Big Neck Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

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 founded and operated by Bart Hart. It was started in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

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, in 1995, with the release of the first Blowtops and Baseball Furies 7-inch EP records ("Voodoo Alley" and "This Is The World's Greatest Rock & Roll Record", respectively) as an offshoot of The Sanctuary nightclub

Nightclub

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. Bart opened The Sanctuary in 1995 after abandoning his previous nightclub

Nightclub

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, Asbury Alley, and it featured much of the same music scene and related bands and performers. Big Neck relocated to the Washington D.C. area where it continues operating today. The label focuses mostly on garage

Garage rock

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, punk

Punk rock

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, and rockabilly

Rockabilly

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 acts.

Big Neck's roster

Roster

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 includes bands like:

• Hollywood
• Red Red Red
• The Blowtops
• The Baseball Furies
  The Baseball Furies (band)
  The Baseball Furies were a four-piece punk/garage band formed in Buffalo, NY. The band took its name from a gang of the same name in the 1979 film The Warriors and wore similar costumes in their early live shows...
  
  
• The Trailerpark Tornados
• Lost Sounds
  Lost Sounds
  Lost Sounds was a rock band from Memphis, Tennessee. Starting in March 1999, the band was made up of Rich Crook on drums, Patrick Jordan on bass, Jay Reatard on synth, guitar and vocals, and Alicja Trout also on synth, guitar and vocals. The band, originally working within the garage rock genre,...
  
  
• The Tyrades
  The Tyrades
  The Tyrades were a four piece punk/garage band formed in Buffalo, New York. They were last based in Chicago, Illinois.-Current members:*Jenna Tyrade *Jimmy Ordinary *Robert Miscellaneous...
  
  
• Concubine Forming
  Concubine Forming
  Concubine Forming was a noise rock band that were part of the burgeoning punk scene in Buffalo, New York during the early part of the 21st century....
  
  
• Radio Beats
• Tractor Sex Fatality
• Violent Lovers Club
• The Ponys