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Household Name Records is a DIY punk rock
Punk rock
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 record label
Record label
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, based in London
London
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, UK
United Kingdom
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. It has been home to notable artists including Howards Alias
Howards Alias
Howards Alias were a band in the modern UK underground punk scene. They formed in 1999 in Southampton, England and blend an eclectic mix of rock, progressive, punk and ska influences into their own musical output. They permanently disbanded in April 2008....

, Lightyear
Lightyear (band)
Lightyear were a UK 7-piece ska punk band. They formed in 1997 in Derby, England.They signed to Household Name Records in 2001, and the band released two full-length albums via the label...

, and Adequate Seven
Adequate Seven
Adequate Seven were a seven piece punk band from the UK who blended music styles such as hip hop, hardcore, punk, and funk who formed in 2000 and split in December 2006.-History:...

. It was started in 1996 by David "Lil" Giles and Katherine "Kafren" Vik to promote unknown UK bands. They became addicted after releasing their first compilation and have now released over 100 records
Household Name Records discography
The following is a list of titles releases by Household Name Records, an independent record label based in London, UK....

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Previous bands

  • The 241ers
  • Adequate Seven
    Adequate Seven
    Adequate Seven were a seven piece punk band from the UK who blended music styles such as hip hop, hardcore, punk, and funk who formed in 2000 and split in December 2006.-History:...

  • Antimaniax
    Antimaniax
    Antimaniax is a four-piece skacore, lyrically anti-authoritarian band from Austria that was formed in 1998.-History:Though they released a demo recording, We're Tryin'... in 2000, their first official release came in the form of a mini album, As Long As People Think on Household Name Records in 2002...

  • The Arteries
  • Assert
  • Belvedere
    Belvedere (band)
    Belvedere was a Canadian Punk Rock band formed in 1995. Originally not meant to play a show, they gained a cult following in Canada's punk scene...

  • Big D and the Kids Table
    Big D and the Kids Table
    Big D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork In Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records and SideOneDummy...

  • Bombshell Rocks
    Bombshell Rocks
    Bombshell Rocks is a band that was founded in 1995, in Västerås, Sweden.- History :Before playing under this name, the group was called Down and Out...

  • Brain Failure
    Brain Failure
    Brain Failure is a punk rock band that is based in Beijing, China. The band's music is influenced by bands such as The Clash and Rancid. Their lyrical subject matter covers politics and personal politics. They have toured with Dropkick Murphys, The Business, and The Unseen from Boston,...

  • Breed 77
    Breed 77
    Breed 77 is a British band from the overseas territory of Gibraltar whose music is a fusion of alternative metal and flamenco.-Origin:Breed 77 comes from the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Old Gibraltarian school friends, Paul Isola, Danny Felice, and Stuart Cavilla met up in London and...

  • Bullets To Broadway
  • Canvas
    Canvas (band)
    Canvas was a rock band from Austin, Texas. For most of their history the lineup was Joseph King , Julian Mandrake , Ben Rada , Brad Byram , and Scott Thomas...

  • Capdown
    Capdown
    Capdown are a band from Milton Keynes, England. Originally known as Soap, their songs have political themes as alluded to by their name, which is short for Capitalist Downfall...

  • Captain Everything!
    Captain Everything!
    Captain Everything! are a punk band from Watford, United Kingdom. They met at Parmiter's School. Formed in 1998, the band play high tempo pop-punk, which was branded "Bubblegum Thrash". Renowned for their heavy touring schedule, they have played all over the UK and Europe, touring with bands such...

  • The Cut Ups
  • Da Skywalkers
  • Dead Inside
  • Enemy Alliance
  • Ensign
    Ensign (band)
    Ensign is a hardcore punk band from New Jersey, USA. It was formed in 1995 and signed to Indecision Records in 1996. They signed to the larger label "next door", Dexter Holland's Nitro Records in 1998 and finally came to rest at Blackout Records in 2003 after a brief sortie back to Indecision in...

  • Fig.4.0
    Fig.4.0
    Fig 4.0 were a popular and influential harcore punk band from Leeds, UK. Formed in 1999 from the remnants of skacore act "Tinker's Rucksack", Fig 4.0 abandoned the comedy songs and ska covers of their previous incarnation in favour of a heavier metalcore sound and more personal lyrics...

  • The Filaments
    The Filaments
    The Filaments are a street-punk band with brass. They formed in 2000 in Chelmsford, Essex UK. Influences cited include Rancid, The Clash, Operation Ivy, The Business, The 4-Skins, and The Specials.-Career:...

  • Five Knuckle
    Five Knuckle
    -History:Five Knuckle from Bristol, England formed in 1998, playing punk & hardcore influenced by Minor Threat, Refused, Anti-Flag, At the Drive-In and Choking Victim amongst others...

  • The Foamers
    The Foamers
    The Foamers first got together back in 1996, and were formed in a pub in Epsom, Surrey by Chris, Carlos and Kerem, soon to be joined by Tom. After a few months of writing and practising in true punk rock fashion they recorded a bunch of tracks in a local studio which had been converted from a...

