Idol Records is a Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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-based record label

Record label

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 and publishing company founded in 1993 by Erv Karwelis who serves as President of the label. Its roster currently consists of bands such as The O's, The Crash That Took Me, Here Holy Spain, Sponge

Sponge (band)

Sponge is a post-grunge band from Detroit, Michigan formed in 1991 by Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Tim Cross and Joey Mazzola. Sponge was signed to Sony Records in 1994 but have since switched to other labels....

, Watershed

Watershed (Columbus Ohio band)

Watershed is an American rock band based in Columbus, Ohio, consisting of Colin Gawel , Joe Oestreich , Joe Peppercorn , Dave Masica...

, Flickerstick

Flickerstick

Flickerstick was a Ft. Worth, TX rock band who gained national attention after winning VH1's acclaimed and Emmy-nominated talent/reality show Bands on the Run.-Birth and local fame:...

, and PPT. In January 2009 Idol launched an Art-Pop sub label Exploding Plastic Records the first band signed to the label was Little Black Dress.

Idol Records received the Dallas Observer Music Award for "Best Record Label" 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007.

Idol Records is a member of the American Association of Independent Music

American Association of Independent Music

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 A2IM and National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

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 ARAS].

Artists

• The American Fuse
• AwkQuarius
• Billyclub
• Black Tie Dynasty
  Black Tie Dynasty
  Black Tie Dynasty was an American indie rock band from Fort Worth, Texas.The group signed with Idol Records in 2004, releasing their debut-EP the following year. Movements, their first full-length album followed in 2006 on the same label. It featured the single "Tender", which peaked at #8 on the...
  
  
• Boys Named Sue
• Calhoun
  Calhoun
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• Centro-matic
  Centro-Matic
  Centro-Matic is an alternative country band based in Denton, Texas. It started in 1995 as a side-project for Will Johnson. It released a few singles that year and grew into a full-fledged group in 1997. The initial 60 songs recorded in a Millstadt, Illinois studio supplied the material for the...
  
  
• Charming Gardeners
• Chomsky
  Chomsky (band)
  Chomsky is an American band similar to XTC and The Police.-Founding:Chomsky originated in the early 1990s in Denton, Texas under the moniker "House on The Hill". Guitarists Sean Halleck and John Norris of Arlington were in this initial group...
  
  
• Clumsy
  Clumsy
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• Cold Cash Machine
• The Crash That Took Me
• DARYL
• The Deathray Davies
  The Deathray Davies
  -History:The band formed as a solo side-project for Dallas musician John Dufilho, who sent in a demo tape to the 1999 SXSW performance; he recruited friends from other local Dallas bands in order to perform...
  
  
• The Fags
• The Falcon Project
• Flickerstick
  Flickerstick
  Flickerstick was a Ft. Worth, TX rock band who gained national attention after winning VH1's acclaimed and Emmy-nominated talent/reality show Bands on the Run.-Birth and local fame:...
  
  
• Funland
  Funland
  Funland is a comedy / thriller serial, produced by the BBC that was first screened from Sunday 23 October 2005 to Monday 7 November 2005 , on the digital channel BBC Three...
  
  
• G.B.H.
  G.B.H.
  GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael Murray , the Militant Labour leader of a city council in the North of England and Jim Nelson , the headmaster of a school for disturbed children...
  
  
• Gaston Light
• Gunfighter
• Hagfish
  Hagfish
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• Here Holy Spain
• Hoarse
• Chris Holt
  Chris Holt
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• Trey Johnson
  Trey Johnson
  Clinton "Trey" Johnson III is an American professional basketball player. Johnson played college basketball with the Alcorn State Braves and the Jackson State Tigers in the Southwestern Athletic Conference . During his senior year, he won the SWAC Player of the Year award...
  
  
• Will Johnson
  Will Johnson
  William "Will" Johnson is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer and the Canada national soccer team.-Youth:...
  
  
• Little Black Dress
• Macavity
  Macavity
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• The Mag Seven
• Mazinga Phaser
  Mazinga Phaser
  Mazinga Phaser was a psychedelic Space Rock group from Denton, Texas active during the latter half of the 1990s. The band's founder, Mwanza "Wanz" Dover also formed The Falcon Project before forming a new line-up of the band as Mazinga Phaser II....
  
  
• Mitra
  Mitra
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• Moxy Roxx
• The O's
• Old 97's
  Old 97's
  The Old 97's are an alternative country band from Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1993, they have since released nine studio albums, two full extended plays, shared split duty on another, and have one live album. Their most recent release is The Grand Theatre, Volume Two...
  
  
• The Paper Chase
  The Paper Chase (band)
  The Paper Chase was an alternative rock band formed in 1998 by well known producer/engineer John Congleton in Dallas, Texas, signed to Kill Rock Stars and Southern Records. Their Albums "God Bless Your Black Heart" and "Now You Are One Of Us" have been released on vinyl by the Austrian label Trost...
  
  
• Pervis
• Pikahsso
  Pikahsso
  Terry Wayne Jones Jr. , primarily known by his stage name Pikahsso, is an American Hip Hop artist from Dallas, Texas.- Life and career :...
  
  
• PPT
• Glen Reynolds
• Shibboleth
  Shibboleth
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• Skeemin' NoGoods
• The Slack
  The Slack
  The Slack is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated near to Butterknowle, to the west of Bishop Auckland....
  
  
• Sponge
  Sponge (band)
  Sponge is a post-grunge band from Detroit, Michigan formed in 1991 by Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, Tim Cross and Joey Mazzola. Sponge was signed to Sony Records in 1994 but have since switched to other labels....
  
  
• Tahiti
  Tahiti
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• Watershed

External links

• Idol Records Official site
• Idol Records Myspace
• Idol Records Last FM page