Taang! Records is an independent record label with a roster of hardcore punk, punk rock, Oi!, power pop, ska, indie rock, psychedelic, and ambient artists and bands founded by Curtis Casella in Boston, Massachusetts in 1983.

History

Taang! Records began as a singles-only label, recording acts in Boston's early hardcore and punk scene such as Gang Green, Negative FX, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and The Lemonheads. The name is an acronym for the phrase "Teen Agers Are No Good!" The label gained prominence with the rise of Boston hardcore in the punk culture of the 1980s which had strong ties to the scene in nearby Washington D.C. Additionally, popularity of the 45 rpm format in the punk and indie underground scene, and the network of independent distribution, zines, retail outlets, and college radio stations that had already developed around the format also contributed to the label's success. By the early 1990s, the label developed close ties to the punk scene in Southern California and moved its headquarters to San Diego, where it remains. Today, the Taang! catalogue includes over 200 releases in multiple formats, with international distribution.

1983-1993

Curtis Casella, a Boston native, started Taang! to promote the burgeoning Boston hardcore punk scene. <blockquote>“In the early 80's, frustrated with the scene in Boston with all the greatest bands in the USA I felt that there should a place they could call home. No one else was doing it. Washington, DC had Dischord, UK. had No Future, Clay & Secret and Crass, LA had SST, Boston needed Taang!" Included in the box set were ten seven-inch discs. Each disc included a full re-creation of the original jacket except for the Oysters which was redone for this box set. There was also a 26-song CD that combined all of the musical selections. This vinyl boxset was limited to 2,000 numbered copies. The bands featured were Gang Green, Last Rights, Stranglehold, Noonday, Underground, Last Stand, Negative FX, Oysters, Lemonheads, Moving Targets, and Slapshot. There are plans to release the singles box set as an LP version as well as a CD in 2021.

Artists

  • The Adicts
  • Anti-Heros
  • Attitude Adjustment
  • Battalion of Saints
  • Ben Deily
  • The Boys
  • The Bruisers
  • Buck-O-Nine
  • Bullet LaVolta
  • The Business
  • Brandon Cruz
  • Cheap Sex
  • Cock Sparrer
  • D.Y.S.
  • The Dickies
  • Dropkick Murphys
  • Everybody Out!
  • The Exploited
  • The F.U.'s
  • The Freeze
  • The 4-Skins
  • Gang Green
  • Hard-Ons
  • Jerry's Kids
  • The Lemonheads
  • Keith Levene
  • Lyres
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • Mission of Burma
  • Moving Targets
  • Negative Approach
  • Negative FX
  • The Newtown Neurotics
  • Poison Idea
  • The Proletariat
  • The Ruts
  • Sam Black Church
  • Slapshot
  • Slaughter & The Dogs
  • Sloppy Seconds
  • Spacemen 3
  • Spore
  • SSD
  • Stars & Stripes
  • Stiff Little Fingers
  • Swirlies
  • The Titanics

See also

  • List of record labels

References

  • Taang! Records at Discog.com