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Bar/None Records
Founded1986
FounderTom Prendergast
Glenn Morrow
DistributorAlternative Distribution Alliance,
Secretly Distribution
GenreAlternative rock
Indie rock
Folk
CountryUnited States
LocationHoboken, New Jersey

Bar/None Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey.[1] It was founded in 1986. As of 2019, there have been over 100 bands that have signed to Bar/None Records.

Early history

Tom Prendergast started Bar/None in early 1986 in Hoboken, New Jersey.[2][3] 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,[2] Luka Bloom, and Tindersticks (London/PolyGram).[citation needed]

Artists (past and present)

Main article: List of Bar/None Records artists

As of 2019, there have been over one-hundred and twenty artists signed to Bar/None Records.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Darren Paltrowitz (8 November 2015). "Still rockin' - Bar/None Records owner talks about 30 years of music business survival". The Hudson Reporter. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ X; P; N (2016-07-21). "World Cafe: 5 Bands That Got Their Start On Bar/None Records". NPR. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  3. ^ Moynihan, Michael (2016-07-18). "Limerick native Tom Prendergast went from illegal alien in New York to record producer". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  4. ^ Jim Testa (22 September 2015). "Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help to debut Sunday at the Hoboken Arts & Music Festival". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. ^ Bar/None Records Staff 2019.

Sources

  • Bar/None Records Staff (2019), "Full Catalog", Bar/None Records, retrieved 7 April 2019