Teenage USA Recordings is a Canadian independent record label, founded by Phil Klygo and Mark DiPietro[1][2] in the fall of 1997 on the back of Klygo's Skull Geek record label and fanzine.

The label, based in Toronto, has released records by artists such as Elevator, Eric's Trip, The Weekend, Pecola, Gaffer, Smallmouth, Peaches, Stink Mitt, Dan Bryk, Kid Lunch, Thanatopop, Cecil Seaskull, Two-Minute Miracles, Lonnie James, Blood Meridian, Solar Baby, Robin Black, The Zoobombs, The Exploders, 122 Greige, The Killer Elite, Neck, and Mean Red Spiders.

Song Corporation bought into the label in 2000 and named Klygo and DiPietro as Song's Directors of Artistic Development.[3][4] Following Song's bankruptcy a year later, the pair regained ownership of their label and signed a distribution deal with Outside Music. Shortly thereafter, DiPietro took a job at Outside, running their in-house label in addition to teenage USA. Klygo took over as Festival Director at Canadian Music Week, as well as starting a new experimental gallery-salon space with artist Germaine Koh called (weewerk) that eventually became a record label.

Teenage USA Recordings discography

YearArtistTitleTypeCatalog number
1996PecolaDat Hoang EPEPteen 002
SmallmouthAll Ports in Frequent Seasteen001
1998Pecola/SmallmouthPecola / Smallmouth7"teen 003
Lonnie JamesThis Land is Your LandCDteen 004
GafferSnow Falls Like Starsteen 005
Mean Red SpidersPlaces You Call Hometeen 006
SolarbabyThe Power of Negative Prayerteen 007
Cecil SeaskullWhoeverteen 008
NeckUncrated Distant Star EPCD, EPteen 009
122 GreigeMoving Away from the SunCDteen 010
The Two-Minute MiraclesVolume Iteen 012
1999Kid LunchKid Lunchteen 011
Lonnie JamesDee-Oteen-14
ThanatopopFour Track Mindteen 015
2000PeachesPeachesCD, EPteen017, teen 3017-2
The ExplodersWho's Who & What's What7", EPteen 020
Dan BrykLovers LeapCDteen 021, teen 3021-2
The WeekendThe Weekendteen 3016-2
Robin Black & The Intergalactic Rock StarsStar Shaped SingleCD, EPteen 3018-2
Mean Red SpidersStarsandsonsCDteen 3019-2
ElevatorTaste of Complete PerspectiveCD, LPteen 3023
2001VariousEar Candy Song Sampler: January 2001 "Cherry"CDSEC01-01
Gord DisleyShots Firedteen 024
The Killer Elite"End of a Whip / Talk About the City"7"teen 026
The ExplodersNew VariationsCDteen 027
The Two-Minute MiraclesVolume II: Thirteen Songs from the House of Miraclesteen3022
Eric's TripThe Eric's Trip Show (Recorded Live in Concert 1991-1996)teen-3025
ZoobombsBomb You Liveteen 3028
2002Mean Red SpidersStill Life Fast Movingteen 3030
The WeekendTeaser EPCD, EPteen 3029, teen 3034 (2003)
2003Great Lake SwimmersGreat Lake SwimmersCDteen 033
StinkmittScratch 'N' Sniffteen3031
The Two-Minute MiraclesVolume III: The Silence of Animalsteen3032
2004Blood MeridianWe Almost Made It Hometeen 035
StinkmittBiker Shorts (Remix)12"teen 036
2005The WeekendBeatbox My Heartbeatteen37

See also

References

  1. ↑ Everett-Green, Robert. "Indies may hold key to the future", The Globe and Mail, 2002-04-13, p. R13.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Carl. "The music born of creative misremembering", The Globe and Mail, 2000-10-12, p. R9.
  3. ↑ Hayes, David (February 2002). "Song corpse: it seemed like the answer to the industry's prayers. Allan Gregg's record label promised to combine the artistic integrity of an indie with the corporate clout of a major", Toronto Life 36 (2): 76.
  4. ↑ "Teen USA purchased by Song Corp". Chart. 2000-03-10. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
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