In the Red Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 in Los Angeles, CA formed in 1991 by Larry Hardy. It is known for hosting garage punk

Garage punk

Garage punk is a fusion of garage rock and punk rock. It is fast-paced lo-fi music characterized by a dirty, choppy guitar sound—usually played by bands who are on independent record labels or who are unsigned...

 related bands on its label.

Some bands that have released LPs on this label include Cheater Slicks

Cheater Slicks

Cheater Slicks is a three-man garage punk band formed in Boston in 1987. The members are Tom Shannon , Dave Shannon , and Dana Hatch . They toured with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in 1995. The band relocated to Columbus, OH, in 1996 and is still active. They played their 20th anniversary show on...

, Thee Oh Sees, Reigning Sound

Reigning Sound

The Reigning Sound is an American garage punk band originally based out of Memphis, Tennessee, now located in Asheville, North Carolina. The band's current lineup includes former Oblivians and Compulsive Gamblers frontman Greg Cartwright on lead vocals and guitar, David Wayne Gay on bass, Lance...

, the Ponys, the Intelligence

The Intelligence (band)

The Intelligence is a lo-fi post-punk rock band from Seattle, founded by Lars Finberg, drummer of the A Frames.-Biography:The Intelligence was formed by Lars Finberg. Finberg played since the late '90s in other bands with vocalist/guitarist Erin Sullivan, and bassist Min Yee .A-Frames and the...

, the Hunches

The Hunches

The Hunches was a garage punk band from Portland, Oregon. The Hunches comprised bass player Sarah Epstein, singer Hart Geldhill, guitarist Chris Gunn, and drummer Ben Spencer. The band's albums were released by In the Red Records, while singles and contributions to compilation albums were...

, the Dirtbombs

The Dirtbombs

The Dirtbombs are an American garage rock band based in Detroit, Michigan, notable for blending diverse influences such as punk rock and soul while featuring a dual bass guitar, dual drum and guitar lineup...

, the Deadly Snakes

The Deadly Snakes

The Deadly Snakes were a Canadian indie rock band influenced by garage rock, punk, folk rock, and early r&b.-History:Formed in Toronto in 1996, the band's final line-up consisted of Andre Ethier on vocals and guitars, Matthew Carlson on guitar, trumpet and bass, Chad Ross on guitar, bass and...

, Sparks

Sparks (band)

Sparks is an American rock and pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1968 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael , initially under the name Halfnelson...

, Andre Williams

Andre Williams

Andre Williams is an American R&B and punk blues musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit.-Biography:...

, Black Lips

Black Lips

Black Lips are a "Flower Punk" band from Atlanta, Georgia.-History:The band formed in 1999 in Dunwoody, Georgia after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left the Reruns. Alexander and Swilley were known for their crude antics both...

, LAMPS, Pussy Galore

Pussy Galore (band)

Pussy Galore was an American garage rock band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1985. They had a constantly fluid line-up until their demise in 1990. Like many garage rock outfits, they were dogged by substance abuse problems...

, Boss Hog

Boss Hog

Boss Hog is an American punk blues band including the husband and wife duo of Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez along with Jens Jurgensen , Hollis Queens and Mark Boyce...

, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are an American alternative rock trio, formed in 1991 and based out of New York City, New York. The band consists of Judah Bauer on guitar, backing vocals, harmonica and occasional lead vocals, Russell Simins on drums and Jon Spencer on vocals, guitar and theremin...

, Jay Reatard

Jay Reatard

Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr. , better known by the stage name Jay Reatard, was an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. Lindsey was signed to Matador Records...

, The Horrors

The Horrors (disambiguation)

The Horrors may refer to:* The horrors, an acute episode of delirium that is usually caused by withdrawal or abstinence* The Horrors, an English rock band* The Horrors EP, an extended play by The Horrors...

, Bassholes, The Fuse

The Fuse

The Fuse is the eighth album by Pennywise, released on August 9, 2005. The Fuse charted at number 36 in Australia on the ARIA Albums Chart, their third lowest position on the chart among the band's album releases.-Track listing:...

, Country Teasers

Country Teasers

Country Teasers is a Scottish art punk band formed in 1993.Early Country Teasers albums were characterised by illiterate, scathingly satirical lyrics and discordant, repetitive sound – like William S...

, the King Khan & BBQ Show

The King Khan & BBQ Show

The King Khan & BBQ Show was a Canadian Garage rock duo from Montreal, Quebec who mixed doo-wop and punk. The band was composed of former Spaceshits bandmates Mark Sultan and Blacksnake, alias King Khan. Mark Sultan, under the pseudonym BBQ, contributed vocals, guitar, tambourine, bass drum, and...

, Panther Burns, Demon's Claws

Demon's Claws

The Demon's Claws are a Montreal, Canada garage band.The band was formed out of the underground Canadian garage punk scene.The Demon's Claws are a rock and roll band known for blending a trashy '60s punk sound, with raw folk and country melodies...

, Mark Sultan

Mark Sultan

Mark Sultan is a Canadian musician and entrepreneur from Montreal, Quebec. He was a member of a number of Canadian garage bands including the Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos, and Mind Controls...

, Vivian Girls

Vivian Girls

Vivian Girls are an American band from Brooklyn, New York.- History :Vivian Girls, named after the magnum opus of outsider author Henry Darger, started in Brooklyn, NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone ; Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman; and Frankie Rose...

, Monkey Wrench

Monkey wrench

The monkey wrench is an adjustable wrench, a later American development of eighteenth century English coach wrenches. It was popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but is now used only for heavier tasks, having been mostly replaced by the lighter and sleeker shifting adjustable or...

, Human Eye

Human eye

The human eye is an organ which reacts to light for several purposes. As a conscious sense organ, the eye allows vision. Rod and cone cells in the retina allow conscious light perception and vision including color differentiation and the perception of depth...

, Strange Boys

Strange Boys

The Strange Boys are an American rock 'n' roll band based in Austin, Texas, composed of Ryan Sambol , Philip Sambol , Greg Enlow , Mike La Franchi , Jenna E. Thornhill DeWitt , and Tim Presley...

, Blank Dogs

Blank Dogs

Blank Dogs is an American post-punk project from Brooklyn. It is essentially a stage name for Mike Sniper, a multi-instrumentalist who had previously played with DC Snipers....

, Dávila 666, Speedball Baby and Sonic Chicken 4.

The label's first release was by The Morlocks, and it's second release was Kings Of Rock. Larry Hardy has publicly stated that he wished he would have waited for Mick Collins

Mick Collins

Mick Collins is a musician from Detroit, Michigan.- Biography :Collins first played in a band called the U-Boats in 1981 and then in the Floor Tasters from 1984 to 1985. In 1986, the 20-year old Collins helped form the seminal garage punk band, The Gories...

' The Gories

The Gories

The Gories are an American garage rock trio that formed in Detroit in 1986. They were among the first 1980s garage punk bands to incorporate overt blues influences...

material to be finished for the first release. However the Gories recording was slow going and Larry became impatient, rushing the two initial releases into production.