Asian Man Records is a DIY record label run by Mike Park in San Jose, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established in May 1996.
History
Asian Man Records were distributed by Mordam Records.
Sublabels
In 2011, Park established the Fun Fun Records sublabel, which released children's music. As of 2015, artists on the Fun Fun label included Mike Park, Dan Potthast, Play Date, Kepi Ghoulie, Happy Wags, and Koo Koo Kanga Roo.
Artists
The label specializes in mostly ska and punk. The first proper release by the label was Link 80's 17 Reasons and the label has since gone on to release recordings by punk heavyweights such as Alkaline Trio and Less Than Jake. Other artists released include:
Current
- Agung Gede
- The Abruptors
- Akiakane
- The Apers
- The Atom Age
- Bagheera
- Buck-O-Nine
- Chotto Ghetto
- Classics Of Love
- Coquettish
- Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room
- Dan P & The Bricks
- Dogbreth
- Dog Party
- Dowsing
- Duvall
- Grant Olney
- Great Apes
- Grumpster
- Guerilla Poubelle
- Hard Girls
- The Hot Toddies
- Kepi Ghoulie
- Kevin Seconds
- Lektron
- Matt Skiba
- Mike Park
- Monkey
- Murderburgers
- Nicotine
- Pacing
- The Queers
- Short Round
- Small Crush
- Smoking Popes
- Spraynard
- Sundowner
- Sweet Gloom
- Teens in Trouble
- The Smith Street Band
- The Taxpayers
- Unsteady
- The Wild
- Wild Moth
- Yoko Utsumi
Former
- Ahiro
- AJJ (active with Hopeless Records)
- Alkaline Trio