Hopeless Records

Hopeless Records
Active years	Since 1993
Seat	Los Angeles , United States
Website	http://www.hopelessrecords.com
Genre (s)	Punk rock

Hopeless Records is an American independent label from Los Angeles . It was founded in 1993. The focus of the label is punk rock .

history

In 1993, Hopeless Records was founded in the Van Nuys district by Louis Posen. He had previously shot video clips for NOFX ( Bob , 1992) and Guttermouth . The latter did not have a record deal at the time and asked Posen if he could help them with the release of a vinyl single. Posen acquired the necessary knowledge from the book How to Run an Independent Record Label , which was written by a former employee of SST Records . The resulting label was named after the first song of the Guttermouth 7 ″ Hopeless . After starting out in a small room, the label now operates a 400 m² department store. The label has released over 130 albums since its inception, which together sold over three million copies, several of which hit the Billboard 200 . In 2005 a sales deal was signed with Soulfood Music and an office was opened in Berlin , which made the records released on Hopeless more accessible to German customers.

activities

Hopeless Records has been running the charitable sub-label Sub City since 1999. The download platform downloadpunk.com, which is also operated, donates 1% of its sales to charity.

Bands

The bands on Hopeless Records are drawn from the genres of punk rock, pop punk, emocore and alternative rock as well as various metal sub-genres.

88 Fingers Louie Against All Authority All time low Amber Pacific Anarbor Atom and his package Avenged Sevenfold Break the silence Common Rider Dillinger Four

Ever We Fall Kaddisfly MELEE Mike Park Moose Blood Mustard plug Neck deep Nural Royden Sum 41

Silverstein Sylar The queers The Used The Weakerthans Thrice The Human Abstract The Wonder Years There for Tomorrow We Are the In Crowd With confidence Yellowcard

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Hopeless Records at Discogs
• Hopeless Records at punknews.org (English)
• Taking Action, One Tour at a Time: an Interview with Louis Posen on acoatofredpaintinhell.wordpress.com (English)

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} About Sub City ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hopelessrecords.com (English) 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Interview with Posen in Ox # 37
3. ↑ ^{a b} The History Of Hopeless Records ( Memento of the original from November 9th, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hopelessrecords.com 
4. ^ Jan Eckhoff: Hopeless Records - now also represented in Germany ; News from July 13, 2005 on ox-fanzine.de
5. ↑ About Us on downloadpunk.com (English)