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Honest Don's Records | |
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Founder | Fat Mike |
Genre | Punk rock |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Location | San Francisco, California |
Honest Don's Records was a subsidiary label based in San Francisco, California, set up along with Pink & Black Records by Fat Wreck Chords to release material by bands that didn't fit within the roster at Fat.
The label ceased trading around 2003 with the Nerf Herder EP "My E.P.". Some of the bands were absorbed into the Fat roster, whilst others moved on.
They released a number of albums, each of which would have a unique variant on the record labels name: [1]
Catalog # | Band | Title | Honest Don's... | Format |
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DON001 | Diesel Boy | Cock Rock | Hardly Used Recordings | LP/CD/CS |
DON002 | Dance Hall Crashers | The Old Record | Hardly Used Recordings | LP/CD/CS |
DON003 | J Church | The Drama of Alienation | Hardly Used Recordings | LP/CD/CS |
DON004 | Millions Dead Cops Featuring Pig Champion | I Don't Want To Hurt You Dude, I Just Want My Shit Back | 7" | |
DON005 | The Other | The Other | Snug Fitting Trousers | CD |
DON006 | Submissives | An Anvil Will Wear Out Many A Hammer | Badly Bruised Bottoms | LP/CD |
DON007 | Mad Caddies | Quality Soft Core | Hardly Rude Recordings | LP/CD |
DON008 | Limp | Pop and Disorderly | Fat Free Recordings | LP/CD |
DON009 | The Riverdales | Blood on the Ice | Hardly Used Puckbags | 7" |
DON010 | The Riverdales | Storm the Streets | Totally Beaten Brats | LP/CD/CS |
DON011 | Various Artists | Honest Don's Welcome Wagon | 14 Step Program | CD |
DON012 | Chixdiggit! | Chupacabras | Exhilarated Industry Experts | 7" |
DON013 | Teen Idols | Teen Idols | Reliable Redneck Recordings | LP/CD |
DON014 | Diesel Boy | Venus Envy | Fine Looking Fellows | LP/CD |
DON015 | Hagfish | Hagfish | Lame Ass Recordings | LP/CD |
DON016 | Chixdiggit! | Born on the First of July | Canadian Passport Recordings | LP/CD |
DON017 | Fluf | Road Rage | Brown Trout Surprise | LP/CD |
DON018 | Various Artists | Greatest Shits | Crazy Crappin' Clowns | CD |
DON019 | Limp | Guitarded | Ass, Gas or Grass... | LP/CD |
DON020 | Me First & The Gimme Gimmes | Elton | Wammie Winning Jerks | 7" |
DON021 | Dogpiss | Eine Kleine Punkmusik | Had My Wife | LP/CD |
DON022 | Teen Idols | Pucker Up | Juvenile Jailbird Recordings | LP/CD |
DON023 | Various Artists | Return Of The Read Menace | Really Revolutionary Recordings | CD |
DON024 | The Muffs | Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow | M-M-Good Recordings | LP/CD |
DON025 | Diesel Boy | Sofa King Cool | Short Haired Dogs | LP/CD |
DON026 | Teen Idols and Spread | It Found A Voice | Foreign Trade Agreement | CD |
DON027 | Nerf Herder | How to Meet Girls | Corn Dog Emporium | CD |
DON028 | Chixdiggit! | From Scene to Shining Scene | Deep Deep Pockets | LP/CD |
DON029 | J Church | One Mississippi | Strictly Analog Recordings | LP/CD |
DON030 | Teen Idols | Full Leather Jacket | Whitetrash Ass Whoopin' | LP/CD |
DON031 | Bad Astronaut | Acrophobe | Sci-Fidelity Recordings | CD |
DON032 | Big In Japan | Destroy The New Rock | Tough Guy Factory | LP/CD |
DON034 | Diesel Boy | Rode Hard and Put Away Wet | Teen Pop Divas | LP/CD |
DON035 | Inspection 12 | In Recovery | Barely Legal Recordings | LP/CD |
DON036 | Citizen Fish | Life Size | Old English Recordings | LP/CD |
DON037 | The Real McKenzies | Loch'd and Loaded | Kilt Wearin' Punks' | CD |
DON038 | Limp | Limp | Done Dirt Cheap | LP/CD |
DON039 | Various Artists | Dirty Dishes | Steamin' Hot Licks | CD |
DON040 | Nerf Herder | American Cheese | Fried Cheese On-A-Stick | CD |
DON041 | Bad Astronaut | Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem | 12 Small Steps | CD |
DON042 | Squirtgun | Fade To Bright | Wacky Water Pistols | LP/CD |
DON044 | The Real McKenzies | Oot & Aboot | Sheep Shaggin' Recordings | LP/CD |
DON045 | Nerf Herder | My E.P. | Wasted Gnome Rock | CD |
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