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Outpunk RecordsOutpunk Records enjoys the distinction of being the first record label entirely devoted to queer punk bands. The label was run out of San Francisco and began as an extention of Matt Wobensmith's fanzine, Outpunk. He released his first two records in 1992, the 7" single compilations There's A Faggot In The Pit and There's A Dyke In The Pit. At this time there were few actual queercore bands in existance, so some of the artists that appeared were politically motivated punk bands that supported the queercore movement. There's A Dyke In The Pit features Bikini Kill, 7 Year Bitch and the first song released by Tribe 8, stalwarts of the queercore scene. Outpunk's next release was Outpunk Dance Party compilation LP/CD which introduced many new queer bands to the public. Among them was Randy 'Biscuit' Turner of Big Boys new band Swine King, Pansy Division and Mukilteo Fairies. After this, Outpunk Records began to release many singles and LPs by queercore artists from the U.S., Canada and the U.K. At the same time Matt began writing a column for Maximum RocknRoll zine, which extended the range of people being introduced to queer punk music while addressing issues such as homophobia in the punk community. Matt ended the label in the late 90's, and began a new label called Queercorps, which was short-lived. He spoke about the reasons behind this in an interview which is included in the book We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet, The Collected Interviews, edited by David Sinker, originally appearing in Punk Planet zine. He now runs the label A.C.R.O.N.Y.M., which specializes in gay hiphop acts. Outpunk records and CDs are much sought after by collectors, since most were produced in limited runs and are rare and hard to find. Artists See also External links
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