Ugly Man Records was started as a Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

-based 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:...

, but it is now based in Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

. The label released debut singles for many Manchester bands, including Elbow

Elbow (band)

Elbow are an English rock band. They have played together since 1990 and recorded five studio albums, the most recent of which is Build a Rocket Boys!, released in March 2011...

, the Man From Delmonte

Man From Delmonte

Man from Delmonte was an independent band from Manchester, England, formed in the mid-1980s.-History:Band members included Mike West , Sheila Seal , Martin Vincent , and Howard Goody ....

 and I Am Kloot

I Am Kloot

I Am Kloot are an English band formed in Manchester, in 1999 by John Bramwell , Peter Jobson and Andy Hargreaves .-History:...

. Ugly Man Records was set up in Bootle

Bootle

Bootle is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England, and a 'Post town' in the L postcode area. Formally known as Bootle-cum-Linacre, the town is 4 miles  to the north of Liverpool city centre, and has a total resident population of 77,640.Historically part of...

, Merseyside

Merseyside

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 in 1986 with the release of Wonderful Life

Wonderful Life (Black song)

"Wonderful Life" is a song by British singer Black from his 1987 album of the same name. Written by Black himself, Colin Vearncombe, the song was released twice as a single and was successful the second time, becoming a top ten hit in Switzerland, Germany, UK, France, Austria and Italy.-Single...

 by Liverpool band Black. This debut release reached 72 in the UK National chart for one week

Previously on Ugly Man Records

Artists who have worked with Ugly Man Records

• Black
• Grown Up Strange
• The Danny Boys
• Man From Delmonte
  Man From Delmonte
  Man from Delmonte was an independent band from Manchester, England, formed in the mid-1980s.-History:Band members included Mike West , Sheila Seal , Martin Vincent , and Howard Goody ....
  
  
• Gayna Rose Madder
• The Desert Wolves
• Dub Sex
• The County Fathers
• Ambitious Beggars
• Too Much Texas
  Too Much Texas
  Too Much Texas were a band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in the mid-eighties, and soon relocating to Oldham, Greater Manchester. They released one single on Ugly Man Records, which had previously released the original version of Black's hit single Wonderful Life and which was later home of I...
  
  
• Fallover 24
• Arthur Magee
• I Am Kloot
  I Am Kloot
  I Am Kloot are an English band formed in Manchester, in 1999 by John Bramwell , Peter Jobson and Andy Hargreaves .-History:...
  
  
• Elbow
  Elbow (band)
  Elbow are an English rock band. They have played together since 1990 and recorded five studio albums, the most recent of which is Build a Rocket Boys!, released in March 2011...
  
  
• Sleepwalker
• Loafer
• Bryan Glancy
• Indigo Jones
• Silverman
• The Milk & Honey Band
• Josephine Oniyama
• Vinny Peculiar
• Tompaulin
  Tompaulin
  Tompaulin were an indie pop band formed in Blackburn, Lancashire, England in 1999, and named after the Irish poet, critic, and lecturer Tom Paulin....
  
  
• Monomania
• Sandbox
• Sandy Kilpatrick

External links

• The chronicle of an Ugly Man - a memoir of a label
• The Mighty Discogs - Ugly Man Discography