Bad Trip Records
Encyclopedia
Bad Trip Records is an American record label
responsible for releasing the first album by the L.A.
punk rock
band the Angry Samoans
, Inside My Brain
(1980), and their following albums, Back from Samoa
(1982) and Yesterday Started Tomorrow
. Later recordings by The Mistaken and Metal Mike Saunders
performing as "Metal Mike" were also released under the Bad Trip Records imprint.
Currently Bad Trip Records manages digital distribution of the Angry Samoans
and Metal Mike Saunders
recording catalogs.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
responsible for releasing the first album by the L.A.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band the Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
The Angry Samoans are an American punk rock band in the first wave of American punk. Formed in August 1978 in Los Angeles, California by early 1970s rock writer "Metal" Mike Saunders and his sibling lead guitarist bonze blayk, along with co-conspirator Gregg Turner and original recruits bassist...
, Inside My Brain
Inside My Brain
Inside My Brain is the debut album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans. It was released in 1980 . The most infamous song on the album is the defamatory "Get Off the Air" pointed at influential KROQ-FM DJ Rodney Bingenheimer....
(1980), and their following albums, Back from Samoa
Back from Samoa
Back from Samoa is the second album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans. It was initially released in 1982 on Bad Trip Records .-Track listing:# "Gas Chamber" – 1:02...
(1982) and Yesterday Started Tomorrow
Yesterday Started Tomorrow
Yesterday Started Tomorrow is an EP by Angry Samoans, released in 1987. The EP featured a major style change contrasting with their first two albums.-Track listing:All songs by Angry Samoans unless noted.#"Different World" - 1:47...
. Later recordings by The Mistaken and Metal Mike Saunders
Mike Saunders
Mike Saunders , better known as "Metal Mike" Saunders, is a rock critic and the singer of the Californian punk band Angry Samoans...
performing as "Metal Mike" were also released under the Bad Trip Records imprint.
Currently Bad Trip Records manages digital distribution of the Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
The Angry Samoans are an American punk rock band in the first wave of American punk. Formed in August 1978 in Los Angeles, California by early 1970s rock writer "Metal" Mike Saunders and his sibling lead guitarist bonze blayk, along with co-conspirator Gregg Turner and original recruits bassist...
and Metal Mike Saunders
Mike Saunders
Mike Saunders , better known as "Metal Mike" Saunders, is a rock critic and the singer of the Californian punk band Angry Samoans...
recording catalogs.
