Skene! Records

{{Short description|Independent record label}} '''Skene! Records''' was an American DIY punk rock record label founded in Connecticut in 1988 by Jeff Spiegel,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fastnbulbous.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mac-1990-04-06-skene.pdf|format=PDF|title=Macweekly|page=15|date=April 6, 1990|website=Fastnbulbous.com|access-date=2022-03-27}}</ref> then later based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<ref name="Laufenberg1994">{{cite book | author = Cindy Laufenberg | title = 1995 Songwriter's Market: Where & How to Market Your Songs | url = https://archive.org/details/1995songwritersm00cind | url-access = registration | date = 1 September 1994 | publisher = Writer's Digest Books | isbn = 978-0-89879-676-6 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/1995songwritersm00cind/page/223 223]– }}</ref><ref name="Egerdahl2010">{{cite book | author = Kjersti Egerdahl | title = Green Day: A Musical Biography | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UfMAtvcbex4C&pg=PA28 | year = 2010 | publisher = ABC-CLIO | isbn = 978-0-313-36597-3 | pages = 28– }}</ref><ref name="Kimpel2006">{{cite book | author = Dan Kimpel | title = How They Made It: True Stories of How Music's Biggest Stars Went from Start to Stardom! | url = https://archive.org/details/howtheymadeittru0000kimp | url-access = registration | year = 2006 | publisher = Hal Leonard Corporation | isbn = 978-0-634-07642-8 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/howtheymadeittru0000kimp/page/48 48]– }}</ref> An early album release was ''Better Yet Connecticut Hardcore'', featuring bands such as Bug Gulp, Fallback, Freedom of Choice, Forced Reality and Scooter X.

Spiegel also promoted local punk shows in central Connecticut. The most infamous of which being "the greatest show that never happened", showcased at the New Britain VFW hall and featuring bands such as Big Gulp, Freedom of Choice, and Fallback. Shortly after the show began, during Fallback's set, a fight broke out and the show was forcibly shut down by the New Britain Police department; some of the footage was caught on a video tape that seems to have been lost.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

The label later released records from such bands as Green Day,<ref group="note">Specifically, ''Sweet Children''.</ref> Trenchmouth, Shades Apart, AWAKE!, The People's Court, Slap of Reality, Candy Machine, Bob Evans,<ref name="Inc.1995">{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7AsEAAAAMBAJ|date=25 March 1995|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7AsEAAAAMBAJ/page/n8 16]–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Lifter Puller,<ref name="Pilchak2005">{{cite book | author = Angela M. Pilchak | title = Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mQo5AQAAIAAJ | date = October 2005 | publisher = Cengage Gale | isbn = 978-0-7876-8069-5 }}</ref> Actionslacks, Everready, Fuel (not to be confused with the popular rock band), Angry Son, Go!, Phleg Camp, Jawbreaker, Crimpshrine, Dog Tired, The Deviators, Gneissmaker, Walt Mink, and others, and was considered a contemporary of No Idea Records, Very Small Records, and Lookout! Records.

The label existed at least until 1996, and is mentioned by Matt Diehl in ''My So-Called Punk'' (St Martin's Press, 2007)<ref name="Diehl2013">{{cite book | author = Matt Diehl | title = My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YW6zAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT65 | date = 24 September 2013 | publisher = St. Martin's Press | isbn = 978-1-4668-5306-5 | pages = 65– }}</ref> in terms of the relation between punk with a DIY ethic and contemporary "neo-punk" involved in the Warped Tour and large punk labels such as Epitaph Records.

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