# Bar/None Records

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"Bar/None" redirects here. For other uses, see [Bar None (disambiguation)](/source/Bar_None_(disambiguation)).

**Bar/None Records** is an [independent record label](/source/Independent_record_label) based in [Hoboken, New Jersey](/source/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](/source/Hoboken,_New_Jersey).[2][3] The first release on Bar/None was by [Rage to Live](/source/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](/source/Alternative_pop) community having toured nationally with his previous band, [The Individuals](/source/The_Individuals_(New_Jersey_band)), and had also worked in the A&R department of [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Records) and as the managing editor of *[New York Rocker](/source/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](/source/Major_record_label) include [They Might Be Giants](/source/They_Might_Be_Giants) ([Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records)), [Yo La Tengo](/source/Yo_La_Tengo) ([Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records)/[Matador](/source/Matador_Records)), [Freedy Johnston](/source/Freedy_Johnston),[2] [Luka Bloom](/source/Luka_Bloom), and [Tindersticks](/source/Tindersticks) ([London](/source/London_Records)/[PolyGram](/source/PolyGram)).[citation needed]

## Artists (past and present)

Main article: [List of Bar/None Records artists](/source/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

- [List of record labels](/source/List_of_record_labels)

## References

1. [Darren Paltrowitz](/source/Darren_Paltrowitz) (8 November 2015). ["Still rockin' - Bar/None Records owner talks about 30 years of music business survival"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160504221630/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/26947989/article-Still-rockin---Bar-None-Records-owner-talks-about-30-years-of-music-business-survival-). The Hudson Reporter. Archived from [the original](http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/26947989/article-Still-rockin---Bar-None-Records-owner-talks-about-30-years-of-music-business-survival-) on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

1. X; P; N (2016-07-21). ["World Cafe: 5 Bands That Got Their Start On Bar/None Records"](https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2016/07/21/486908997/world-cafe-5-bands-that-got-their-start-on-bar-none-records). *NPR*. Retrieved 2026-03-20.

1. Moynihan, Michael (2016-07-18). ["Limerick native Tom Prendergast went from illegal alien in New York to record producer"](https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20410830.html). *Irish Examiner*. Retrieved 2026-03-20.

1. Jim Testa (22 September 2015). ["Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help to debut Sunday at the Hoboken Arts & Music Festival"](http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/09/glenn_morrows_cry_for_help_to_debut_sunday_at_the.html). The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

1. Bar/None Records Staff 2019.

## Sources

- Bar/None Records Staff (2019), ["Full Catalog"](http://www.bar-none.com/full-catalog), *Bar/None Records*, retrieved 7 April 2019

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.bar-none.com/)

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