| Trance Syndicate | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 1990 (1990) |
| Founder | King Coffey |
| Defunct | 1999 (1999) |
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Punk rock, alternative rock, noise rock, indie rock |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Official website | buttholesurfers |
Trance Syndicate was an independent record label founded in 1990 by King Coffey, drummer of Austin, Texas band the Butthole Surfers. Its first release was Crust's The Sacred Heart of Crust EP. From 1990 to 1999, when the label closed down, Trance Syndicate released albums by several notable Texan bands and artists, including Pain Teens, Bedhead, Ed Hall, American Analog Set, Furry Things, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and Roky Erickson.
Although defunct, Trance Syndicate is survived by the Emperor Jones label, formerly an arm of Trance.
Roster
- …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- A.C. Acoustics
- Bedhead
- Butthole Surfers
- Cherubs
- Crunt
- Crust
- Desafinado
- Distorted Pony
- Drain
- Ed Hall
- Eight Frozen Modules
- Electric Company
- Furry Things
- johnboy
- Labradford
- Monroe Mustang
- The Pain Teens
- Paul Newman
- Roky Erickson
- Sixteen Deluxe
- Starfish
- Stars of the Lid
- Sweet Pea
- Windsor for the Derby
Discography
| No. | Year | Artist | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1990 | Crust | Sacred Heart of Crust | LP |
| 02 | Various artists | Love & Napalm, Vol. 1 | EP | |
| 03 | Pain Teens | Born in Blood | CD, CS, LP | |
| 04 | 1991 | Drain | A Black Fist | 7" |
| 05 | Crust | Crust | LP | |
| 06 | Crust | Feelings | 7" | |
| 07 | Ed Hall | Beth | 7" | |
| 08 | Various artists | Love & Napalm, Vol. 2 | EP | |
| 09 | Ed Hall | Gloryhole | CD, CS, LP | |
| 10 | 1992 | Pain Teens | Stimulation Festival | CD, CS, LP |
| 11 | Drain | Pick Up Heaven | CD, LP | |
| 12 | Cherubs | Pink Party Dessert | 7" | |
| 13 | Cherubs | Icing | CD, LP | |
| 14 | Various artists | Love & Napalm | VHS | |
| 15 | 1993 | CD, CS, LP | ||
| 16 | johnboy | pistolswing | CD, CS, LP | |
| 17 | Pain Teens | Destroy Me, Lover | CD, CS, LP | |
| 18 | Cherubs | Carjack Fairy / Daisy Poser | 7" | |
| 19 | Crunt | Crunt | CD, CS, LP | |
| 20 | Ed Hall | Motherscratcher | CD, CS, LP | |
| 21 | Bedhead | WhatFunLifeWas | CD, CS, LP | |
| 22 | 1994 | Distorted Pony | Instant Winner | CD, LP |
| 23 | Crust | Crusty Love | CD, CS, LP | |
| 24 | Cherubs | Heroin Man | CD, LP | |
| 25 | Various artists | Jordan Thomas Nashville Connection | CD | |
| 26 | Cherubs / Fuckemos | Cherubs / Fuckemos | 7" | |
| 27 | johnboy | Claim Dedications | CD, CS, LP | |
| 28 | Roky Erickson | We Are Never Talking / Please Judge | 7" | |
| 29 | Bedhead | 4songCDEP19:10 | CD, CS, LP | |
| 30 | Butthole Surfers | Good King Wencenslaus | 7" | |
| 31 | A.C. Acoustics | Able Treasury | CD | |
| 32 | Sixteen Deluxe | Idea / Honey | 7" | |
| 33 | Roky Erickson | All That May Do My Rhyme | CD, CS, LP | |
| 34 | A.C. Acoustics | Hand Passes Plenty | CD, LP | |
| 35 | Butthole Surfers | The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt | CD | |
| 36 | Ed Hall | La La Land | CD, LP | |
| 37 | 1995 | Sixteen Deluxe | Backfeed Magnetbabe | CD, LP |
| 38 | Various artists | ¡Cinco Años! | CD | |
| 39 | Furry Things | Still California / Car Songs Unlimited | 7" | |
| 40 | Starfish | Stellar Sonic Solutions | CD, CS, LP | |
| 41 | Pain Teens | Beast of Dreams | CD, CS, LP | |
| 42 | 1996 | Bedhead | The Dark Ages | 7" |
| 43 | Furry Things | The Big Saturday Illusion | CD, LP | |
| 44 | Buffo | Here Our Cry | 7" | |
| 45 | Windsor for the Derby / Desafinado | Earnest Powers / Envy The Big Noises | 7" | |
| 46 | Windsor for the Derby | Calm Hades Float | CD, LP | |
| 47 | Drain | Drain | 7" | |
| 48 | Cherubs | Short of Popular | CD | |
| 49 | Drain | Offspeed and In There | CD, LP | |
| 50 | Bedhead | Beheaded | CD, LP | |
| 51 | Sweet Pea | Chicks Hate Wes | CD | |
| 52 | 1997 | Starfish | 4-Song EP | 7" |
| 53 | Furry Things | Hedfones | CD | |
| 54 | Windsor for the Derby | Metropolitan Then Poland | EP | |
| 55 | Starfish | Frustrated | CD, LP | |
| 56 | 1998 | Furry Things | Moments Away | CD |
| 57 | 1997 | Windsor for the Derby / Drain | The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 1 | EP |
| 58 | Electric Company / Furry Things | The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 2 | EP | |
| 59 | Eight Frozen Modules | Daydream Nightmare | EP | |
| 60 | Labradford / Stars Of The Lid | The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 3 | EP | |
| 61 | Starfish | The Instrumental | CD | |
| 62 | Eight Frozen Modules | The Confused Designer | CD | |
| 63 | Windsor for the Derby | Minnie Greutzfeldt | CD, LP | |
| 64 | Furry Things | Frequent Lunacy | CD | |
| 65 | 1998 | Paul Newman | Frames Per Second | CD, LP |
| 66 | ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | CD, LP | |
| 67 | Bedhead | Transaction de Novo | CD, LP | |
| 68 | Monroe Mustang | Plain Sweeping Themes for the Unprepared | CD, LP | |
| 69 | 1999 | Bedhead | Lepidoptera | 7" |
| 70 | Paul Newman | Only Love Can Break Your Heart | CD, LP |
See also
References
- Larkin, Colin (1999) "Trance Syndicate Records" in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0257-7, p. 454
- Barbaro, Nick (1981–2013). "The Complete Trance Syndicate Discography". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
External links
 | This article about a United States independent record label is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |