In 1993 the Boot To Head era began with the joining of two people who had a vision to start a record label that catered to our tastes, personalities, and affections… We sought out positive, thought provoking bands within the wide scheme of the Punk Rock Family…. Neither Greg Dimick nor I had the first clue what we were getting into, only that we knew what we wanted, and we made it happen.
In those first few years we put out some great bands; Blaster The Rocket Boy (AKA: Blaster The Rocket Man ), Chasm , Clay , Crux , The Invaderz , Spesial Guest , Yum Yum Children and tons of others through our compilations (including a few like No Innocent Victim , Overcome , The Huntingtons, The Blamed, Squad Five-O, Thee Pirates, and more)… As the years moved on so did a few of the bands, from here to there, some of us lost touch, but never our love for each other….
By the mid to late Nineties we were well on our way as a label, having hooked up with Shorthanded , CeaseFire , Through and Through , and the gears were greased and rolling. Our bands were getting some good shots as Shorthanded were touring with The Huntingtons, MxPx and more and CeaseFire touring with Good Riddance, Sick of it All, and STRIFE throughout Australia and if that wasn't enough, Through and Through were going out with the Infamous ZAO (why they also did a split with)... By the late Nineties we got a blood transfusion and the new Blood of The Witness Protection Program (AKA: The WPP ), Side Walk Slam , Never The Less , who would have ever thought we'd have a catalog of almost 30 releases, and to boot all great in their own right.
We made a name for ourselves, by sticking to our guns, and putting out releases that people were never able to pigeonhole into some neat cookie-cutter category… We were always concerned with putting out what we liked, not what we thought would sell… But, by 2000 I needed a break, Greg had long since taken off to peruse a higher calling (wife and kids) and I just had some other stuff to do… but like all truly meaningful parts of our life, if they’re meant to be, they never truly die, and neither did Boot To Head.
By 2003 I was feeling the blood boil, the passion to reignite, and the vision to resurrect the label that meant so much to so many people… That was our goal anyway... but as in all things, it doesn't always work out as we have planned... Our new lineup consisted of The Clergy (who had reformed themselves after 9 years off) and The Stivs (the new project from Cliffy of the Huntingtons, now of the Main Line Riders) both of which broke up or went on indefinite hiatus shortly after their records came out, leaving the label in a bit of a quandry of what to do next...
After a few years of sussing out our future we've got a new solid lineup that could proove to be just what we need to breath new life into the label... Voice of the Mysterons (the new Scottish band from Otto - vocalist of Blaster The Rocket Man ), The Scurvies from Alaska and our newest additions The Filthy 42s hailing from New Jersey… Keep an eye out and check back regularly as we sloooooowly (in true BTH fashion) but surely get things moving again!!
- Caleb Olsen (Head BTH Rat Fink)
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A Sonic Onslaught of 80's punk, British Invasion R&R, American Roots Rock and Powerpop. RIYL: Social Distortion, Kinks, OpIv, Descendents, Rolling Stones
A Classic & Aggressive, Punk Rock'n'Roll Romp RIYL: The Ramones, The Stooges, Black Flag, The Misfits, The Hives
Chaotic, Bombastic, Anarcho fused SciFi Punk Hardcore... Beware of the Thought Police! RIYL: Rudimentary Peni, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Born Against, RHCP, DEVO
Glam Punk Rock and Roll RIYL: Zeke, AC/DC, NY Dolls, Stooges
Emotive, gritty, Female fronted Punk/ Indie/ NW Fuzz RIYL: Sonic Youth, The Gits, Smashing Pumpkins
Otherworldly SciFi Punk RIYL: Dead Kennedys, Man or Astroman, Dickies, Misfits
Spazz Punk Artrock Noise RIYL: Fugazi, Botch, Frodus
Hook Laiden Pop Punk RIYL: Green Day, MxPx, Rancid
Catchy Melodic Singalong punk RIYL: Good Riddance, Youth Brigade
A great cheap label sampler... RIYL: Great Punk and Hardcore tunes
This classic comp Features: Shorthanded, Happy Unemployed, Thee Pirates, Vroomx2, The Huntingtons, Never The Less, Crux, Scum Of The Earth, Seraphs Coal, Left Out, Ivan And The Reds, All Wound Up, The Wpp, One21, Never Pay Retail, The Deadlines, Ballydowse, Youth Misled, Blaster The Rocket Man, The Buffys, Ace Troubleshooter, The Calicoes, One Foot Forward, S.S. Bountyhunter, The Blamed, Wish Upon A Star, Thriftshop Junkies, Side Walk Slam, Calibretto 13, The Heaters, The Colemans RIYL: Punk, Hardcore, Pop-Punk, Garage