  • Former Cell Mates
  • Griswalds
  • The Hard-Ons
  • Hard Skin
  • HHH
  • Hostage Life
    Hostage Life
    Hostage Life was a Canadian punk band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2002, Hostage Life released its first EP, Sing for the Enemy on Toronto's independent punk rock label, Underground Operations, home to such bands as Closet Monster and Protest The Hero...

  • Howards Alias
    Howards Alias
    Howards Alias were a band in the modern UK underground punk scene. They formed in 1999 in Southampton, England and blend an eclectic mix of rock, progressive, punk and ska influences into their own musical output. They permanently disbanded in April 2008....

  • Imbalance
  • Indecision
  • John Holmes
  • Kafka
  • Kenisia
  • The Kenmores
  • The King Blues
    The King Blues
    The King Blues are a punk band from London, England, credited for fusing ska and folk together with influences from punk rock and hardcore punk. Tariq Ali described the band's sounds as 'rough, radical music that should unsettle the rulers of this country. A new generation of musicians are...

  • Knuckledust
    Knuckledust
    Knuckledust are a London-based hardcore band. The band was formed in 1996 when Nic, Ray and Wema contacted Pelbu to start a band. As the groups popularity grew, the band played with Agnostic Front, Warzone, Madball, The Misfits among others....

  • Leftöver Crack
    Leftöver Crack
    Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska and hardcore punk, they classify themselves as "crack-rocksteady". The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and...

  • Lightyear
    Lightyear (band)
    Lightyear were a UK 7-piece ska punk band. They formed in 1997 in Derby, England.They signed to Household Name Records in 2001, and the band released two full-length albums via the label...

  • Lockdown
    Lockdown Project
    Lockdown Project is an alternative hip hop group hailing from southern England. Most commonly known simply as Lockdown or LDP is a group of young rappers and musicians.-Music:...

  • Loophole
  • Medulla Nocte
  • Milloy
  • Not Waving But Drowning
  • One Fine Day
  • The Peacocks
    The Peacocks (band)
    The Peacocks are a Swiss psychobilly, cow punk and rock & roll band from Winterthur founded in 1990. Their signature look comprises black 1950s-style suits and pompadour hairstyles.-History:...

  • The Planet Smashers
    The Planet Smashers
    The Planet Smashers are a ska punk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since their formation in 1994, they have been a staple of the Montreal music scene. During the third wave of ska, they quickly rose to national, and eventual international fame, with tours in the United States, Europe, and Japan...

  • Red Lights Flash
    Red Lights Flash
    Red Lights Flash was a punk band from Graz in Austria.The band was formed in 1997. They have political lyrics and play melodic-punk. Red Lights Flash was the first European band that signed a contract with the punk label A-F Records...

  • Satanic Surfers
    Satanic Surfers
    -History:Satanic Surfers were formed in fall 1989 by vocalist Erik and drummer Rodrigo. Soon after Frederick and Magnus joined on guitar and Tomek on bass, but the band did not release their debut, Skate to Hell, until 1993. Skate to Hell was the first release issued by Bad Taste Records...

  • Scraper
    Scraper (band)
    Scraper were a band hailing from the West Midlands of the United Kingdom, specialising in 100 Mph Hardcore punk. Influenced by a variety of Punk rock and Hardcore punk bands, Scraper were likened to Snuff, Leatherface, China Drum, Hüsker Dü and even Fast Eddie period Motörhead...

  • Silencer 7
  • Snap Her
  • Special Move
  • Spectreman
  • Suicide Bid
    Suicide Bid
    Suicide Bid are a musical collective from Manchester, London, Philadelphia, Scotland and a few more places. They released their first CD, a mini album entitled This Is The Generation in late 2005...

  • Taint
    Taint (band)
    Taint are a three-piece metal band from Swansea, Wales. The band formed in 1994 while still teenagers, releasing a string of demos, compilation features and split records over eleven years until their first full length album, The Ruin of Nová Roma, was released in 2005...

  • The Take
    The Take (band)
    The Take were a punk/post-hardcore band from Cardiff, Wales, The Take have released two albums: Propeller on Household Name, and Dolomite on Bombed Out Records....

  • Thinktank
  • This is a Standoff
    This Is A Standoff
    This Is a Standoff is a Canadian melodic hardcore/punk rock band.After the demise of their former band Belvedere, songwriter/guitarist Steve Rawles and drummer Graham Churchill were set on starting a new project and getting back on the road. After joining forces with Forty Cent Fix’s John Meloche,...

  • Two Cow Garage
    Two Cow Garage
    -History:The group was formed in September 2001 by singer/guitarist Micah Schnabel, born in Bucyrus Ohio, who began playing with drummer Dustin Harigle in and around Columbus. Guitarist Chris Flint joined the group after seeing one of their early shows, and bassist Shane Sweeney followed soon...

  • Vic Ruggiero
    Vic Ruggiero
    Victor "Vic" Ruggiero, is a musician, songwriter and producer from New York City who has played in many ska bands, such as The Slackers, Stubborn All-Stars, SKAndalous All Stars, Crazy Baldhead and The Silencers...

  • Withdrawn
  • Yeast
  • Ye Wiles
  • You Me and the Atom Bomb
  • Zatopeks
    Zatopeks
    Zatopeks are a British pop punk band who formed in the United Kingdom in 2001; several band members played together in the band called 3½" Floppy founded in 1999 at Birmingham University...


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