Ebullition Records is an independent record label and distro

Distro

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 based out of Goleta

Goleta, California

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, California

California

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. It published HeartattaCk, a zine

Zine

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 focusing on independent punk and hardcore

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 from around the world, informed by an anti-consumerist and D.I.Y. ideology.

History

Kent McClard, a former Maximum RocknRoll

Maximum RocknRoll

Maximum rocknroll is a widely distributed, monthly not-for-profit fanzine based in San Francisco, USA. It features interviews, columns, and reviews from international contributors...

columnist, founded Ebullition Records, in 1990. Sonia Skindrud (writer of Exedra 'zine

Zine

A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....

) and Brent Stephens (member of Downcast) contributed; Skindrud named the label, and Stephens drew the logo. The label is primarily run by McClard.

The Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 youth crew

Youth crew

Youth crew is a music subgenre of hardcore punk attributed to the band Youth of Today who were primarily active during the early to mid-1980s particularly during the New York hardcore scene of 1988...

 hardcore band Inside Out was meant to record an LP as the first Ebullition release. However, Revelation Records

Revelation Records

Revelation Records is an independent record label focusing originally and primarily on hardcore punk. The label is known for its role in the evolution of hardcore and metallic post-hardcore with important releases by bands such as Youth of Today, Warzone, Sick of It All, Quicksand, Side By Side,...

 asked them to release a 7" instead, and the band chose the more established label. The record wasn't released for another year, after the band had broken up and reformed as Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...

. Inside Out had planned a second record, to be titled "Rage Against the Machine", a phrase coined by McClard in the 'zine No Answers #9. They never managed to finish this second release and singer Zack de La Rocha

Zack de la Rocha

Zacarías Manuel "Zack" de la Rocha is an American rapper, musician, poet, and activist best known as the vocalist and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine.-Early life and childhood:...

 ended up using the phrase for the title of his next band.

Ebullition's first release was in late 1990. Kent had been doing the No Answers 'zine since 1983; the ninth issue came with the Downcast 7" (Ebullition #1). Ebullition released 3,000 copies. After those were sold, the 'zine and 7" became separate products.

Ebullition releases span a variety of styles of underground hardcore, including thrashcore

Thrashcore

Thrashcore is a fast tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore punk, with bands often using blast beats. Songs can be very brief, and thrashcore is in many ways a less dissonant, less metallic forerunner of grindcore...

, crust punk

Crust punk

Crust punk is a form of music influenced by anarcho-punk, hardcore punk and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills...

, post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 and screamo

Screamo

Screamo, though used loosely to generally describe music that features screamed vocals, is actually a musical subgenre of hardcore punk which predominantly evolved from emo, among other genres, in the early 1990s...

.

Bands

• Admiral
• Amber Inn
• Ampere
  Ampere (band)
  Ampere is a DIY punk band based in Amherst, Massachusetts known for their short but extremely loud and intense live shows. The band has put the importance of DIY punk ethics at the forefront of their lyrics and are known for the particular attention they bring to their vegan...
  
  
• Born Against
  Born Against
  Born Against was an American hardcore punk band from New York active between 1989–1993. In addition to their radical leftist politics, the group espoused a DIY punk message and challenged what they perceived as problematic within the punk subculture of their time.-History:The group was founded in...
  
  
• Bread and Circuits
  Bread and Circuits
  Bread and Circuits were a band that formed in 1999 and released a self-titled LP on Ebullition Records as well as a split with Former Members of Alfonsin on El Grito Records....
  
  
• Downcast
• Econochrist
  Econochrist
  Econochrist was a political hardcore punk band active in the late eighties and early nineties. They moved from Arkansas to the San Francisco Bay Area to become part of the punk music scene there...
  
  
• Floodgate
• Fuel
  Fuel (hardcore band)
  Fuel was a Bay Area post-hardcore musical act that created both personal and political songs, something that was unique during the "first wave" of emo in the 1990s. Fuel had a sound akin to early-Hot Water Music and especially Fugazi with twin guitars and dueling rough post-hardcore vocals...
  
  
• Iconoclast
• Jara
• Los Crudos
  Los Crudos
  Los Crudos was an American hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois that existed from 1991 to 1998. The band played in the hardcore punk style, and were a popular act within the DIY underground of the 1990s. Being Latino, they paved the way for later Spanish-speaking punk bands and helped to...
  
  
• Life... But How To Live It?
  Life... But How To Live It?
  Life... But How to Live It? was a Norwegian hardcore punk band, formed in Oslo in 1988. They played their first show at UFFA, Trondheim October 22 1988 and their final show at Kampen Verksted, Oslo, April 2 1994.-Members:*Katja Benneche Osvold - Vocals...
  
  
• Manrae
• Moss Icon
  Moss Icon
  Moss Icon was an Annapolis, Maryland post-hardcore band from 1986 to 1991. Its original members were singer Jonathan Vance, guitarist Tonie Joy, bassist Monica DiGialleonardo, and drummer Mark Laurence. Alex Badertscher joined as second guitarist in 1990...
  
  
• Orchid
  Orchid (band)
  Orchid was a screamo band from Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the "screamo" sound, Orchid combined this with a post-modern aesthetic, releasing several extended play and splits as well as three LPs...
  
  
• Policy of 3
  Policy of 3
  Policy of 3 was an American emocore quartet from New Jersey that existed from 1989 to 1995. They existed in the early days of the genre, and were among the many bands that helped to define its sound, blending the raw energy of punk rock with left-wing politics and the more varied tempos and...
  
  
• Portraits of Past
  Portraits of Past
  Portraits of Past is a post-hardcore band from the San Francisco Bay Area that existed roughly from 1994-1995. The genre of music that they helped create is often described as "screamo," though that term was not used at the time the band was active...
  
