Distributor(s) Mordam Records Location San Diego, California Founded 1991 | Country of origin United States Founder Matt Anderson | |
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Genre Post-hardcore, hardcore punk, emo, screamo, experimental rock, noise rock, indie rock Albums Mirror, Sonic Prayer, The Lady Is A Cat Artists Antioch Arrow, Earthless, Mohinder, Unwound, Heroin | ||
Gravity Records is an underground independent record label from San Diego. It was formed in 1991 by Matt Anderson, a member of the influential underground band Heroin. It has been central in developing and promoting the "San Diego sound" - an idiosyncratic form of post-hardcore with loose, chaotic musicianship and vocals, initiated by Heroin, Antioch Arrow, and Clikatat Ikatowi, as well as Mohinder from the Bay Area and Angel Hair from Colorado. The sound is associated with the first wave of screamo, and the label is considered as an important role in the development of post-hardcore in the 1990s. Gravity has also branched out into other forms of experimental or independent music, releasing seminal early works by Unwound, Black Dice, The Rapture, and a full-length from Man Is The Bastard.
Discography
This list is organized by catalog number. Also note that two releases that have the catalog number 2 and, interestingly enough, there is no release in the Gravity Records catalog to have the catalog number 50.