty Limits
- Shutdown
- John Shuttleworth
- Sleep
- TV Smith
- Sofahead
- Southport
- Spermbirds
- Spite
- Spoilers
- Stand GT
- State Funeral
- Steakknife
- Stokoe
- Stupids
- Suicide Watch
- The Tank
- Terminus
- Textbook
- Thirty Six Strategies
- Totalove
- The Unknown
- Varsity Drag
- Vanilla Pod
- Vehicle Derek
- Violent Arrest
- Walter Elf
- Wanton Thought
- Warwound
- Whipping Post
- Woolworthy
- Wordbug
- XOne WayX
- Youth Of Strength
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Boss Tuneage - Interview with Aston Stephens". www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ↑ "Boss Tuneage". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ↑ "Boss Tuneage - Interview with Aston Stephens". www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ↑ "Bearded Label Love: Boss Tuneage | Bearded Magazine: The Home of Independent Music". www.beardedmagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ↑ Store, Boss Tuneage. "About Us". Boss Tuneage Store. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
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