Pizza of Death is a Japanese record label based in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, and was founded by Hi-Standard

Hi-Standard

Hi-Standard is a Japanese punk rock band who formed in 1991. The release Making the Road sparked sold-out Japan shows and US/European tours with punk bands such as NOFX, No Use for a Name and WIZO. Although members of Hi-Standard were Japanese born, all of the band's major releases were sung in...

 front man Ken Yokoyama

Ken Yokoyama

Ken Yokoyama* Ken Yokoyama is a member of Hi-Standard, and BBQ CHICKENS.He's the founder of the punk record label, Pizza of Death Records.* Ken Yokoyama is a member of Crazy Ken Band....

. It was created in 1994 as a record label inside a record label (Fat Wreck Chords

Fat Wreck Chords

Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990....

), and officially established itself as fully independent in 1999 with the release of Hi-Standard's Making the Road

Making the Road

Making the Road is the third album from Japanese punk rock band, Hi-Standard. Recorded back in their native country, it was released on American label, Fat Wreck Chords, in November, 1999....

. The label currently holds 19 bands, 5 of which are based in The United States and Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. One of these is Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in 1995. The Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. The band is named after a children's book of the same name by Gerald G. Jampolsky and Diane V. Cirincione...

, which is associated with several well-known American punk musicians from the United States, including producer and bassist Fat Mike of NOFX

NOFX

NOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...

.

Toy's Factory

Toy's Factory

is a Japanese record label founded in 1990 as a VAP subsidiary, based in Japan. It has since become an independent company.-Sub-Labels:* bellissima!* Carnage* Deep Blue* Idyllic* Kimi* Meme Tokyo* -Artists:*Aobozu*Armageddon*Bump of Chicken...

 currently distributes this label.

Current Bands

Japanese bands:

• Water Closet
• Comeback my Daughters
• Moga the 5
• Toast
• BBQ CHICKENS
  BBQ CHICKENS
  BBQ Chickens is a Japanese hardcore punk band, created in 2000 by former Hi-Standard member Ken Yokoyama. All four members have been "buddies since childhood", and convened to form the band when Ken announced the hiatus of Hi-Standard...
  
  
• Hawaiian6
• Razors Edge
• The Genbaku Onanies
• Ken Yokoyama
  Ken Yokoyama
  Ken Yokoyama* Ken Yokoyama is a member of Hi-Standard, and BBQ CHICKENS.He's the founder of the punk record label, Pizza of Death Records.* Ken Yokoyama is a member of Crazy Ken Band....
  
  
• Asparagus
• Slimeball
• Upper
• F.I.B.

North American and European bands:

• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
  Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
  Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in 1995. The Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. The band is named after a children's book of the same name by Gerald G. Jampolsky and Diane V. Cirincione...
  
  
• Good Riddance
  Good Riddance
  Good Riddance was a punk rock band from Santa Cruz, California. They released seven full-length studio albums on Fat Wreck Chords, and their final album was a live recording of their farewell concert in 2007. Led by vocalist Russ Rankin, the band's longtime lineup included guitarist Luke Pabich,...
  
  
• Venerea
• 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...
  
  
• Snuff
  Snuff (band)
  Snuff are a British punk rock band formed in Hendon in 1986. Their name reportedly came about after a long discussion about names ended up with one of them claiming "That's Enough", which was then shortened to Snuff...
  
  

Compilations

• The Best New-Comer Of The Year
• The Very Best of Pizza of Death I
• The Very Best of Pizza of Death II
• Have a Slice of Death