| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Mike Park |
| Genre | |
| Country | US |
| Location | Monte Sereno, California |
Asian Man Records is a DIY record label run by Mike Park[1] in San Jose, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established in May 1996.[2]
History
Asian Man Records were distributed by Mordam Records.[3]
Sublabels
In 2011, Park established the Fun Fun Records sublabel, which released children's music.[4] As of 2015, artists on the Fun Fun label included Mike Park, Dan Potthast, Play Date, Kepi Ghoulie, Happy Wags, and Koo Koo Kanga Roo.[5]
Artists
The label specializes in mostly ska and punk. The first proper release by the label was Link 80's 17 Reasons and the label has since gone on to release recordings by punk heavyweights such as Alkaline Trio[6] and Less Than Jake. Other artists released include:
Current
- Agung Gede
- The Abruptors
- Akiakane
- The Apers
- The Atom Age
- Bagheera
- Buck-O-Nine
- Chotto Ghetto
- Classics Of Love
- Coquettish
- Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room
- Dan P & The Bricks
- Dogbreth
- Dog Party
- Dowsing
- Duvall
- Grant Olney
- Great Apes
- Grumpster
- Guerilla Poubelle
- Hard Girls
- The Hot Toddies
- Kepi Ghoulie
- Kevin Seconds
- Lektron[7]
- Matt Skiba
- Mike Park
- Monkey
- Murderburgers
- Nicotine
- Pacing
- The Queers
- Short Round
- Small Crush
- Smoking Popes
- Spraynard
- Sundowner
- Sweet Gloom
- Teens in Trouble
- The Smith Street Band
- The Taxpayers
- Unsteady
- The Wild
- Wild Moth
- Yoko Utsumi
Former
- Ahiro
- AJJ (active with Hopeless Records)
- Alkaline Trio[6] (active with Rise Records)
- Angelo Moore
- Astropop 3
- Ben Weasel
- Big D and the Kids Table[6] (active with SideOneDummy Records)
- Blue Meanies (disbanded)
- Bomb The Music Industry![6] (disbanded)
- Boom Boom Satellites
- The Broadways (disbanded)
- The Bruce Lee Band
- The Chinkees
- Chris Murray
- Colossal (disbanded)
- Dan Potthast (active with Pentimento Music Company)
- Ee (active with Actually Records)
- Five Iron Frenzy
- Good for Cows
- The Honor System
- Johnny Socko
- Just a Fire
- Joyce Manor[6] (active with Epitaph Records)
- King Apparatus
- Knowledge
- Korea Girl
- Laura Stevenson & The Cans (re-release only)
- The Lawrence Arms[6] (active with Epitaph Records)
- Lemuria[6]
- Less Than Jake[6] (re-releases only)
- Let's Go Bowling
- Link 80[6]
- Little Jeans
- Mealticket
- The Methadones
- MU330[6]
- Noise By Numbers
- No Torso
- O Pioneers!!!
- Pama International
- The Peacocks
- The Plus Ones
- Polysics
- Potshot (disbanded)
- Pushover
- The Riptides
- Riverdales
- The Rudiments
- Satori
- Screeching Weasel (re-releases only)
- Shinobu
- Skankin' Pickle
- Slapstick[6]
- Slow Gherkin
- Softball
- Squirtgun
- Teen Idols
- Ten in the Swear Jar
- The Toasters
- Toys That Kill
- Tuesday
- WARDOGS
Compilation CDs
References
- ^ "Mike Park - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic
- ^ Heisel, Scott (May 5, 2001). "Asian Man Records celebrates 5 years in business by giving away posters!". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ Anthony, David. "Mike Park on the DIY ethics that have kept Asian Man Records in business for 20 years"
- ^ Shepherd, Stefan. "Zooblobble". Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Artists « Fun Fun Records". funfunrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
- ^ Sacher, Andrew (May 18, 2021). "Asian Man Records turns 25: Mike Park picks 10 of his favorite AMR releases of the past 5 years". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ Sacher, Andrew (2023-05-30). "Matt Skiba, Atom Willard, AFI's Hunter Burgan meet up in new band Lektron (listen)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2023-05-30.