Rodent Popsicle Records
Encyclopedia
Rodent Popsicle is an American
record label
, founded by Bill Damon, best known as the singer of the band Toxic Narcotic
with the help of his bandmates. Following the D.I.Y. ethic
, the purpose of the label is to not pursue profits from the releases, instead, help bands to get heard. The label has released albums by A Global Threat
, Fleas and Lice
, Darkbuster
, Toxic Narcotic
, Mouth Sewn Shut, The Profit$, Retching Red
, The Restarts
, Naked Aggression
, Iskra
and The Varukers
among others, reaching more than 100 records released.
, but the label quickly started to grow, releasing the first 7" EP of the Hingham
band The Unseen, titled Too Young To Know... Too Reckless To Care in 1994, this would help to get known in the Boston area. Some of the early releases included Food Chain in Your Living Room by August Spies, Populution, New Ways to Create Waste and 2 Oz. Slab of Hate by Toxic Narcotic
.
At the end of the 90s the label released the compilations
Another Boston Punk Comp. and Boston Punk 2000, supporting local Boston bands, and the Toxic Narcotic
split album
s with Whorehouse of Representatives, and The Unseen among other albums. Bands like A Poor Excuse, The Prifit$, The Statistics, Shoot the Hostages, Razorwire and others released albums with Rodent Popsicle Records at that time.
By 2000 the label began to release albums from international bands, because of this, they decided to take a more serious stand, with an increasing volume of records, also the quality developed, having releases from bands such as Antidote and Fleas and Lice
from Netherlands
, the re-issue
of the Murder LP and the Nothing's Changed EP
of The Varukers
in one CD
, Allergic to Whores from Cleveland
, Iskra
from Canada
, Bristle from Seattle
, Naked Aggression
from Los Angeles
, Virulent Strain from New York
, Fabulous Disaster
from San Francisco
, Clusterfux from Denver
and several Boston
bands like A Global Threat
, Tommy & The Terrors, The Epidemic, The Profit$, Mouth Sewn Shut, State Control, Mung (featuring members of The Freeze
, Darkbuster
, Wrecking Crew, and Avoid One Thing
), Midnight Creeps, Disaster Strikes, Retching Red
, Capo Regime, 26 Beers, Short Changed, and Two Man Advantage
to name a few.
Besides the mentioned bands and releases, the label has put out records like California Republic
, a 4-way split album
featuring songs by The Abuse, Cropknox, Monster Squad
and Whiskey Rebels, also released by Burnt Ramen Records; Boston Massacre Vol. 1, featuring the Toxic Narcotic
/ The Unseen split
, and the self-titled EPs
by The Statistics and A Poor Excuse in one CD
, and Boston Massacre Vol. 2, with the Toxic Narcotic
/ A Global Threat
split
, Outbound by Tommy & The Terrors and Dying for Dollars by the Profit$; a double disc
compilation
titled Boston: A Punk And Hardcore Compilation, featuring 60 tracks with bands in Rodent Popsicle and other bands from Boston
; also, a DVD
with the live performance by Toxic Narcotic
in Boston
filmed at their 15th Anniversary show on .
United States
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record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, founded by Bill Damon, best known as the singer of the band Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...
with the help of his bandmates. Following the D.I.Y. ethic
DIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
, the purpose of the label is to not pursue profits from the releases, instead, help bands to get heard. The label has released albums by A Global Threat
A Global Threat
A Global Threat was an American street punk band, formed in Bangor, ME in 1997. They released four full-length LPs as well as many 7" EPs and have toured extensively throughout the United States.- History 1997–2000 :...
, Fleas and Lice
Fleas and Lice
Fleas and Lice are a crust punk band from Groningen, Netherlands. Three of the members were originally part of Mushroom Attack, also from Holland. Their records have been released by Skuld Releases in Europe, and Profane Existence Records and Rodent Popsicle Records in the United States...
, Darkbuster
Darkbuster
Darkbuster is a punk rock band hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, known largely for their songs about the joys of heavy drinking, which have earned them a strong following in the American Northeast....
, Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...
, Mouth Sewn Shut, The Profit$, Retching Red
Retching Red
Retching Red was an Oakland, California-based hardcore punk band that formed in late July 2004. Their lyrics mainly deal with feminist and leftist political issues....
, The Restarts
The Restarts
The Restarts are a street punk band from London, England.They formed in 1995 in London with Darragh on drums, Kieran from Armed and Hammered on bass, and Mik on the guitar. They played many shows in the UK with their three-piece until Mik left, at which point Alan joined the band...
, Naked Aggression
Naked Aggression
Naked Aggression is a punk rock band which was formed in Madison, Wisconsin in late 1990. Naked Aggression appeared in the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization III. Their lyrics often cover sociopolitical issues from a libertarian socialist perspective, and the band has held benefit...
, Iskra
Iskra (band)
Iskra is a Canadian anarchist, thrash, and black metal project founded in Victoria, British Columbia in 2002. Their name means "spark" in Russian ....
and The Varukers
The Varukers
The Varukers are a UK D-beat band formed in 1979 by vocalist Anthony "Rat" Martin, which produced its most influential recordings in the early 1980s. The band are one of the first to play in the musical style of the hardcore punk band Discharge, known as D-beat...
among others, reaching more than 100 records released.
History
In the beginning, the label was set to release only a few records by Toxic NarcoticToxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...
, but the label quickly started to grow, releasing the first 7" EP of the Hingham
Hingham, Massachusetts
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
band The Unseen, titled Too Young To Know... Too Reckless To Care in 1994, this would help to get known in the Boston area. Some of the early releases included Food Chain in Your Living Room by August Spies, Populution, New Ways to Create Waste and 2 Oz. Slab of Hate by Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...
