New Underground Records

New Underground Records

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New Underground Records is an American DIY punk record label founded in 1980, based out of South Bay, Los Angeles California. It was founded by Danny Dean Phillips and the late Gary Kail. New Underground Records is one of the first DIY punk record labels to come out of the South Bay punk scene of the 1980's. In 1990, Gary Kail signed over his shares of New Underground Records leaving Danny the sole owner.

The label was one of the three main (New Underground Records, SST Records, and New Alliance) DIY punk labels originally distributed through Greenworld Distribution, which later became Enigma Records.
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Status Catalog Number Image Artist Title ( Format) Label Catalog Number Country Year  Actions
NU-00 Artistic Decline - Random Violence / Get Used To It Artistic Decline Random Violence / Get Used To It(7", Ace) New Underground Records NU-00 USA & Canada 1981 Sell This Version
NU-11 Various - Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself Various Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself (Comp) NU-11 US 1982 Sell This Version
NU-22 Anti (6) - I Don't Want To Die In Your War Anti (6) I Don't Want To Die In Your War (Album) NU-22 US 1982 Sell This Version
NU-33 Mood Of Defiance - Now Mood Of Defiance Now(LP, Album) New Underground Records NU-33 US 1982 Sell This Version
NU-12 Artistic Decline - Four Song EP Artistic Decline Four Song EP(7", EP) New Underground Records NU-12 US 1983 Sell This Version
NU-44 Various - Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods? Various Life Is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods?(LP, Comp) New Underground Records, New Underground Records NU-44 US 1983 Sell This Version
NU-55 Various - Life Is Boring So Why Not Steal This Record Various Life Is Boring So Why Not Steal This Record (Comp) NU-55 US 1983 Sell This Version
NU-77 Anti (6) - Defy The System Anti (6) Defy The System(LP, Album) New Underground Records NU-77 US 1983 Sell This Version
NU 88 Pilgrim State (2) - Effective Spiritual Warfare Pilgrim State (2) Effective Spiritual Warfare(LP, Album) New Underground Records NU 88 US 1983 Sell This Version
NU-666 Gary Kail - A Soundtrack For Nightmares Gary Kail A Soundtrack For Nightmares(Cass, Album) New Underground Records NU-666 US 1984 Sell This Version
NU-1010 Anti (6) - God Can't Bounce Anti (6) God Can't Bounce(LP) New Underground Records NU-1010 US 1984 Sell This Version
NU-2941 Mercury Tilt Switch (2) - Automatic Tilt Mercury Tilt Switch (2) Automatic Tilt(CD) New Underground Records NU-2941 US 1994 Sell This Version
WUB 005 Minutemen / Saccharine Trust - The Burning Brothel. / My Heart Bleedz Pink Lemonade Minutemen / Saccharine Trust Minutemen / Saccharine Trust - The Burning Brothel. / My Heart Bleedz Pink Lemonade (EP, Comp) WUB 005 US 2011 Sell This Version
RRS65 Anti (6) - I Don't Want To Die In Your War Anti (6) I Don't Want To Die In Your War(LP, Album, RE) Radiation Reissues RRS65 Italy 2018 Sell This Version
RRS66 Anti (6) - Defy The System Anti (6) Defy The System(LP, Album, RE) Radiation Reissues RRS66 Italy 2018 Sell This Version
RRS67 Anti (6) - God Can't Bounce Anti (6) God Can't Bounce(LP, Album, RE) Radiation Reissues RRS67 Italy 2018 Sell This Version
RRS149 Various - Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself Various Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself(LP, Comp, Ltd, RE, Yel) Radiation Reissues RRS149 Italy 2022 Sell This Version
none Artistic Decline - Media Lies / Gotta Be Me Artistic Decline Media Lies / Gotta Be Me(Acetate, 7") New Underground Records none US Unknown Sell This Version
none Artistic Decline No News(Acetate, 7") New Underground Records none Unknown Sell This Version

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dannydeanrocks

dannydeanrocks

January 16, 2014
Danny Dean achieved commercial success at the golden age of MTV with a plethora of music videos and nationwide radio rotaton small college radio to the likes of California's KROQ with his post-punk band Easter, notorious for lineup changes that regularly featured Mike Ness early Social Distortion and a late Brent Liles early Social Distortion and post-Easter Agent Orange fame. He is eminent for instigating Neo-Rockabilly with his band Danny Dean and the Homewreckers and his modern 80's twist on vintage rock and roll throughout the Pre-Nascent Rockabilly Revival and the Neo-Swing Revival touring touring with established acts like The Specials, English Beat, Billy Idol to name a few. Currently Danny Dean is involved in many band projects between touring with some pretty big acts he has also opened a chain of analog recording studios from New York to California. Stay tuned for more to come as we relaunch our website and release some albums onto the world.