Recess Records

Recess Records is an independent record label founded in 1988.^[1] Label founder Todd Congelliere (frontman for F.Y.P and Toys That Kill) initially made 100 cassettes of F.Y.P's songs and sold them at skateboard contests.^[1] Two years later, Congelliere released a vinyl record,^[1] F.Y.P's Extra Credit, an 11-song 7-inch record,^[2] and the label took off from there.^[1]

Recess Records logo

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.^[2] Pinhead Gunpowder, fronted by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, announced in April 2008 that a new 7" single from the band would be released on Recess Records in late May 2008.^[3]

History

• Recess started in a bedroom in Torrance, California in 1988.
• 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
• Audacity
• 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
• Japanther
• Jon Cougar Concentration Camp
• Jumpstarted Plowhards
• The Modern Machines
• Off With Their Heads
• Propagandhi
• Pinhead Gunpowder
• Quincy Punx
• The Riverdales
• Screeching Weasel
• Sharkpants
• Summer Vacation
• Screaming Females
• Swing Ding Amigos
• Toys That Kill
• Treasure Fleet
• Tenement
• The Underground Railroad to Candyland

Recess Japan

• Audacity
• Belly Button
• Brazil UFO
• Bust!
• The Cistems
• The Doodles
• Ffeeco Woman
• Fleshies
• Heart Shaped Hate
• The Mapes
• Nope Ople
• No People
• The Nowheres
• Peach Kelli Pop
• San Hose
• Seventeen Again
• Sharkpants
• The Sleeping Aides and Razorblades
• The Steadys
• Teenage Slang Session
• What The Kids Want
• The Underground Railroad to Candyland

See also

• List of record labels