Undecided Records
Undecided Records was an American independent record label established in 1998 by Clifford Wiener and Alexander Kenny. The record company was founded in Loxahatchee, Florida but its headquarters moved around in various parts of Palm Beach County, Florida; first to Boca Raton, then to Parkland, and finally to Lake Worth. The record label released hardcore, metalcore, noisecore, post-hardcore, and emo music, with a principally North American roster of artists spanning from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s.
Undecided Records
- Name
- Undecided Records
- Founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- Loxahatchee · Boca Raton
- Activity
- music industry · phonographic industry
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Undecided Records was an American independent record label established in 1998 by Clifford Wiener and Alexander Kenny. The record company was founded in Loxahatchee, Florida but its headquarters moved around in various parts of Palm Beach County, Florida; first to Boca Raton, then to Parkland, and finally to Lake Worth. The record label released hardcore, metalcore, noisecore, post-hardcore, and emo music, with a principally North American roster of artists spanning from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s.
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Records released music on vinyl records, compact discs, and digital audio formats, with distribution in the United States originally through Revelation Records, then through Victory Records, and finally through Sony/RED Music. Wiener and Kenny were both closely associated with Eulogy Recordings, where they worked in their free time. Records put out such notable releases as Poison the Well's Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, Every Time I Die's The Burial Plot Bidding War, Supermachiner's Rise of the Great Machine, Breaking Pangaea's Take Apart the Words and Cannon to a Whisper, and Eiffel's Audiblenarcotic (also re-issued after the band's name was changed to Vaux). The record label was also responsible for producing a series of Metallica tribute splits titled Crush 'Em All, which included covers by BoySetsFire, Converge, Countervail, Disembodied, Indecision, Eighteen Visions, Poison the Well, Shai Hulud, Supermachiner, Today Is the Day, and Walls of Jericho. Many of the splits fell apart during varying production stages but Undecided Records compiled the bulk of the recorded cover songs on the Various Artists compilation The Old, The New, The Unreleased, released in January 2005. In September–October 2005, the record label organized The Undecided Records Tour, a two-month American tour featuring its signed bands Cru Jones, The Big Screen, Shindig, Hank Jones, Iscariot, and xRepresentx. In 2003, Wiener, Kenny, and Michael Broder formed the imprint company Undecided Films, with plans to release theatrical films and digital video discs. The company's inaugural project was to be a theatrical reissue of F. Murnau's 1922 film Nosferatu, featuring a new score composed by Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon. Undecided Films' first DVD release later turned out to be the documentary Rockets Redglare!, dedicated to the memory of stand-up comedian Rockets Redglare, featuring interviews with Steve Buscemi, Jim Jarmusch, Matt Dillon, and Willem Dafoe. In June 2003, Undecided Records formed a partnership with Further Seems Forever bassist Chad Neptune, financing his own imprint record label Pompano Basic. Dissolved in 2006 when Wiener and Kenny founded a series of new imprints. In May 2006, all of the straight-edge bands previously signed to Undecided Records were transferred to the new record label x1981x Records, which had already been founded as an apparel company, x1981x Clothing, in 2004. The remaining bands were transferred to a second new record label, 567 Records, including Further Seems Forever, which released the compilation The Final Curtain, and Jeremy Enigk, who released The Missing Link, both originally scheduled for Undecided Records. Records began re-releasing its entire back-catalog digitally in early 2007. Wiener, Kenny, and John Wylie of Eulogy Recordings later formed the artist management firm Big Hit Management in 2010. Wiener and Kenny also organized the music festival Bringin' it Back for the Kids Fest, which took place in 2011 and 2012.
It is associated with United States. The record gives 1998 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are metalcore, hardcore punk and post-hardcore. Its recorded seat is Loxahatchee and Boca Raton. The recorded field of activity is music industry and phonographic industry.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Undecided Records • Founded — 1998 • Founder — * Clifford Weiner • Alexander Kenny • Defunct — 2006 • Status — Inactive • Distributor — * Revelation • Victory • RED • Genre — * Hardcore punk • metalcore • post-hardcore • emo • indie rock • Country — United States • Location — Lake Worth, Florida
Artists
Artists
This is an archival list of artists who have worked with Undecided Records. • As Hope Dies • As the Sun Sets • The Big Screen • The Blood of Thine Enemies • BoySetsFire • Breaking Pangaea • Burn the Mountain Down • The Casket Lottery • Converge • Countervail • Cru Jones • Dark Angel Divine • Dawn of Orion • Dust to Dust • Dear Lover • Disembodied • Eiffel • Eighteen Visions • El Toro • The Enkindels • Eulcid • Every Time I Die • Fallen from the Sky • Further Seems Forever • Hank Jones • Hearts Over Rome • HoldXFast • House of Atreus • Indecision • Iscariot • Isle of View • Jeremy Enigk • Jupiter Sunrise • Madison • Malakhai • Miasis • New Idea Society • Poison the Well • Reflector • xRepresentx • Scott Stapleton • Shai Hulud • Shindig • Spread the Disease • Staynless • Supermachiner • Things in Herds • Today Is the Day • Upper Class Trash • Urtica • Vaux • Venusian Skyline • Walls of Jericho
Identity
Identity
Undecided Records is classed in the genre hardcore punk. Classed in the genre metalcore. Classed in the genre mathcore. Associated with United States.
Institutional history
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1998
Undecided Records established.
1998
Undecided Records was established or created in 1998.
