Beat Records was an independent record label started by California night club promoter Stephen Zepeda

Stephen Zepeda

Stephen Zepeda is a night club promoter and alternative music entrepreneur, born April 11, 1955, Long Beach, California. He previously promoted music shows at the Nugget student bar at Calif. State University Long Beach , Bogart's Night Club , and the Foothill Club , all in the Long Beach,...

 (a.k.a. Steve Zepeda). Beat Records had record releases by Gary Valentine Lachman

Gary Valentine Lachman

Gary Lachman, born December 24, 1955 in Bayonne, New Jersey, is an American writer and musician. Lachman is best known to readers of mysticism and the occult, in the numerous articles and books he has published...

 (of Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

), The Furys, and The Plimsouls

The Plimsouls

The Plimsouls are an American rock band formed in Paramount, California in 1978.-Formation:Formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Peter Case , the Plimsouls began as a trio in 1978 which included Case, bassist Dave Pahoa and drummer Louie Ramírez...

 (featuring Peter Case

Peter Case

Peter Case is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has had a wide-ranging career ranging from new wave music to folk rock to solo acoustic performance.-Early career:...

). It spanned the 1978 to 1980 time period of Los Angeles rock. Zepeda is best known for booking Bogart's

Bogart's

Bogart's is a music venue located in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, near the University of Cincinnati, across the street from Sudsy Malone's Rock 'n Roll Laundry & Bar. The building was originally a vaudeville theater built in 1905, put out of business in 1955 due partly to the...

 night club in Long Beach, California, which was a very popular hub for alternative music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Releases by Beat Records

• Gary Valentine Lachman
  Gary Valentine Lachman
  Gary Lachman, born December 24, 1955 in Bayonne, New Jersey, is an American writer and musician. Lachman is best known to readers of mysticism and the occult, in the numerous articles and books he has published...
  
  - The First One/Tomorrow Belongs To You (45 rpm) 1978.
• The Furys- Moving Target/We Talk We Dance (45 rpm) 1979.
• The Plimsouls
  The Plimsouls
  The Plimsouls are an American rock band formed in Paramount, California in 1978.-Formation:Formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Peter Case , the Plimsouls began as a trio in 1978 which included Case, bassist Dave Pahoa and drummer Louie Ramírez...
  
  - Zero Hour E.P.- Great Big World/Zero Hour/Hypnotized/How Long Will It Take?/I Can't Turn You Loose (12 inch E.P.) 1980.