# Static Shock Records
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Static Shock Records
| image =
| image_bg =
| founded = 2008
| defunct =
| founder = Tom Ellis
| distributor =
| genre = [Punk](/source/Punk_rock)
[Hardcore](/source/Hardcore_punk)
[Post Punk](/source/Post_Punk)
[Garage Punk](/source/Garage_punk_(fusion_genre))
| country = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
| location = [London](/source/London)
| url = https://staticshockrecords.limitedrun.com/
https://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://staticshockrecords.blogspot.com/
}}
'''Static Shock Records''' is an English independent record label, gig promoter, and distributor specialising in [underground](/source/underground_music) [punk](/source/punk_rock) founded in [London](/source/London) in 2008.[{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/sievehead-and-their-cracking-post-punk-will-demolish-you/|title=Sievehead and Their Cracking Post Punk Will Demolish You|last=Scott|first=Tim|date=7 June 2017|access-date=6 April 2018|website=[Noisey](/source/Noisey)|publisher=[Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine))}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/uranium-club-return-with-more-80s-inspired-stabby-and-jabby-midwestern-punk/|title=Uranium Club Return With More 80s Inspired Stabby and Jabby Midwestern Punk|last=Scott|first=Tim|date=19 September 2016|access-date=6 April 2018|website=[Noisey](/source/Noisey)|publisher=[Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine))}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-number-ones-remain-atop-the-punky-power-pop-ladder/|title=The Number Ones Remain Atop the Punky Power Pop Pile|last=Scott|first=Tim|date=4 December 2017|access-date=6 April 2018|website=[Noisey](/source/Noisey)|publisher=[Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine))}}][{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22659-all-of-them-naturals|title=Uranium Club All of Them Naturals|last=Glickman|first=David|date=7 January 2017|accessdate=6 April 2018|website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|publisher=Pitchfork Media Group}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/133253-Static-Shock-Records|title=Static Shock Records Discogs Page|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |accessdate=6 April 2018}}] From 2012 to 2023 the label organised a 'Static Shock Weekend' festival most years, held at different venues around the city.[{{cite web|url=https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/create-to-destroy-static-shock-weekend/|title=Create to Destroy! Static Shock Weekend|author=Amelia|website=[Maximum Rock and Roll](/source/Maximum_Rock_and_Roll)|date=3 November 2016|accessdate=9 April 2018}}][{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/a-guide-to-static-shock-records-one-of-the-uks-best-diy-punk-labels/|website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|title=A Guide to Static Shock Records, One of the UK’s Best DIY Punk Labels|first=Madison|last=Bloom|date=17 June 2021|access-date=11 June 2025}}]
==History==
Static Shock was founded in London by Tom Ellis in 2008. Its first release was a 7” from the Canadian power pop band Dangerloves, after seeing the band play at Toronto's Fucked Up Weekend, now called Not Dead Yet Fest. The label's next release was a 7” from his own band, The Shitty Limits, called ''Here Are The Limits''. The label has since released music by bands from all over Europe, North America, and Australia.[{{cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/static-shock-records-guide|title=Where to Start With U.K. Punk Label Static Shock Records|first=Jordan|last=Reyes|date=13 April 2020|website=[Bandcamp Daily](/source/Bandcamp)}}]
Since 2012 the label has organised the 'Static Shock Weekend' festival most years at different venues in the city.[{{cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/staticshockrecs/status/1676946613875384320/photo/1|user=staticshockrecs |number=1676946613875384320|title=Static Shock Weekend End}}]
==Acclaimed releases==
Debuting on 6 July 2017 via streaming by [NPR Music](/source/NPR_Music) and physically released 14 July 2017 in a co-release with the Wilsuns Recording Company, Static Shock Records released ''[Need To Feel Your Love](/source/Need_To_Feel_Your_Love)'' by [Sheer Mag](/source/Sheer_Mag). It received acclaim from reviewers, some of them calling it one of the best LPs of 2017.[Gotrich, Lars (6 July 2017). [https://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/534316415/first-listen-sheer-mag-need-to-feel-your-love "Review: Sheer Mag, 'Need To Feel Your Love'"]. ''[NPR Music](/source/NPR_Music)''. Retrieved 24 January 2018.]
