Eyeball Records

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Eyeball Records
Eyeball Records Logo.jpg
Founded1995 (1995)
FounderAlex Saavedra
Genre Alternative rock, hardcore punk, metalcore
Country of originU.S.
Official website www.eyeballrecords.org

Eyeball Records is an independent record label originally established in NYC out of Apartment 4C on 14th St at Avenue A by Alex Saavedra and Vincent Li. The label later moved to Kearny, New Jersey. Eyeball has released albums by artists such as Thursday, My Chemical Romance, and Murder by Death, focusing on indie, alternative rock and punk rock.

Contents

In 2020, the label began releasing exclusive cassette and t-shirt bundles exclusively through The Hyv.

Artists

Compilations/demos

Now That's What I Call Eyeball

TrackTitleTime
1"Different" - New London Fire04:24
2"We Don't Bleed" - New London Fire 03:35
3"Food Chain" - Milemarker 04:59
4"Pornographic Architecture" - Milemarker 03:45
5"The Proud Parent's Convention Held in the ER" - The Number Twelve Looks Like You 02:37
6"Like A Cat" - The Number Twelve Looks Like You 03:31
7"Final Battle" - My Epiphany03:43
8"Body Talk" - My Epiphany03:50
9"Argh... I'm a Pirate" - Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer 01:53
10"This Was All a Bad Idea" - Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer 02:42

Now That's What I Call Eyeball is occasionally included as a bonus sampler in some re-releases of My Chemical Romance's first studio album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.

Reverse Psychology

TrackTitle
1"Wire and Stone" - New Atlantic
2"Machines" - Kiss Kiss
3"Like A Cat" - The Number Twelve Looks Like You
4"We Don't Bleed" - New London Fire
5"Float" - Sean Walsh
6"Numbers" - Pompeii
7"The Weather Machine" - Signal To Noise
8"Dirty Frames" - The Tiny
9"Chinatown" - The Velocet
10"Act 7, Scene 8" - Going Home
11"Home(Again)" - The Feverfew

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