Surfdog Records

Infobox record label
name = Surfdog Records


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founded = 1993
founder = Dave Kaplan
status = active
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genre = various
country = USA
location = Encinitas, California
url = http://www.surfdog.com/

Surfdog Records is a record label and music publishing company based in Encinitas, California, The United States of America with close ties to the local music and surfing communities. Its roster is diverse and includes artists of the rock, punk, swing, rockabilly, reggae, lounge and alternative genres. It has released albums by Brian Setzer, the Butthole Surfers, Agent 51, Gary Hoey, Pato Banton, Sprung Monkey, Slightly Stoopid and Echobrain (featuring former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted), among others.

Surfdog Records was founded by Dave Kaplan in 1993. Kaplan was an artist manager until 1985 when he signed his first ever band, UB40, to Surfdog. Surfdog music has been featured in many motion pictures including "Dude, Where's My Car?" "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "", "Stuart Little", and "The Real World".

Surfdog Records have released three M.O.M (Music For Mother Ocean) albums, and those three albums contributed to the most donations in Surfrider Foundation's history up till then. The three M.O.M albums feature very big artists like Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, Sublime, James Taylor, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Buffett, and No Doubt.

Artists

*Rusty Anderson
*Brian Setzer
*Agent 51
*Blush
*Butthole Surfers
*Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
*Dylan Donkin
*Echobrain
*Gary Hoey
*Gibby Haynes & His Problem
*Jackpot
*Jeremy Kay
*Pato Banton
*Richard Cheese
*Slightly Stoopid
*Sprung Monkey
*Stray Cats
*Tea Leaf Green
*Wylde Bunch [ [http://www.surfdog.com/artists.php Surfdog List of Artists] ]

ee also

* List of record labels

References

External links

* [http://www.surfdog.com/# Official Website]