Goldenrod Records was a record label

Record label

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 formed by Tod Swank

Tod Swank

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 in 1991

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 in San Diego, California to release the first 7" record by Custom Floor

Custom Floor

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, a band consisting of skateboarders Garry Davis

Garry Davis

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, Phil Esbenshade

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, and Miki Vuckovich. After the release of the Custom Floor record, Swank's other project, Foundation Skateboards, gained some financial momentum, and Goldenrod was put on hold. Swank's friend Mark Waters

Mark Waters

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, an employee at Lou's Records at the time, and also a photographer and writer in the skateboarding world, was looking to start a record label and asked Swank for advice. A partnership was born and the "no rules for records" idea continued. A long series of releases by primarily San Diego bands followed, and several noteworthy San Diego bands made their debut on Goldenrod Records: No Knife

No Knife

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, Heavy Vegetable

Heavy Vegetable

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, Boilermaker

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, 100 Watt Halo, The Crimson Curse, etc. Other notable bands who released records on Goldenrod include Three Mile Pilot

Three Mile Pilot

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, fluf

Fluf

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, Supernova

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, Tina, Age 13, Big Drill Car

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, Hemlock, Lucy's Fur Coat

Lucy's Fur Coat

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, Fishwife, Deadbolt

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. Cars Get Crushed and more. Although technically the label still exists, the only release since 1998

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 was What Is Your? by Waters' band Contribution in 2004.

See also

• List of record labels
• List of Goldenrod Records releases