.
At the end of the 90s the label released the compilations
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Another Boston Punk Comp. and Boston Punk 2000, supporting local Boston bands, and the Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...
split album
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
s with Whorehouse of Representatives, and The Unseen among other albums. Bands like A Poor Excuse, The Prifit$, The Statistics, Shoot the Hostages, Razorwire and others released albums with Rodent Popsicle Records at that time.
By 2000 the label began to release albums from international bands, because of this, they decided to take a more serious stand, with an increasing volume of records, also the quality developed, having releases from bands such as Antidote and Fleas and Lice
Fleas and Lice
Fleas and Lice are a crust punk band from Groningen, Netherlands. Three of the members were originally part of Mushroom Attack, also from Holland. Their records have been released by Skuld Releases in Europe, and Profane Existence Records and Rodent Popsicle Records in the United States...
from Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, the re-issue
Reissue
A reissue is the repeated issue of a published work. In common usage, it refers to an album which has been released at least once before and is released again, sometimes with alterations or additions....
of the Murder LP and the Nothing's Changed EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
of The Varukers
The Varukers
The Varukers are a UK D-beat band formed in 1979 by vocalist Anthony "Rat" Martin, which produced its most influential recordings in the early 1980s. The band are one of the first to play in the musical style of the hardcore punk band Discharge, known as D-beat...
in one CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
, Allergic to Whores from Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, Iskra
Iskra (band)
Iskra is a Canadian anarchist, thrash, and black metal project founded in Victoria, British Columbia in 2002. Their name means "spark" in Russian ....
from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Bristle from Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, Naked Aggression
Naked Aggression
Naked Aggression is a punk rock band which was formed in Madison, Wisconsin in late 1990. Naked Aggression appeared in the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization III. Their lyrics often cover sociopolitical issues from a libertarian socialist perspective, and the band has held benefit...
from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Virulent Strain from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Fabulous Disaster
Fabulous Disaster (band)
Fabulous Disaster was an riot grrl band founded in 1998 out of San Francisco, California.- History :Fabulous Disaster formed in San Francisco in 1998 and released their debut album, Pretty Killers, in 1998 on Evil Eye Records. In 2000, they signed to Fat Wreck Chords', Pink and Black imprint...
from San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, Clusterfux from Denver
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
and several Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
bands like A Global Threat
A Global Threat
A Global Threat was an American street punk band, formed in Bangor, ME in 1997. They released four full-length LPs as well as many 7" EPs and have toured extensively throughout the United States.- History 1997–2000 :...
, Tommy & The Terrors, The Epidemic, The Profit$, Mouth Sewn Shut, State Control, Mung (featuring members of The Freeze
The Freeze
The Freeze are a hardcore punk rock band from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Freeze formed in late 1978. At the time all members were in high school. The Freeze are generally considered to be a Boston hardcore band, but they never truly fit into the typical Boston mold. Like most hardcore groups, the...
, Darkbuster
Darkbuster
Darkbuster is a punk rock band hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, known largely for their songs about the joys of heavy drinking, which have earned them a strong following in the American Northeast....
, Wrecking Crew, and Avoid One Thing
Avoid One Thing
Avoid One Thing was started as a side project by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' bassist Joe Gittleman. The Boston-based group's first album, titled Avoid One Thing, was released in 2002 on Side One Dummy Records. The album was written and recorded almost solely by Gittleman. Gittleman assembled a...
), Midnight Creeps, Disaster Strikes, Retching Red
Retching Red
Retching Red was an Oakland, California-based hardcore punk band that formed in late July 2004. Their lyrics mainly deal with feminist and leftist political issues....
, Capo Regime, 26 Beers, Short Changed, and Two Man Advantage
Two Man Advantage
Two Man Advantage is a hockey themed punk rock group, from Merrick, Long Island, New York. They met via Beer-League hockey and formed the band in 1997. Their shows are very wild as they will dress up and basically put on a "Mock hockey game" on-stage...
to name a few.
Besides the mentioned bands and releases, the label has put out records like California Republic
California Republic (album)
California Republic is a four-way split album featuring the American bands Monster Squad from Vacaville, California, Whiskey Rebels from Sacramento, California, The Abuse also from Vacaville and Cropknox from San Francisco...
, a 4-way split album
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
featuring songs by The Abuse, Cropknox, Monster Squad
Monster Squad (band)
Monster Squad is an American street punk band, formed in Vacaville, California in 1997. The band has released two full length albums, Strength Through Pain with Charged Records in 2004, and Fire the Faith, released by Punk Core Records, as well as three split albums and one EP.In 2008, the band...
and Whiskey Rebels, also released by Burnt Ramen Records; Boston Massacre Vol. 1, featuring the Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...
/ The Unseen split
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
, and the self-titled EPs
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by The Statistics and A Poor Excuse in one CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
, and Boston Massacre Vol. 2, with the Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...
/ A Global Threat
A Global Threat
A Global Threat was an American street punk band, formed in Bangor, ME in 1997. They released four full-length LPs as well as many 7" EPs and have toured extensively throughout the United States.- History 1997–2000 :...
split
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
, Outbound by Tommy & The Terrors and Dying for Dollars by the Profit$; a double disc
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
titled Boston: A Punk And Hardcore Compilation, featuring 60 tracks with bands in Rodent Popsicle and other bands from Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
; also, a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
with the live performance by Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic
Toxic Narcotic is an American crust punk band from Boston, Massachusetts who formed in 1989. Though many label them crust or hardcore, they do not self-identify with any one specific subgenre of DIY punk. Their songs typically include anti war, violence, and green peace lyrics...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
filmed at their 15th Anniversary show on .