| Waterfront Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founder | Steven Stavrakis |
| Distributing label | Festival Records |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Location | Sydney |
| Official website | Waterfront Records |
Waterfront Records was an independent record label based in Sydney, that released recordings by some of Australia's most influential bands of the 1980s and 1990s. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999
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History
Waterfront records was started in 1982 by Steven Stavrakis who at the time was an employee of another independent label Phantom Records. See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Phantom Records was an Australian Independent record label established by Dare Jennings (founder of Mambo (Clothing and Jules Normington in 1979 The first release for Waterfront was the Careless Talk Costs Lives EP by JFK & The Cuban Crisis that was originally submitted to, but rejected by, the Phantom label. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Stavrakis heard the recordings and when Phantom passed on it he decided to release it himself. Stavrakis was later joined by Chris Dunn who was instrumental in discovering a number of the acts that appeared on the Waterfront label.
Over the next 15 years Waterfront put out over 170 releases. Acts like Tumbleweed and Ratcat who would later have success on the mainstream charts released their first records on Waterfront. Tumbleweed were a Wollongong -based Stoner rock group in Australia popular during the heady Grunge years of the 1990s Ratcat were an Australian Indie rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s fronted by vocalist Simon Day Waterfront also licensed some recordings from the Sub Pop label that saw them handling the Australian releases for artist like Nirvana, Henry Rollins, L7 and Tad. Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Henry Rollins (born February 13 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield) is an American singer-songwriter Spoken word Artist, Stand-up comedian, author L7 (pronounced /ɛl ˈsɛvən/ was a band from Los Angeles that was active from 1985 to 2000
The label later spawned a retail shop also called Waterfront that occupied various locations in the Sydney CBD. Stocking local and imported records by cult artists the shop also and occasionally held live performances. After the store closed down in March 2000, Waterfront was reincarnated in February of 2003, in the form of online retail store.
Artists released on Waterfront
- The Eastern Dark
- The Happy Hate Me Nots
- The Hard Ons
- John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong
- Kat Frankie
- Ratcat
- Tumbleweed
- The Pigs
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The Eastern Dark is an Australian rock band who formed in the 1980s as an offshoot from another Australian band The Celibate Rifles. The Hard-Ons are a Punk rock band from Sydney, Australia that formed in 1982 John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong is perhaps the best known band fronted by Australian singer-songwriter John Kennedy. Ratcat were an Australian Indie rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s fronted by vocalist Simon Day Tumbleweed were a Wollongong -based Stoner rock group in Australia popular during the heady Grunge years of the 1990s This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See alsoDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic