SuperNova Records

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SuperNova Records
Founded2006 (2006)
Founder Steve Austin
StatusActive
Distributor(s) Sony/The Orchard [1]
Genre Heavy metal, hardcore punk, noise rock, experimental rock
Country of originU.S.

SuperNova Records is an independent record label founded and operated by Steve Austin, the frontman of the American noise rock band Today Is the Day. The name was first used in 1992 for the release of the band's demo album titled How to Win Friends and Influence People and the name was then used for the creation of the label in 2006. The label's initial purpose was to reissue then out-of-print Today Is the Day albums and to release video recordings of live performances of the band from the 1990s. Later Austin began to sign and promote other bands.

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During it's initial run, SuperNova had a distribution and manufacturing deal with Sony, and to help fund the label Austin sold his firearm collection. [2] In 2008, the label released a film based on the Today Is the Day album Axis of Eden as a digital download. [3] By 2010, the label shut down due to the stress of the business side of running the label. [4]

The label was resurrected in 2021 after Austin obtained the masters to Today Is the Day's back catalogue, with the intentions to reissue the bands music through streaming services as well as issue music from up-and-coming artists. [1]

Artists

Discography

Catalog No.YearArtistTitleFormat
SNR 0012007 Today Is the Day Willpower CD
SNR 002Willpower Live DVD
SNR 003Taipan2001: A Rock Odyssey CD
SNR 004 Today Is the Day Today Is the Day Live DVD
SNR 005RoanokeStormbringer CD
SNR 006Diesel TheoryDiesel Theory
SNR 007The Orange Man TheoryRiding A Cannibal Horse From Here To...
SNR 008 Today Is the Day Axis of Eden
SNR 009ChristineBadasser
SNR 010Defcon 4The Bad Road
SNR 011GERMZThingz 2 Say
SNR 0122008 Today Is the Day Today Is the Day
SNR 013 Supernova
SNR 014Complete FailurePerversions Of Guilt
SNR 015The Admirals ClubBlackout Sunday Audio Download
SNR 016TrampskirtsBarbedwire Vagina
SNRD 001Hope And SuicideHope And Suicide
SNRD 002 Today Is the Day Live In Japan Video Download
SNRD 003Live At The Whiskey A Go-Go
SNRD 004Axis of Eden - The Film

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