Deathwish Inc.

Deathwish Inc.
Founded	1991; 2001
Founder	Jacob Bannon Tre McCarthy
Genre	Hardcore punk
Country of origin	United States
Official Website	deathwishinc.com

Deathwish, Inc. is a independent record label founded by Jacob Bannon and Tre McCarthy. The label was originally used to release early albums by Bannon's own band Converge starting in late 1991. It wasn't until late 1999 that McCarthy and Bannon discussed turning Deathwish into a full-fledged label.^[1] Deathwish's first release was Deeper the Wound, a split album between Converge and Japanese band Hellchild in 2001.

Deathwish Inc. started primarily as a hardcore punk/metallic hardcore record label, but has since branched out into other counterculture-oriented businesses such as sponsoring mixed martial arts fighters. Deathwish sponsors a number of fighters including: Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy, Dan "The Upgrade" Lauzon, Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon, Toby "Tigerheart" Grear and Patrick Vogel. In mid-2007 Deathwish merged with long-time friends Malfunction Records. Both labels still exist separately, but both are run by Deathwish.^[2] The label also operates the imprint label Icarus Records which is for more experimental and ambient sounding bands.^[3]

Current bands

• 108
• Acid Tiger
• Bitter End
• Birds In Row
• Blacklisted
• The Carrier
• Cold World
• Converge
• Deafheaven
• Doomriders
• End of a Year
• Heiress
• Holyghost
• The Hope Conspiracy
• Integrity
• Irons
• Jacob Bannon
• Living Eyes
• Loma Prieta
• Oathbreaker
• Overmars
• Narrows
• New Lows
• Pulling Teeth
• Punch
• Rise and Fall
• Rot In Hell
• Shipwreck A.D.
• Starkweather
• Touché Amoré
• United Nations
• Victims

Icarus bands

• Dear Lover
• Halfacre Gunroom
• Switchblade

Previous/one-off bands

• 100 Demons
• A Life Once Lost
• The Blinding Light
• Boysetsfire
• Breather Resist
• Carpathian
• Coliseum
• Cursed
• Damage/Damage II
• The Dedication
• Embrace Today
• Extreme Noise Terror
• Final Fight
• First Blood
• The Great Deceiver
• Hellchild
• Horror Show
• I Hate You
• Jesuseater
• Lewd Acts
• Life Long Tragedy
• Killing the Dream
• Knives Out
• Meltdown
• Modern Life Is War
• Most Precious Blood
• Piece By Piece
• The Power and The Glory
• The Promise
• Razor Crusade
• Reach the Sky
• Reign Supreme
• Ringworm
• So Be It
• Some Girls
• The Suicide File
• Terror
• This Is Hell
• Trap Them
• Trash Talk
• Worn Thin

Label discography

Main article: Deathwish Inc. discography

References

1. ^ Conoley, Ben (October 3, 2007). "Vinyl File: Chat with Jacob Bannon and upcoming vinyl releases". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/25865. Retrieved September 24, 2010. 
2. ^ White, Adam (August 10, 2007). "Deathwish Inc. merges with Malfunction Records". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/25023. Retrieved September 24, 2010. 
3. ^ Jaschke, Magnus (May 2003). "Jacob Bannon Interview". Creative Eclipse. http://www.creative-eclipse.com/file/interviews13.htm. Retrieved September 24, 2010. 

External links

• Official website
• Malfunction Records on Myspace