San Diego garage punk power trio The Schizophonics signed to Alternative Tentacles and dropped their debut single “Black Pleather” from their forthcoming album Burning Floor, featuring a cameo from Melvins drummer Dale Crover in the video. North American Fall tour kicks off September 17. Watch it now and grab your tickets below. Continue reading
Faith No More, by Meg Loyal Photography
Back in 1994 Greg Werckman, former Alternative Tentacles’ boss and Mike Patton’s manager, along with Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk, Mr. Bungle) formed Ipecac Records, and soon after released IPC-1, Fantômas’ self-titled release. Basically by making a label from for Patton projects like Fantomas and Mr. Bungle as well as Maldoror, a release featuring Japanese noise heavyweight Masami Akita (Merzbow) and Patton and more. On April 1, 1999, Ipecac Recordings was officially born, headquartered out of Werckman’s San Francisco home office. Initially, the plan was to make this a home for Patton’s non-Faith No More/Mr. Bungle releases, but a year’s long friendship with the Melvins quickly changed that. Continue reading