  
• Reversal of Man
• Seein' Red
• Severed Head of State
  Severed Head of State
  Severed Head of State is a hardcore punk band with members split between Austin, Texas & Portland, Oregon. Band members play in other bands such as World Burns To Death, J Church, Tragedy, Warcry, Defiance. Their lyrics usually focus on deep detestation of both human nature and the Christian belief...
  
  
• Spitboy
  Spitboy
  Spitboy was an American anarcho-punk band founded in San Francisco, California in the early 1990s by four women. Within their music they aggressively criticized patriarchy and gender roles.-History:...
  
  
• Still Life
  Still Life (US band)
  - History :Still Life was a 3-piece rock band from Moorpark, California. They are credited for helping pioneer the first wave of what is often referred to as emo/emocore /screamo bands in this subgenre that is rooted in punk rock. They started in the late 80s with the name Monster Club...
  
  
• Struggle
• Submission Hold
• This Machine Kills
• Torches To Rome
• Yage
• Yaphet Kotto

Discography

001: Downcast, s/t 7"EP

002: Admiral, "Revolving and Loading" 7"EP

003: Downcast, s/t LP (version 1)

004: Various Artists, "Give Me Back" LP

005: Struggle, s/t 7"EP

006: Downcast, s/t LP (version 2)

007: Sawhorse, s/t 7"EP

008: Iconoclast, s/t 7"EP

009: Spitboy, "True Self Revealed" 7"EP

010: End of the Line, s/t 12"EP

011: Various Artists, "3/12/93" 7"EP

012: Manumission, "Binary Lung" 7"EP

013: Life... But How to Live It?, s/t 12"EP

013.5: Floodgate, "Trouble's A' Brewin'" LP

014: Iconoclast, "Groundlessness of Belief" 7"EP

015: Econochrist, "Skewed" 7"EP

015.5: Iconoclast, discography CD

016: Still Life, "From Angry Heads with Skyward Eyes" 2xLP/CD

016.5: Moss Icon, "It Disappears" LP

017: Struggle, s/t LP/"One Settler One Bullet" CD

018: Econochrist: "Trained to Serve" LP

019: Portraits of Past/Bleed, split 7"EP

020: Jara, s/t 7"EP

021: Various Artists, "Illiterate" LP

022: Spitboy. "Rasana" 7"EP

022.5: Failure Face, "All Pain No Gain" 7"EP

023: Fuel

Fuel (hardcore band)

Fuel was a Bay Area post-hardcore musical act that created both personal and political songs, something that was unique during the "first wave" of emo in the 1990s. Fuel had a sound akin to early-Hot Water Music and especially Fugazi with twin guitars and dueling rough post-hardcore vocals...

, "Monuments to Excess" LP

024: Various Artists, "XXX" 2xLP/CD

025: Los Crudos/Spitboy, split LP

025.5: Ice Nine/Gadje, split 7"EP

026: Amber Inn, "Serenity in Hand" 7"EP

027: Various Artists, "HeartattaCk #10" LP

028: Manrae, "Pacata Hibernia" 7"EP

028.5: Manumission, "Diego Rivera" 7"EP

029: Various Artists, "Amnesia" LP

030: Econochrist, "Another Victim" 7"EP

030.5: Julia, s/t LP

031: Ex-Ignota, "Lazarus is Back to Report Sunny Skies in Heaven" 7"EP

032: Portraits of Past, "0101010101" LP/CD

033: Seein' Red, "Marinus" 7"EP

033.5: Incurable Complaint, s/t 7"EP

034: Ivich, "La Vie Devant Soi" 10"EP

035: Monster X, "Attrition" 7"EP

035.5: Sawpit, s/t 7"EP

036: Bleed, "True Colors Running" 7"EP

037: Econochrist, discography 2xCD

038: Torches to Rome, s/t 12"EP

039: Amber Inn, "All Roads Lead Home" LP/CD

040: Born and Razed, "Holy Wars" LP

041: Submission Hold, "Waiting for Another Monkey to Throw the First Wrench" LP/CD

042: Bread and Circuits, s/t LP/CD

043 Yaphet Kotto, "the Killer was in the Government Blankets" LP/CD

044: Reversal of Man, "This is Medicine" LP/CD

045: Orchid - "Chaos Is Me

Chaos Is Me

Chaos Is Me is the debut studio album by American screamo band Orchid. It was released in 1999 through Ebullition Records. Chaos Is Me heralded the change of the guard for extreme music, and brought both Amherst, Massachusetts and Hampshire College to the forefront of the scene's attention.- Track...

" LP

046: Orchid - "Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!

Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!

Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! is the second studio album by screamo band Orchid. It was released on 10" vinyl by Ebullition Records. The vinyl press was limited to 3000 copies; 1000 each in Red, Yellow and clear.-Track listing:-Recording Personnel:...

" 10"EP

047: Severed Head of State, s/t 7"EP/discography CD

048: Countdown to Putsch, Book and CD

049: Yaphet Kotto, "Syncopated Synthetic Laments for Love" LP/CD

050: Submission Hold, "Sackcloth and Ashes the Ostrich Dies at Midnight" LP/CD

051: Orchid, s/t LP/CD

052: This Machine Kills, "Death in the Audobon Ballroom" LP/CD

053: Severed Head of State, "No Love Lost" 7"EP/CD

054: Policy of 3, discography 2xCD

055: Yage, "Anders Lieben" LP/CD

056: Yaphet Kotto, "We Bury Our Dead Alive" LP/CD

057: Ampere, "All Our Tomorrows End Today" 10"EP/CD

058: Seein' Red, "We Need to Do more than Just Music" LP

059: Ampere/Sinaloa, split LP/CD

010000: Born Against/Suckerpunch split flexi