Hopeless Records

Hopeless Records
Founded	1993
Founder(s)	Louis Posen
Country of Origin	United States
Official Website	http://www.hopelessrecords.com

Hopeless Records is an independent record label located in Van Nuys, California.

History

The label was started in 1993 by Louis Posen and financed by a group of private investors. Hopeless's artists are generally considered punk rock, pop punk, emo, or alternative rock, but some also include elements of various genres of metal.

The label's "charitable arm," Sub City Records, participates in a number of benefit tours such as the Take Action Tour. Each year Hopeless/Sub City releases a benefit compilation Take Action! which is a multidisc compilation of punk and other independent bands. The CD release usually coincides with the annual Take Action Tour.

Hopeless also owns downloadpunk.com, a music downloading site that offers songs and albums in DRM-free, 192 kbit/s MP3 format.

Artists

Current artists

• Anarbor
• Against All Authority
• All Time Low
• Guttermouth
• Kaddisfly
• Mustard Plug
• Nural
• Samiam
• The Human Abstract
• The Dangerous Summer
• There For Tomorrow
• Selby Tigers

Former artists

• 88 Fingers Louie
• Amber Pacific (Contract Ended)
• Atom And His Package
• Avenged Sevenfold (2001 - 2004; Left for Warner Bros. Records)
• Break The Silence
• Common Rider
• Digger
• Dillinger Four
• Ever We Fall (Broke Up)
• Falling Sickness
• Fifteen
• Funeral Oration
• Heckle (1997)
• Jeff Ott
• Mêlée (Sub City, Left for Warner Bros. Records)
• The Queers
• Royden
• Scared Of Chaka
• Schlong
• The Story So Far
• Thrice (Sub City, 2001 - 2003; Left for Island Records, then Vagrant Records)
• The Weakerthans

Compilations/Samplers

• Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 1
• Hopelessly Devoted to You Too Vol. 2
• Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 3
• Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 4
• Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 5
• Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 6
• Take Action! Vol. 1
• Take Action! Vol. 2
• Take Action! Vol. 3
• Take Action! Vol. 4
• Take Action! Vol. 5
• Take Action! Vol. 6
• Take Action! Vol. 7
• I'm So Hopeless You're So Hopeless

External links

• Official site
• Business Week-The Paul Newman of Punk Rock
• Reuters-Small punk label a powerhouse of philanthropy
• Hopeless Purevolume Site

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