Slampt
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Slampt (also Slampt Underground Organisation) was a record label set up in Newcastle, England in 1992.{{Cite web | url=http://www.indiepages.com/kickstand/slampt.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031027225032/http://www.indiepages.com/kickstand/slampt.html| archive-date=27 October 2003| title=Jigsaw Records}}
The label is perhaps best known for releasing Kenickie's debut EP.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2005/01/but_what_of_us_uk_riot_grrrl_part_3 |title=But What of Us? UK Riot Grrrl - Part 3 |website=Thefword.org.uk |date= 13 January 2005|accessdate=2020-05-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/slampt31 |title=Kenickie - Catsuit City - Slampt - UK |website=45cat.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-01}} Slampt also released the debut single by The Yummy Fur, a band who later featured Paul Thomson and Alex Huntley a.k.a. Alex Kapranos, who later became the drummer and lead vocalist in Glasgow indie band Franz Ferdinand.
Slampt also released many riot grrrl-related groups such as Pussycat Trash, Golden Starlet,{{cite web |url=http://paroxysmrecords.com/bands/goldenstarlet/ |title=Golden Starlet |access-date=2014-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829033039/http://paroxysmrecords.com/bands/goldenstarlet/ |archive-date=29 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }} Petty Crime, Sally Skull and International Strike Force. The label (which preferred to call itself an "arts umbrella" rather than a record label as such) was run and "owned" by Rachel Holborow and Pete Dale. Dale and Holborow were also behind many of the "label"'s musical acts such as the minimalist Avocado Baby and the more conventionally "punk" sounding Red Monkey.Paper, Scissors, Clock fanzine {{cite web |url=http://www.angelfire.com/punk2/walktheplank/redmonkey.html |title=Red Monkey interview from Paper Scissors Clocks |access-date=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041222070609/http://www.angelfire.com/punk2/walktheplank/redmonkey.html |archive-date=22 December 2004 |df=dmy-all }} The latter group survived the collapse of Slampt in 2000 releasing a third LP on Troubleman Unlimited in 2001.
Holborow still makes music in a two-piece group Do The Right Thing whilst Dale is still performing in his long-term outfit Milky Wimpshake.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fortunapop.com/artist_details.php?id=38|title=Fortuna POP! - Artist Details|date=17 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017045838/http://www.fortunapop.com/artist_details.php?id=38|accessdate=1 September 2020|archive-date=17 October 2010}}
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External links
- [http://www.myspace.com/slampt MySpace]
- [http://www.indiepages.com/kickstand/slampt.html Kickstand zine interview]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041222070609/http://www.angelfire.com/punk2/walktheplank/redmonkey.html Paper, Scissors, Clock zine interview]
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Category:British record labels
Category:Record labels established in 1992