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AMPHETAMINE REPTILE RECORDS IS AN INFLUENTIAL, INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL FOUNDED IN WASHINGTON STATE (AND LATER BASED IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN) IN 1986 BY TOM HAZELMYER. SYNONYMOUS WITH THE 90’S NOISE ROCK & ALTERNATIVE METAL BOOM, THE LABEL RELEASED SEMINAL ALBUMS FOR BANDS LIKE HELMET, THE MELVINS & COWS.

ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT OF A HAND GRENADE CRATE UNDER A MILITARY BUNK SO HAZELMYER COULD RELEASE HIS OWN BAND'S (HALO OF FLIES) MUSIC, THE LABEL BECAME A DEFINING UNDERGROUND INSTITUTION. IT HELPED BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN EARLY GRUNGE & HEAVY NOISE. THE MASSIVE SUCCESS OF HELMET'S DEBUT ALBUM, STRAP IT ON, BECAME VITAL IN SUSTAINING THE LABEL FINANCIALLY THROUGHOUT THE 1990S.

THE LABEL BECAME LEGENDARY NOT ONLY FOR ITS ABRASIVE MUSICAL OUTPUT BUT ALSO FOR ITS HIGHLY COLLECTABLE, LIMITED-EDITION VINYL PACKAGING. HAZELMYER EXPANDED INTO VISUAL ARTS, HAND-CARVING LINOLEUM BLOCKS AND UTILIZING SILK-SCREENING FOR COVER ART UNDER THE MONIKER HAZEXXL.

WHILE IT HAS EVOLVED INTO A BOUTIQUE CREATIVE OUTLET, THE LABEL IS STILL ACTIVE. IT OPERATES AS AN ARTISANAL OPERATION, PRESSING HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER, HAND-PRINTED VINYL & OCCASIONALLY HOSTING THEIR BI-YEARLY AMREP BASH MINI-FESTIVAL IN MINNEAPOLIS.

SIZE: XL

MEASUREMENTS: 23.5 x 29

YEAR: 1991

TAG: CUT

STITCHING: SINGLE STITCH

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