Bar/None Records
Bar/None Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey,[1][2][3] and founded in 1986.
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Bar/None Records
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- Bar/None Records
- Founded
- 1986
- Headquarters
- Weehawken
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Bar/None Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey,[1][2][3] and founded in 1986.
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Bar/None Records was founded in 1986, with headquarters in Weehawken. Its output covers alternative rock and indie rock.
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• Name — Bar/None Records • Founded — 1986 • Founder — Tom Prendergast Glenn Morrow • Distributor — Alternative Distribution Alliance, Secretly Distribution • Genre — Alternative rock Indie rock Folk • Country — United States • Location — Hoboken, New Jersey
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Tom Prendergast started Bar/None in early 1986 in Hoboken, New Jersey. The first release on Bar/None was by Rage to Live, whose leader, Glenn Morrow, soon became a partner in the label. Morrow had already built a network of contacts in the alternative music community having toured nationally with his previous band, The Individuals, and had also worked in the A&R department of Warner Bros. and as the managing editor of New York Rocker magazine. In 2000, Prendergast left New Jersey and moved back to Ireland, sold his shares to Morrow.[4] Artists that started on Bar/None and went on to the major record labels include They Might Be Giants (Elektra), Yo La Tengo (Atlantic/Matador), Freedy Johnston, Luka Bloom, and Tindersticks (London/PolyGram).
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As of 2019, there have been over 120 artists signed to Bar/None Records.
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- 1.Darren Paltrowitz. Still rockin' - Bar/None Records owner talks about 30 years of music business survival. The Hudson Reporter. 8 November 2015.
- 2.X. World Cafe: 5 Bands That Got Their Start On Bar/None Records. NPR. 2016-07-21.
- 3.Moynihan, Michael. Limerick native Tom Prendergast went from illegal alien in New York to record producer. Irish Examiner. 2016-07-18.
- 4.Jim Testa. Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help to debut Sunday at the Hoboken Arts & Music Festival. The Jersey Journal. 22 September 2015.
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