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The circumstances in which Undecided Records stands. Records has its headquarters at Lake Worth Beach. Records has its headquarters at Loxahatchee. Records has its headquarters at Boca Raton. Established or created in 1998. Records operates in phonographic industry. Records has its headquarters at Parkland. Recorded as record company. Situated in United States. Records operates in music industry.
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- “Undecided Records”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q106265238: Undecided Records
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- 1.Preira, Matt. Bringing It Back for the Kids Fest With Shai Hulud and Terror May 13 and 14. Miami New Times. May 3, 2011.
- 2.High Times, rare finds all. The Palm Beach Post. July 29, 2001.
- 3.Morris, Chris. Deciding on Victory. Billboard. April 24, 2004.
- 4.Victory To Distribute Undecided. Billboard. April 8, 2004.
- 5.Undecided Records Signs A New Distribution Deal. Undecided Records. April 13, 2004.
- 6.Undecided and Eulogy Recordings collaborate on new magazine and CD sampler. Undecided Records. January 2, 2001.
- 7.Gramlich, Chris. Poison The Well Distance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder. Exclaim!. July 1, 2001.
- 8.Theakston, Rob. The Burial Plot Bidding War. AllMusic.
- 9.Gramlich, Chris. Supermachiner Rise Of The Great Machine. Exclaim!. April 1, 2001.
- 10.Breaking Pangaea reviews, music, news - sputnikmusic. Sputnikmusic.
- 11.Taylor, Jason D. Cannon to a Whisper. AllMusic.
- 12.CMJ. EIFFEL Audiblenarcotic (Undecided). October 16, 2000.
- 13.Deller, Alex. Boy Sets Fire Shai Hulud - Crush 'Em All Vol. 1 Review. Collective Zine. June 13, 2007.
- 14.A brief interview with Steve Austin from Today Is the Day. Revpermint. May 13, 2002.
- 15.Countervail writing material for split Comments Lambgoat. Lambgoat. July 24, 2001.
- 16.Crush Em All Tribute update. Undecided Records. 2002.
- 17.News. Undecided Records. February 2, 2001.
- 18.Poison The Well & their splits. Lambgoat. November 12, 2000.
- 19.News. Undecided Records. April 25, 2001.
- 20.The Old, The New, The Unreleased: Undecided Records Sampler. Discogs. 26 January 2005.
- 21.News. Undecided Records. January 26, 2005.
- 22.Spots. Tampa Bay Times. September 8, 2005.
- 23.Music Menu. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. October 4, 2005.
- 24.Arnold, Alex. Cru Jones, The Big Screen, Shindig tour. Lambgoat. August 13, 2005.
- 25.About. Undecided Films. March 7, 2005.
- 26.CMJ. Loud Rock Industry News. 27. May 19, 2003.
- 27.Undecided Films Plans First Release. Undecided Films. 2003.
- 28.Rockets RedGlare! DVD to be released On NOV 16TH. Undecided Films. October 18, 2004.
- 29.Undecided Records hooks up w/ Pompano Basic. Lambgoat. June 29, 2003.
- 30.x1981x Clothing. December 13, 2004.
- 31.News. x1981x Records. May 23, 2006.
- 32.Further Seems Forever retrospective due out soon. Punk News. 4 July 2003.
- 33.Big Hit Management launched. Lambgoat. April 15, 2015.
- 34.Kamiński, Karol. Bringin' It Back For The Kids Fest 2 videos (feat. REMEMBERING NEVER, MORNING AGAIN and more!). Idioteq. October 15, 2012.
- 35.Undecided Records. AllMusic.
- 36.Undecided Records. Discogs.
- 37.Undecided Records. MusicBrainz.
- 38.Arnold, Alex. As Hope Dies calling it quits. Lambgoat. August 21, 2003.
- 39.Arnold, Alex. As Hope Dies news and notes. Lambgoat. August 7, 2002.
- 40.Undecided Records v3.0 l undecidedrecords.com. February 1, 2003.
- 41.Bars offer Halloween bashes; WDOX plans original rockfest. Press of Atlantic City. October 29, 2004.
- 42.Undecided Records v3.0 l undecidedrecords.com. June 22, 2003.
- 43.Passion players. The News Journal. June 13, 2005.
- 44.Arnold, Alex. Undecided Records signs Hank Jones. Lambgoat. March 10, 2005.
- 45.McFeters, Rob. Hank Jones 'Saturdays of Thunder' Album Review. Lambgoat. May 22, 2005.
- 46.Arnold, Alex. Undecided Records signs House of Atreus. Lambgoat. June 28, 2005.
- 47.Arnold, Alex. Iscariot sign w/ Undecided Records. Lambgoat. July 18, 2005.
- 48.Now and the good bands visit. South Florida Sun Sentinel. November 28, 2003.
- 49.Jupiter Sunrise is at The Limelight. The Sun-News. March 5, 2004.
- 50.Arnold, Alex. Miasis and Sean Ingram complete new EP. Lambgoat. August 25, 2002.
- 51.Arnold, Alex. xRepresentx sign w/ Undecided Records. Lambgoat. July 7, 2005.
- 52.Arnold, Alex. Converge frontman's new project. Lambgoat. April 27, 2001.
- 53.UNDECIDED RECORDS NEWS. August 14, 2001.
- 54.Thomas, David. Vero's Venisian Skyline can be seen across Florida. The Palm Beach Post. June 14, 2002.
- 55.Into the Groove. The Palm Beach Post. September 27, 2002.
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