Household Name Records is a DIY punk rock record label, based in London, UK founded in 1996. It has been home to notable artists including Capdown, Howards Alias, Lightyear, and Adequate Seven.
Biography Household Name Records was started in 1996 by David "Lil" Giles and Katherine "Kafren" Vik to promote unknown UK bands. Encouraged after successfully releasing their first compilation the team planned several more releases. To begin with the label focused on hardcore punk.
In May 2000, the label released Capdown's debut album Civil Disobedients. The album featured hardcore, but also mixed in ska and dub. According to Drowned in sound the album kick-started an underground punk scene. The album went on to be listed at 76 in the NME's top one hundred list for the decade.
The success of Capdown allowed the record label to diversify its roster with more experimental punk bands. In turn the label had a great impact on the UK punk scene.
Household Name Records artists Current roster
Billy No Mates Dissociates Chief The Cut Ups Great Cynics
Previous bands
The 241ers Adequate Seven Antimaniax The Arteries Assert Belvedere Big D and the Kids Table Bombshell Rocks Brain Failure Breed 77 Bullets To Broadway Canvas Capdown Captain Everything! Da Skywalkers Dead Inside Enemy Alliance Ensign Fig.4.0 The Filaments Five Knuckle The Foamers Former Cell Mates Griswalds The Hard-Ons Hard Skin HHH Hostage Life Howards Alias Imbalance Indecision John Holmes Kafka Kenisia The Kenmores The King Blues Knuckledust Leftöver Crack Lightyear Lockdown Loophole Medulla Nocte Milloy Not Waving But Drowning One Fine Day The Peacocks The Planet Smashers Red Lights Flash Satanic Surfers Scraper Silencer 7 Snap Her Special Move Spectreman Suicide Bid Taint The Take Thinktank This is a Standoff Two Cow Garage Vic Ruggiero Withdrawn Yeast Ye Wiles You Me and the Atom Bomb Zatopeks
References
External links Official site Household Name Records at Discogs Interview with Lasthours