- Homestead Records
Infobox record label
name = Homestead Records
image_bg = black
parent =Dutch East India Trading
founded = 1983
founder =Sam Berger
defunct = 1996
distributor =Dutch East India Trading
genre =Noise rock ,indie rock
country =United States
location =New York City
url =Homestead Records was a
New York City based sublabel ofDutch East India Trading . It was founded in 1983 by Sam Berger, who was the American Independent buyer forDutch East India Trading . Berger was finding that many bands who had perhaps released their own first 45 were having difficulty coming up with the finances to press followups. He was able to convince the owner of the company to press and distribute records for bands that already had recorded an album, and have the bands supply the artwork. It is considered instrumental in launching thenoise rock genre. When Berger left to work with Midnight Records, he recommended 18 year oldGerard Cosloy , who he knew from Boston and who published a fanzine that Homestead distributed. Cosloy went on to sign many of the notable acts. Cosloy was succeeded byKen Katkin and later by Steven Joerg. The label's last release was Ivo Perelman's "Cama de terra" in 1996.Artists
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Antietam
* Babe the Blue Ox
*Bastro
*Beat Temptation
*Big Black
*Big Dipper
*Blackjacks
*Bodeco
*Breaking Circus
*Cakekitchen
*David S. Ware
*Daniel Johnston
*Death Of Samantha
*Dinosaur Jr
*The Dogmatics
*Einstürzende Neubauten
*Elliott Sharp
*Fish & Roses
* The Frogs
*GG Allin
* Great Plains
* Green River
*Happy Flowers
*Honor Role
*Ivo Perelman
* King Kong
*Live Skull
*Love Child
*My Dad Is Dead
*Naked Raygun
*New Radiant Storm King
*Nice Strong Arm
*Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
*One Plus Two
*OWT
*Phantom Tollbooth (band)
*Pony
*The Ex (band)
*The Flies (band)
*The Holy Men
*The Mad Scene
*The Meatmen
*The Membranes
*The Micronotz
*The Outnumbered
*The Proletariat
*Salem 66
* Seam
*Sebadoh
*Sleepyhead
*Sonic Youth
*Sorry
*Soul-Junk
*Squirrel Bait
*Stratotanker
*SSD
*Supreme Dicks
* Swans
*Trumans Water
*U-Men
* Uzi
*Volcano Suns
*Weird Paul Petroskey
*William Hooker
*William Parker Links
* [http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/label/h/homestea.htm Label discography]
See also
*
List of record labels
*Matador Records
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