Corporate Punishment Records (abbreviated as CPR) is a Los Angeles

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, USA, based independent record label

Independent record label

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. The company was formed in 2004

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 by Thom Hazaert and Eric Nielsen, also co-founders of Loudside.com and Total Assault Street Teams. The label's most prominent artists include Switched

Switched (band)

Switched were a nu metal/hard rock music group from Cleveland, Ohio.-History:Forming in 1999 as Sw1tch, the band played shows around Ohio and released a demo entitled Fuckin' Demo...

, Allele

Allele (band)

Allele is an American alternative metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2002. Their line-up consists of five members: Wally Wood , Kelly Hayes , Lane Maverick , Tim Tobin , Nathan Grimes . The band is currently signed to Goomba Music...

 and Amity Lane

Amity Lane

Amity Lane is a four-piece alternative rock group from Montgomery, Alabama. The band features two former members from the gold-selling music group Trust Company, vocalist Kevin Palmer and bassist Josh Moates.-History:...

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History

CPR was formed in 2004 by Thom Hazaert and Eric Nielsen, who were also the co-founders of Loudside.com – a comprehensive music and entertainment site, and the Total Assault Street Teams. Their previous work with artists including Chimaira

Chimaira

Chimaira is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1998, the group is a notable member of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal scene. The band's name is derived from the word Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek mythology...

, Depswa

Depswa

Depswa are a four-piece alternative metal music group originating from Modesto, California.-History:The beginnings of Depswa came together in the mid-90's with vocalist Jeremy Penick and bassist Ryan Burchfield, under their original band name "Carcinogen". By the late 90's, Penick and Burchfield...

, Switched

Switched (band)

Switched were a nu metal/hard rock music group from Cleveland, Ohio.-History:Forming in 1999 as Sw1tch, the band played shows around Ohio and released a demo entitled Fuckin' Demo...

, Korn

Korn

Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...

, Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...

, Staind

Staind

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, The Used

The Used

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, Cold

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, Glassjaw

Glassjaw

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, My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance

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, Hed PE and Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

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, amongst others, helped lay the foundation of the label.

Corporate Punishment was distributed by The Navarre Corporation in America, and Universal Music in Canada, until Navarre was purchased by E1/Koch, who became the label's distributor until 2008. After being released from their distribution deal with E1, the label went on hiatus until January 2010 when it was announced that Corporate Punishment had signed a Worldwide distribution deal with Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...

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Current artists

• 3 Mile Scream
• Allele
  Allele (band)
  Allele is an American alternative metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2002. Their line-up consists of five members: Wally Wood , Kelly Hayes , Lane Maverick , Tim Tobin , Nathan Grimes . The band is currently signed to Goomba Music...
  
  
• Amity Lane
  Amity Lane
  Amity Lane is a four-piece alternative rock group from Montgomery, Alabama. The band features two former members from the gold-selling music group Trust Company, vocalist Kevin Palmer and bassist Josh Moates.-History:...
  
  
• Broken Teeth
• Dangerous Toys
  Dangerous Toys
  Dangerous Toys is an Austin, Texas-based hard rock band with often humorous lyrics. Founded in 1987, Dangerous Toys put out four full-length albums and one live album before unofficially disbanding at the turn of the millennium....
  
  
• Defiance
• Kïll Cheerleadër
  Kill Cheerleader
  Kill Cheerleader was a rock n' roll band whose teenage members formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as "Cheerleader 666". Mainly influenced by punk and heavy metal acts such as The Stooges, early era Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, the Ramones, Girlschool, Joan Jett and Neil Young,...
  
  
• On A Pale Horse
• N3V3R 3N0U6H
• Onesidezero
  Onesidezero
  Onesidezero is a five-piece music group from Los Angeles, California. Their style is often described as heavy melodic rock. Their songs are often very dark, with deep lyrics and slow bass lines.-History:...
  
  
• Pain Principle
• The Penny Royals
• Re:Ignition
  Re:Ignition
  Re:Ignition is a five-piece hard rock/alternative metal music group from Bay Area, San Francisco.-History:Formed in 2004, the band is compromised of Skinlab members in guitarist Steev Esquivel and bassist Burl "Snake" Blakk...
  
  
• Tinjen
• Years of Fire
• Divided By Zero
• 9mm Solution
• My Downfall
• Invent the Dark
• Victory Pill

Past artists

• AM Conspiracy
  AM Conspiracy
  AM Conspiracy is an American hard rock band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2005. Their current lineup consists of Jason "Gong" Jones, who was member of the band Drowning Pool when they recorded the album Desensitized, , Dean Andrews , Kenny Harrelson , Drew Burke , and Rob DeHaven...
  
  
• David Reilly
• KCUF
• Mastery
• Nobis
• Rikets
• Shenoah
• Ghost Machine
  Ghost Machine
  Ghost Machine is a five-piece music group from the United States. The band is also notable for featuring two members from Motograter, vocalist Ivan Moody , also vocalist for Five Finger Death Punch, and drummer Chris "Crispy" Binns, and John Stevens of The Clay People.-History:Ghost Machine came...
  
  
• Silent Civilian
  Silent Civilian
  Silent Civilian is a metalcore band originating from Los Angeles, California. Following his departure from nu metal band Spineshank in 2004, frontman Jonny Santos felt he wanted to move in a different direction musically and start from scratch...
  
  
• Trigger Point
• Switched
  Switched (band)
  Switched were a nu metal/hard rock music group from Cleveland, Ohio.-History:Forming in 1999 as Sw1tch, the band played shows around Ohio and released a demo entitled Fuckin' Demo...