Greasy Pop Records

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Greasy Pop Records
Founded1980 (1980)
FounderDoug Thomas
StatusInactive
Distributor(s) Festival
Genreindie rock, indie pop, post-punk, detroit, power-pop, hardcore punk
Country of origin Australia
Location Adelaide, South Australia
Official website web.archive.org/web/20090221065934/http://www.greasypop.com/gpInfo.htm

Greasy Pop Records was an Australian independent record label established by Doug Thomas (musician with The Dagoes and with The Spikes) in 1980 in Adelaide. Greasy Pop Records predominantly signed South Australian artists including Exploding White Mice, Where's the Pope?, Del Webb Explosion and The Mad Turks from Istanbul. As from 2006, the label was owned by Pete Hartman-Kearns and Monique Laver. According to I-94 Bar's Patrick Emery, Greasy Pop "was the focus of much of the city’s vibrant music scene, putting out great records ... Much of the Greasy Pop stable was based on the Detroit-via-Birdman thing – it's interesting that while Adelaide continues to share a cultural affinity closer to Melbourne than Sydney, its musical influences arguably owe more to the Sydney and the Birdman sound than the art-school aesthetic of Melbourne".

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History

Greasy Pop Records was an independent record label founded by Doug Thomas in 1980. [1] From May 1978 Thomas was a guitarist for Adelaide-based indie rock group The Dagoes (as Frankie Thomas). [1] [2] In February 1980 Thomas financed The Dagoes extended play, The Dagoes Sell Soul which was "American-oriented rock'n'roll" and was the debut release by Greasy Pop. [2] Late in 1982 The Dagoes disbanded and early in 1983 Thomas formed a "hard-edged, swampy acid-pop" band, The Spikes, which also released its material on Greasy Pop. [2] In 1985, Greasy Pop issued a compilation album of tracks, An Oasis in a Desert of Noise, by its popular artists: Exploding White Mice, The Mad Turks from Istanbul, The Spikes, Primitive Painters, Dust Collection, Plague, Garden Path, Verge, Ded Nats, On Heat and Primevils. [3] In 2006, Greasy Pop issued a DVD, An Oasis in a Desert of Celluloid, with 33 music videos. [4] As from August 2006, the label was owned by Pete Hartman-Kearns and Monique Laver. [5] According to I-94 Bar's Patrick Emery, Greasy Pop "was the focus of much of the city’s vibrant music scene, putting out great records ... Much of the Greasy Pop stable was based on the Detroit-via-Birdman thing – it's interesting that while Adelaide continues to share a cultural affinity closer to Melbourne than Sydney, its musical influences arguably owe more to the Sydney and the Birdman sound than the art-school aesthetic of Melbourne". [6]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 McFarlane, 'The Dagoes' entry. Archived from the original on 15 June 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "An Oasis in a Desert of Noise[sound recording]". Music Australia. National Library of Australia. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "An Oasis in a Desert of Celluloid[videorecording]". Music Australia. National Library of Australia. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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  11. ↑ McFarlane, 'Exploding White Mice' entry. Archived from the original on 8 July 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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  13. ↑ McFarlane, 'The Mad Turks' entry. Archived from the original on 23 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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  15. ↑ McFarlane, 'Screaming Believers' entry. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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