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| name = Initial Records |
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| image = [[Image:Initial logo.png]] |
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| founded = 1992 |
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| founder = Andy Rich |
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| distributor =<br/>[[Mordam]] |
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| genre = [[Hardcore punk]]<br/>[[Metalcore]]<br/>[[Pop punk]]<br/>[[Post-hardcore]]<br/>[[Indie rock]]<br/>[[Emo]] |
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'''Initial Records''' was an iconic Louisville based [[independent record label]] during the Nineties and early part of the new millennium. Initial released records from hardcore punk to indie rock over its 12-year span. Initial was well known for releasing genre defining records from [[Falling Forward]], [[Boysetsfire]] and [[Ink & Dagger]], and creating the annual weekend long music festival, [[Krazy Fest]]. |
'''Initial Records''' was an iconic Louisville based [[independent record label]] during the Nineties and early part of the new millennium. Initial released records from hardcore punk to indie rock over its 12-year span. Initial was well known for releasing genre defining records from [[Falling Forward]], [[Boysetsfire]] and [[Ink & Dagger]], and creating the annual weekend long music festival, [[Krazy Fest]]. |
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Initial was founded in 1992 in a [[Dunkin' Donuts]] in suburban [[Detroit]] by three high school friends, Dennis Hepinstall, Carolyn Smith and Andy Rich. That evening the three banded together over coffee and doughnuts to re-release the 7” single from local Detroit based hardcore heroes Pittbull. |
Initial was founded in 1992 in a [[Dunkin' Donuts]] in suburban [[Detroit]] by three high school friends, Dennis Hepinstall, Carolyn Smith and Andy Rich. That evening the three banded together over coffee and doughnuts to re-release the 7” single from local Detroit based hardcore heroes Pittbull. |
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Carolyn’s interest waned early in the project after her long standing relationship with Dennis ended and she bowed out. Dennis would stick around for another few years while Andy attended the Haworth College of Business at [[Western Michigan University]] and commuted back to suburbia to work on the label on weekends. By 1995 Dennis had enough and ended his tenure with the label as well. After graduating college with a bachelor of business administration in 1996 Andy relocated to [[Louisville, KY]] and took the still fledgling label with him. Over the next few years Initial would blossom into one of independent music’s most well known labels. The April 1998 issue of [[Playboy]] magazine declared Initial one of the country’s ten hottest record labels alongside other notable labels such as [[P-Diddy]] owned [[Bad Boy Entertainment]], DE based [[Jade Tree Records]] and legendary CA punk label [[Epitaph Records]]. The May 1998 issue of [[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] Magazine named Initial as one of "Ten independent labels that have helped to change not only the way hardcore sounds, but the way it does business." |
Carolyn’s interest waned early in the project after her long standing relationship with Dennis ended and she bowed out. Dennis would stick around for another few years while Andy attended the Haworth College of Business at [[Western Michigan University]] and commuted back to suburbia to work on the label on weekends. By 1995 Dennis had enough and ended his tenure with the label as well. After graduating college with a bachelor of business administration in 1996 Andy relocated to [[Louisville, KY]] and took the still fledgling label with him. Over the next few years Initial would blossom into one of independent music’s most well known labels. The April 1998 issue of [[Playboy]] magazine declared Initial one of the country’s ten hottest record labels alongside other notable labels such as [[P-Diddy]] owned [[Bad Boy Entertainment]], DE based [[Jade Tree Records]] and legendary CA punk label [[Epitaph Records]]. The May 1998 issue of [[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] Magazine named Initial as one of "Ten independent labels that have helped to change not only the way hardcore sounds, but the way it does business." |
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Initial’s last release to date was a posthumous CD from Louisville hardcore legends By The Grace Of God in 2004. It was a benefit to help pay medical bills for local Louisville scenester Adele Collins. The band also played a well attended reunion show in conjunction with the release to help raise funds for Adele, who suffers from a rare ocular disease called Pseudotumor Cerebri. |
Initial’s last release to date was a posthumous CD from Louisville hardcore legends By The Grace Of God in 2004. It was a benefit to help pay medical bills for local Louisville scenester Adele Collins. The band also played a well attended reunion show in conjunction with the release to help raise funds for Adele, who suffers from a rare ocular disease called Pseudotumor Cerebri. |
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| Initial Records | |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder | Andy Rich |
| Distributor(s) | Mordam |
| Genre | Hardcore punk Metalcore Pop punk Post-hardcore Indie rock Emo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Louisville, KY |
Initial Records was an iconic Louisville based independent record label during the Nineties and early part of the new millennium. Initial released records from hardcore punk to indie rock over its 12-year span. Initial was well known for releasing genre defining records from Falling Forward, Boysetsfire and Ink & Dagger, and creating the annual weekend long music festival, Krazy Fest.
Initial was founded in 1992 in a Dunkin' Donuts in suburban Detroit by three high school friends, Dennis Hepinstall, Carolyn Smith and Andy Rich. That evening the three banded together over coffee and doughnuts to re-release the 7” single from local Detroit based hardcore heroes Pittbull.
Carolyn’s interest waned early in the project after her long standing relationship with Dennis ended and she bowed out. Dennis would stick around for another few years while Andy attended the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University and commuted back to suburbia to work on the label on weekends. By 1995 Dennis had enough and ended his tenure with the label as well. After graduating college with a bachelor of business administration in 1996 Andy relocated to Louisville, KY and took the still fledgling label with him. Over the next few years Initial would blossom into one of independent music’s most well known labels. The April 1998 issue of Playboy magazine declared Initial one of the country’s ten hottest record labels alongside other notable labels such as P-Diddy owned Bad Boy Entertainment, DE based Jade Tree Records and legendary CA punk label Epitaph Records. The May 1998 issue of Alternative Press Magazine named Initial as one of "Ten independent labels that have helped to change not only the way hardcore sounds, but the way it does business."
Initial’s last release to date was a posthumous CD from Louisville hardcore legends By The Grace Of God in 2004. It was a benefit to help pay medical bills for local Louisville scenester Adele Collins. The band also played a well attended reunion show in conjunction with the release to help raise funds for Adele, who suffers from a rare ocular disease called Pseudotumor Cerebri.
Longtime Initial Records label chief Andy Rich now resides in Las Vegas where he works for Caesars Entertainment[disambiguation needed] running several of their Poker Rooms.
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