Defiance Records
Defiance Records was a record label based in Cologne, Germany, which was the German and European distributor of several American and international post-hardcore and punk bands. The label was founded in 1994 and closed down in 2013.
Defiance Records
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Cologne
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Defiance Records was a record label based in Cologne, Germany, which was the German and European distributor of several American and international post-hardcore and punk bands. The label was founded in 1994 and closed down in 2013.
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List of artists that signed with Defiance Records
List of artists that signed with Defiance Records
• Alesana • Alexisonfire • Ambrose • As Friends Rust • The Cable Car Theory • Clarity Process • The Coalfield • The Copperpot Journals • The Data Break • Delorean • Down In Frustration • Engrave • Face the Enemy • Gameface • Hot Water Music • Haste • Hopeful • It's Not Not • Joshua • Jude the Obscure • Kevin Devine • Limbeck • Miracle of 86 • The National Anthems • Never Surrender • New End Original • One Man and His Droid • Pale • Portugal. The Man • Piebald • Reno Kid • River City High • Solea • Standstill • The Stereo • Three Minute Poetry • Wedekind
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1994
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• 1999: Pale Another Smart Move (with Soda Records) • 2001: Pale Razzmatazz (The Arts at the Sands) • 2002: Pale How to Survive Chance
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