Teenage USA Recordings is a Canadian independent record label, founded by Phil Klygo and Mark DiPietroEverett-Green, Robert. "Indies may hold key to the future", The Globe and Mail, 2002-04-13, p. R13.Wilson, Carl. "The music born of creative misremembering", The Globe and Mail, 2000-10-12, p. R9. in the fall of 1997 on the back of Klygo's Skull Geek record label and fanzine.
The label, based in Toronto, has released records by artists such as Elevator, Eric's Trip, The Weekend, Pecola, Gaffer, Smallmouth, Peaches, Stink Mitt, Dan Bryk, Kid Lunch, Thanatopop, Cecil Seaskull, Two-Minute Miracles, Lonnie James, Blood Meridian, Solar Baby, Robin Black, The Zoobombs, The Exploders, 122 Greige, The Killer Elite, Neck, and Mean Red Spiders.
Song Corporation bought into the label in 2000 and named Klygo and DiPietro as Song's Directors of Artistic Development.Hayes, David (February 2002). "Song corpse: it seemed like the answer to the industry's prayers. Allan Gregg's record label promised to combine the artistic integrity of an indie with the corporate clout of a major", Toronto Life 36 (2): 76. Following Song's bankruptcy a year later, the pair regained ownership of their label and signed a distribution deal with Outside Music. Shortly thereafter, DiPietro took a job at Outside, running their in-house label in addition to teenage USA. Klygo took over as Festival Director at Canadian Music Week, as well as starting a new experimental gallery-salon space with artist Germaine Koh called (weewerk) that eventually became a record label.
Teenage USA Recordings discography Year Artist Title Type Catalog number 1996 Pecola Dat Hoang EP EP teen 002 Smallmouth All Ports in Frequent Seas teen001 1998 Pecola/Smallmouth Pecola / Smallmouth 7" teen 003 Lonnie James This Land is Your Land CD teen 004 Gaffer Snow Falls Like Stars teen 005 Mean Red Spiders Places You Call Home teen 006 Solarbaby The Power of Negative Prayer teen 007 Cecil Seaskull Whoever teen 008 Neck Uncrated Distant Star EP CD, EP teen 009 122 Greige Moving Away from the Sun CD teen 010 The Two-Minute Miracles Volume I teen 012 1999 Kid Lunch Kid Lunch teen 011 Lonnie James Dee-O teen-14 Thanatopop Four Track Mind teen 015 2000 Peaches Peaches CD, EP teen017, teen 3017-2 The Exploders Who's Who & What's What 7", EP teen 020 Dan Bryk Lovers Leap CD teen 021, teen 3021-2 The Weekend The Weekend teen 3016-2 Robin Black & The Intergalactic Rock Stars Star Shaped Single CD, EP teen 3018-2 Mean Red Spiders Starsandsons CD teen 3019-2 Elevator Taste of Complete Perspective CD, LP teen 3023 2001 Various Ear Candy Song Sampler: January 2001 "Cherry" CD SEC01-01 Gord Disley Shots Fired teen 024 The Killer Elite "End of a Whip / Talk About the City" 7" teen 026 The Exploders New Variations CD teen 027 The Two-Minute Miracles Volume II: Thirteen Songs from the House of Miracles teen3022 Eric's Trip The Eric's Trip Show (Recorded Live in Concert 1991-1996) teen-3025 Zoobombs Bomb You Live teen 3028 2002 Mean Red Spiders Still Life Fast Moving teen 3030 The Weekend Teaser EP CD, EP teen 3029, teen 3034 (2003) 2003 Great Lake Swimmers Great Lake Swimmers CD teen 033 Stinkmitt Scratch 'N' Sniff teen3031 The Two-Minute Miracles Volume III: The Silence of Animals teen3032 2004 Blood Meridian We Almost Made It Home teen 035 Stinkmitt Biker Shorts (Remix) 12" teen 036 2005 The Weekend Beatbox My Heartbeat teen37
See also List of record labels
References
External links Teenage USA website (weewerk) website