Frontier Records
{{Short description|American independent record label}}
{{distinguish|Frontiers Music{{!}}Frontiers Records}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Frontier Records
| image = Frontier Records logo.png
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| founded = {{start date|1980}}
| founder = Lisa Fancher
| genre = Punk, hardcore punk, deathrock, alternative rock, indie rock, progressive metal
| country = U.S.
| location = Los Angeles, California
| website = {{URL|www.frontierrecords.com}}
}}
Frontier Records is an independent record label, started in 1980 in Sun Valley, Los Angeles by Lisa Fancher,{{Cite web |url=http://frontierrecords.com/about.html |title=About Frontier Records |access-date=2007-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510065133/http://frontierrecords.com/about.html |archive-date=2009-05-10 |url-status=dead }} a former employee of BOMP! Records and writer of the liner notes for the first album by The Runaways.
History
Frontier Records first found success with the release of the Circle Jerks album Group Sex. The label went on to put out records by such bands as Suicidal Tendencies, American Music Club, Heatmiser, Redd Kross, Thin White Rope, T.S.O.L., Christian Death, and the Young Fresh Fellows, among others.
On November 7, 2010, Frontier Records hosted a party for their 30th anniversary at the Echoplex in Los Angeles which featured a reunion by seminal punk band Middle Class, their first performance in nearly 30 years. The Adolescents, Rikk Agnew, T.S.O.L., the Avengers, and the Flyboys also performed.
Discography
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| style="width:10px;"| Cat. No.
| style="width:80px;"| Artist | style="width:80px;"| Title | style="width:30px;"| Release date | style="width:120px;"| Notes |
| 1001
|Flyboys |March 1980 | |
| 1002
|October 1980 | |
| 1003
|May 1981 |a.k.a. The Blue Album |
| 1004
|June 1981 | |
| 1005
|Danger Zone (EP) |August? 1981 | |
| 1006
|Choir Invisible |November 1981 | |
| 1007
|March 1982 | |
| 1008
|The Salvation Army |May 1982 |Later reissued on Frontier 1049 as by Befour Three O'Clock |
| 1009
|October 1982 | |
| 1010
|Baroque Hoedown |October 1982 | |
| 1011
|July 1983 | |
| 1012
|Sixteen Tambourines |October 1983 | |
| 1013
|Native Sons |October 1984 | |
| 1014
|Doll Hut |October 1985 |Later reissued as part of Frontier 1047 |
| 1015
|October 1985 | |
| 1016
|Under the Blue Marlin |March 1986 | |
| 1017
|E*I*E*I*O |Land of Opportunity |May 1986 | |
| 1018
|August 1986 | |
| 1019
|Fiesta en la Biblioteca |September 1986 |Later reissued as part of Frontier 1047 |
| 1020
|January 1987 | |
| 1021
|1987 | |
| 1022
|Flying Color |Flying Color |1987 | |
| 1023
|1987 | |
| 1024
|40 Miles from Nowhere |1987 | |
| 1025
|EIEIO |That Love Thing |1988 | |
| 1026
|Johnson |1988 | |
| 1027
|1988 | |
| 1028
|1988 | |
| 1029
|1988 |Originally released in 1982 by Faulty Products. | |
| 1030
|Mallet-Head |Mallet-Head |1988 | |
| 1031
|October 1988 | |
| 1032
|Dharma Bums |Haywire | |Reissue. Originally issued on PopLlama |
| 1033
|1989 |Reissue of band's 1977 debut, originally on Stiff Records. |
| 1034
| | |
| 1035
|Squatter's Rights | | |
| 1039
|(Various Artists) |Dangerhouse, Volume 1 | |Compilation of tracks originally issued on Dangerhouse label |
| 1040
|Weirdos |Weird World Volume 1 | | |
| 1041
| | |
| 1042
| | |
| 1047
|Doll House/Fiesta en la Biblioteca | |Compilation of Frontier 1014 & 1019. |
| 1048
| |Reissue. Initially issued on RCA Records. |
| 1049
|Happen Happened | |Reissue of Frontier 1008, with 9 bonus tracks |
| 1050
|(Various Artists) |Dangerhouse, Volume 2: Give Me a Little Pain | |Compilation of tracks originally issued on Dangerhouse label |
| 1051
|Flop |Flop & the Fall of the Mopsqueezer | | |
| 1052
| |Live recording of band's final concert |
| 1053
| | |
| 1054
|Fuzzy Little Piece of the World |1992 | |
| 1055
|No Fish Shop Parking | | |
| 1056
|The Axis Calls (DVD-R) | |Concert video |
| 1057
| | |
| 1058
|I'm Scared | | |
| 1059
|Flop |Whenever You're Ready | |Reissue of Sony release. Picture disc only. |
| 1060
|The Affected |A Fate Worse Than a Fate Worse Than Death | | |
| 1061
|1994 | |
| 1062
| | |
| 1063
| | |
| 1064
| |Compilation of outtakes, demos, b-sides, and rarities |
| 1065
|Sacrilicious |When You Wish Upon a Dead Star | | |
| 1066
|Shame Idols |I Got Time | |
| 1067
|Flop |World of Today | | |
| 1068
|Meanies |10% Weird |1995 | |
| 1069
| |Reissue of band's second 1977 album, originally on Stiff Records. |
| 1071
|Shame Idols |Rocket Cat | |Marc Webb's first video My Star |
| 1073
|Not the Captain's Birthday Party? |April 1997 |Reissue of live material, originally on Demon Records. |
| 1074
|Mummydogs |Mummydogs | | |
| 1075
|Weirdos |Weird World Volume 2 | | |
| 1076
|Complete Demos 1980-1986 | | |
| 1077
|Flat Worms |Live in Los Angeles | | |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.frontierrecords.com Official site]
- [https://archive.org/details/LisaFancherOnOutsightRadioHours22August2010 2010 Interview with Lisa Fancher on Outsight Radio Hours]
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Category:American independent record labels
Category:Record labels established in 1980