Fearless Records is an American independent record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and is best known for its early pop punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by bands such as Bigwig and Dynamite Boy; and later Sugarcult; Plain White T's; The Aquabats; Amely; and post-hardcore releases by At the Drive-In and Anatomy of a Ghost. However, the label has experimented with different styles in recent years. Acts such as Blessthefall, Bloodywood, The Word Alive, Ice Nine Kills, Mayday Parade, Pierce The Veil, Starset, The Pretty Reckless, Underoath and The Color Morale have showcased post-hardcore, metalcore, hard rock and alternative rock bands that have emerged in recent years. Fearless Records' releases were distributed in the US by RED Distribution, but since Concord Music Group's purchase of the label in 2015 (who would later merge with BMG Rights Management) it has been distributed by Universal Music Group worldwide.
History Bob Becker started Fearless Records when he was selling his friends records at their shows. He would also go to record stores and put their records on consignment. The record label name came from Becker not knowing what he was doing at the time and "not being afraid to jump in head first." Fearless Records was officially formed in 1994.
In 2000, Fearless Records released Punk Goes Metal, the first compilation album from the Punk Goes... series. Since then the Punk Goes... series has expanded. It has included seven Punk Goes Pop releases, two Punk Goes Acoustic releases, Punk Goes 80's and 90's, Punk Goes Crunk, Punk Goes Classic Rock, and Punk Goes X which features cover songs that were featured at the 2011 Winter X Games. Punk Goes Pop 5 was released on November 6, 2012. On January 1, 2014, Fearless Records released a video on their page on YouTube announcing bands that will be releasing albums in 2014 and also announced Fearless Records' compilation of Punk Goes 90's 2.
In 2005, Fearless Records released the studio album All That We Needed by Plain White T's, a thirteen-song collection that proved to be a breakthrough for both the label and the Illinois-based band. "Hey There Delilah", a single from that album, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, became a success for the label and was certified as a multi-platinum single.
On November 8, 2010, Fearless announced the release of a Christmas-themed compilation album, titled 'Tis the Season to Be Fearless. It would feature eight of their signed artists recording original songs. The album was available for pre-ordering on iTunes the same day, and was released on November 22, 2010. Three years later, Fearless Records released Punk Goes Christmas featuring original & cover tracks from All Time Low, Issues, New Found Glory, and more.
In 2011, Fearless Records released Breathe Carolina's album Hell Is What You Make It. "Blackout", a single from the album, became another success for the label. It debuted at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified as a gold single.
In October 2012, Fearless Records announced that they had launched a sister label called "Old Friends Records", which would sign more indie rock artists including Hellogoodbye. In November 2013, Fearless Records announced a second imprint label called "Outerloop Records", along with their first signing Ice Nine Kills.
The label, with a back-catalog of about 150 albums, was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music in May 2015 for an estimated $10,000,000.
Artists
American Teeth Archetypes Collide August Burns Red Beartooth Boys Like Girls Bloodywood Capstan Carlie Hanson Cenobia Chase Atlantic chokecherry Don Broco Eat Your Heart Out Flat Black From First to Last I Prevail Ice Nine Kills Locket LØLØ Movements My Enemies & I My Kid Brother NOT A TOY Kill the Lights Parting Gift Pierce the Veil Plain White T's The Plot in You The Pretty Reckless The Requiem Starset Taylor Acorn TSS Until I Wake Varials Volumes Wage War Windwaker Wind Walkers Young the Giant
Old Friends Records artists Carousel Hellogoodbye The Static Jacks Wild Party
Former
30 Foot Fall Alesana The Almighty Trigger Happy The Almost Anatomy of a Ghost Amely The Aquabats Artist vs. Poet As It Is A Skylit Drive A Static Lullaby At the Drive-In Bazookas Go Bang! Beefcake Bickley Bigwig Blessthefall Blount Brazil Breathe Carolina Brightwell Chuck Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Classic Case The Color Morale Cruiserweight Dead Lazlo's Place The Downtown Fiction Drunk In Public Dynamite Boy Every Avenue Eve 6 Eye Alaska Family Values Fed Up Follow My Lead For All Those Sleeping Forever the Sickest Kids The Fully Down Gatsbys American Dream Get Scared Glasseater Glue Gun Gob Go Radio Grabbers Grayscale I Dont Know How but They Found Me Invisible Boss Jason Lancaster Junction 18 Jakiro Keepsake The Killing Moon The Kinison Knockout Let's Get It Logan Square Lonely Kings Lostprophets The Maine Mayday Parade Milestones The Morning Light Motionless in White Motherfist Near Miss Nipdrivers Oceans Ate Alaska The Outline Patton Thomas Portugal. The Man Real Friends Red Fish Rock Kills Kid RPM Set It Off So They Say Sparks the Rescue The Starting Line Straight Faced Sugarcult Superman Please Don't The Summer Set Sworn In Tonight Alive Trevor Daniel Underoath Upon This Dawning The White Noise The Word Alive Whitekaps (also known as White Caps) Yesterdays Rising
Discography
See also List of record labels
References
External links
Punknews.org Entry on Fearless Records