''[Need To Feel Your Love](/source/Need_To_Feel_Your_Love)'' was included in the top 30 of year-end lists of publications such as [Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone), [NME](/source/NME), [Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine)), Slant Magazine, [Noisey](/source/Noisey), and Paste.
On 19 October 2018 the label released ''Raise Your Voice Joyce: Contemporary Shouts From Contemporary Voices'', a compilation of music covertly recorded by the Canadian band [Fucked Up](/source/Fucked_Up), though uncredited, with lyrics and vocals performed by members of UK and European punk bands including [Nekra](/source/Nekra_(band)), [Good Throb](/source/Good_Throb), [Arms Race](/source/Arms_Race_(band)), [Sauna Youth](/source/Sauna_Youth), Terrible Feelings, and more.[{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2010942/did-fucked-up-make-a-raise-your-voice-joyce-companion-piece-compilation/music/|title=Did Fucked Up Make A Dose Your Dreams Companion Piece Compilation?|last=Breihan|first=Tom|website=[Stereogum](/source/Stereogum)|date=20 August 2018|accessdate=31 October 2019}}][{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_is_fucked_ups_secret_comp_raise_your_voice_joyce|title=Here Is Fucked Up's "Secret" Comp 'Raise Your Voice Joyce'|date=24 October 2018|website=[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)|accessdate=31 October 2019}}]
In January 2020 the label released ''Speed Kills'', the debut album by punk-indebted [pub rock](/source/Pub_rock_(United_Kingdom)) band [Chubby and the Gang](/source/Chubby_and_the_Gang). It quickly received positive reviews from the likes of [Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone), [Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) and [Stereogum](/source/Stereogum).[{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/chubby-and-the-gang-speed-kills/|title=Speed Kills - Chubby and the Gang|website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|first=Matthew Ismael|last=Ruiz|date=29 January 2020|access-date=11 June 2025}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/chubby-and-the-gang/chubby-and-the-gang-speed-kills-interview|title=Chubby and the Gang Rule, OK? How Hardcore Veterans Made the Best Punk-Pop LP in Recent Memory|first=Lizzie|last=Manno|date=27 February 2020|access-date=11 June 2025}}]
==Artists on Static Shock Records==
*Ajax
*Alvilda
*AMMO
*ASSISTERT SJØLMORD
*ATAQUE ZERO
*Beta Blockers
*Blazing Eye
*Bootlicker
*[Career Suicide](/source/Career_Suicide_(band))
*[Chubby and the Gang](/source/Chubby_and_the_Gang)
*Cold Meat[{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/maternity-stomp/|title=Cold Meat "Maternity Stomp"|last=Minsker|first=Evan|website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|publisher=Pitchfork Media Group|date=28 February 2018|accessdate=17 April 2018}}]
*Creem
*Dangerloves
*DELCO MF'S
*Disguise
*Efialtis
*[Frau](/source/Frau_(band))
*GLAAS
*GOLPE
*Hygiene
*Idiota Civilizzato
*Impalers
*Imploders
*Krimewatch
*KORO
*LASSO
*L.O.T.I.O.N
*The Love Triangle
*LUCTA
*Music City
*Nasti
*Negative Gears
*Neutrals
*No
*The Number Ones[{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/05/10/sheer-mag-need-to-feel-your-love|title=Sheer Mag Announces Debut Album, Need To Feel Your Love|last=Renshaw|first=David|date=10 May 2017|accessdate=15 April 2018|website=[The Fader](/source/The_Fader)|publisher=The Fader Media group}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/01/05/sheer-mag-compilation-lp|title=Sheer Mag To Release Compilation LP Ahead Of Their 2017 Debut Full-Length|last=Renshaw|first=David|date=5 January 2017|accessdate=15 April 2018|website=[The Fader](/source/The_Fader)|publisher=The Fader Media group}}]
*S.H.I.T.
*The Shitty Limits
*Stigmatism
*Strutter
*The Flex
*The Hazmats
*TV Crime
*Tyrannamen
*[Uranium Club](/source/Uranium_Club)