Teenage USA Recordings

Teenage USA Recordings is a Canadian independent record label, founded by Phil Klygo and Mark DiPietro[1][2] 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.[3][4] 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Everett-Green, Robert. "Indies may hold key to the future", The Globe and Mail, 2002-04-13, p. R13.
  2. ^ Wilson, Carl. "The music born of creative misremembering", The Globe and Mail, 2000-10-12, p. R9.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Teen USA purchased by Song Corp". Chart. 2000-03-10. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-10.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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