Hopeless Records

Hopeless Records
Hopeless Records
Founded	1993
Founder	Louis Posen
Distributor(s)	AMPED Distribution
Genre	Screamo; emocore; alternative rock; punk rock; hardcore punk; heavy metal; pop punk;
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	Van Nuys, California
Official website	www.hopelessrecords.com

Hopeless Records is an American independent record label in Van Nuys, California.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

History

Hopeless Records was founded in 1993 by Louis Posen. The label's artists are generally considered to fall under the genres of punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, and alternative rock, but some also include elements of heavy metal. Some of their best-known artists include All Time Low, Sum 41, Neck Deep, Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Yellowcard, Anarbor, Taking Back Sunday, Silverstein, Amber Pacific, We Are the In Crowd, Bayside, the Used, the Wonder Years, the Human Abstract and Enter Shikari.^[7]

In July 2008, Hopeless Records announced that it had launched a new imprint, P Is for Panda. It was originally started in 2007 as a clothing line by The Militia Group founder Chad Pearson. The P Is For Panda label released its first album, a various artists compilation in August 2008.^[8]

Notable artists

Current

Past

88 Fingers Louie (active)
Against All Authority (active)
Air Dubai (status unknown)
All Time Low (active with Fueled by Ramen)
Amber Pacific (active with Digitally Sound Records and Straight 8 Entertainment)
Anarbor (active)
Anthony Raneri (active with Equal Vision Records)
Atom And His Package (active)
Avenged Sevenfold (active with Warner Records)
Between You & Me (independent)
Circa Survive (hiatus)
Coldrain (active with Warner Music Japan)
Common Rider (status unknown)
Cruel Hand (status unknown)
Damion Suomi and the Minor Prophets (status unknown)
The Dangerous Summer (active with Rude Records)
Digger (active again as of 2015)
Dillinger Four (active with Fat Wreck Chords)
Doll Skin (disbanded)
Driver Friendly (status unknown)
Emarosa (active with Out of Line Music)
Enter Shikari (independent)
Ever We Fall (disbanded)
Fifteen (disbanded)
Foxing
Funeral Oration (disbanded)
Grabbitz (active with Monstercat Records)
Guttermouth (active with Rude Records)
Hands Like Houses (status unknown)
Have Mercy (active again as of 2022)
Heckle (disbanded)
Hey Violet (disbanded)
The Human Abstract (disbanded)
Hundredth (status unknown)
Jeff Ott (status unknown)
Kaddisfly (active with Hopeless subsidiary Sub City Records)
Lotus Eater (disbanded)
Mêlée (status unknown)
Milk Teeth (disbanded)
Moose Blood (hiatus)
Mustard Plug (active with No Idea Records)
New Found Glory (active with Revelation Records)
Nural (disbanded)
The Queers (active with Cleopatra Records)
The Ready Set (status unknown)
Roam (status unknown)
Samiam (active with Pure Noise Records)
Satanic Surfers (active)
Scared of Chaka (status unknown)
Selby Tigers (disbanded)
Silverstein (active with UNFD)
Somos (status unknown)
Story Untold (actively independent)
Sum 41 (active with Rise Records)
SycAmour (status unknown)
Sylar (status unknown)
Taking Back Sunday (active with Fantasy Records)
There for Tomorrow (disbanded)
Thrice (active with Epitaph Records)
Tiny Moving Parts (independent)
Tonight Alive (status unknown)
Travie McCoy
The Used (active with Big Noise Records)
Waterparks (independent)
We Are The In Crowd (active)
With Confidence (disbanded)
WSTR (active)
Yellowcard (active with Equal Vision Records)

References

^ Ching, Ian. "Labels". AMPED™ Music Distribution. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
^ "About Hopeless Records". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ Fadrowski, Kelli (January 16, 2019). "Louis Posen of Van Nuys' Hopeless Records looks back on 25 years of hard work, good times and punk rock". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
^ De Los Santos, Brian (September 21, 2011). "CSUN alumnus transcends music industry with music label Hopeless Records". Sundial. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
^ Wappler, Margaret (March 16, 2006). "Hopeless? That's just a name". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
^ Brown, August (January 18, 2019). "How Hopeless Records has Thrived for a Quarter Century in Indie Punk". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
^ "more-about-us". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
^ "Hopeless Records launches P Is For Panda imprint". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ Punknews.org. "AJJ sign to Hopeless Records, release "The Baby Panda"". www.punknews.org. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
^ "illuminati hotties Share New Single "MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA," Launch Snack Shack Tracks Label". Paste Magazine. 21 Apr 2021. Retrieved 21 Apr 2021.
^ "NOAHFINNCE Has Signed To Hopeless Records & Released A New Song". Rock Sound. 19 Nov 2020. Retrieved 19 Nov 2020.
^ PVRIS: There's this push and pull between doom and joy, hate and love..."
^ "Stand Atlantic sign to Hopeless Records; Announce album Skinny Dipping". Kerrang. 2018-09-04.

External links

Official website

[1] Ching, Ian. "Labels". AMPED™ Music Distribution. Retrieved 2022-06-23.

[2] "About Hopeless Records". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[3] Fadrowski, Kelli (January 16, 2019). "Louis Posen of Van Nuys' Hopeless Records looks back on 25 years of hard work, good times and punk rock". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

[4] De Los Santos, Brian (September 21, 2011). "CSUN alumnus transcends music industry with music label Hopeless Records". Sundial. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

[5] Wappler, Margaret (March 16, 2006). "Hopeless? That's just a name". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2020.

[6] Brown, August (January 18, 2019). "How Hopeless Records has Thrived for a Quarter Century in Indie Punk". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 7, 2020.

[7] "more-about-us". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2010.

[8] "Hopeless Records launches P Is For Panda imprint". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[9] Punknews.org. "AJJ sign to Hopeless Records, release "The Baby Panda"". www.punknews.org. Retrieved 2023-03-28.

[10] "illuminati hotties Share New Single "MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA," Launch Snack Shack Tracks Label". Paste Magazine. 21 Apr 2021. Retrieved 21 Apr 2021.

[11] "NOAHFINNCE Has Signed To Hopeless Records & Released A New Song". Rock Sound. 19 Nov 2020. Retrieved 19 Nov 2020.

[12] PVRIS: There's this push and pull between doom and joy, hate and love..."

[13] "Stand Atlantic sign to Hopeless Records; Announce album Skinny Dipping". Kerrang. 2018-09-04.

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