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Dischord Records
Dischord Records, Washington D.C. independent punk label founded in 1980 by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson to release the Teen Idles; home of Minor Threat and Fugazi, known for handshake contracts, low prices, and no merchandise sales.
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records: Los Angeles independent punk label founded by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz (early 1980s); home of The Offspring's Smash (11 million sold) and imprints Anti- and Hellcat.
Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords: independent San Francisco punk label founded 1990 by NOFX's Fat Mike (Michael Burkett) and Erin Kelly-Burkett; home of Lagwagon, Propagandhi, NOFX; catalog sold to Hopeless Records in 2025.
Fearless Records
Fearless Records: American independent rock label founded 1994 in Southern California, now a Concord division; known for At the Drive-In, Sugarcult, Plain White T's, the Punk Goes series, and Pierce the Veil, I Prevail, STARSET.
Hopeless Records
Hopeless Records is an American independent record label founded in Van Nuys, California, in 1993 by Louis Posen, home to All Time Low, Avenged Sevenfold, and Thrice.
Rise Records
Rise Records is an American rock and metalcore record label based in Portland, Oregon, founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson and acquired by BMG in 2015.
Vagrant Records
Vagrant Records, founded 1996 in Los Angeles by Rich Egan and Jon Cohen, is an indie rock and emo label behind the Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, Dashboard Confessional, and Alkaline Trio, acquired by BMG in 2014.
Victory Records
Victory Records, also called Victory, is a Chicago hardcore, punk, emo, and metal label founded by Tony Brummel in 1989 with $800; acquired by Concord in 2019 for a reported ~$30 million, its catalog includes A Day to Remember, Thursday, and Taking Back Sunday.