Blackout! Records

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It’s all Tony Pradlik’s fault.

See, he was that guy. You know the guy at the local hole-in-the wall record store, who knew all about all the new music that was coming out and had the most insane knowledge of every genre under the sun. Like some sort of wacked-out Pied Piper for freaks and kindred spirits, he turned me (Bill) and my group of friends onto bands like AGNOSTIC FRONT and BLACK FLAG from the black/thrash metal that we were into. It was 1985 and none of us ever looked back.

Now, I can’t talk about “back in the day” because I was not part of the first wave like Jimmy G, Paul, Roger, and many other people who I have come to know and love like brothers over the years. I wasn’t an early pioneer at A7 or the Mudd Club, or even the Jane Street Rock Hotel, and I never got to see Harley play in the STIMULATORS. But what was different at that time was a genuine sense of community: we were all outcasts and misfits, who felt somehow uncomfortable in our own skin and only at home surrounded by others like us. The mainstream were either outright hostile or displayed like circus freaks on episodes of DONAHUE or on the cover of New York Magazine. It was off the radar of the rest of the planet, and we didn’t fuckin’ want you there.

Ha! I Was There

Blackout Records was started sometime in 1988. To me, hardcore isn’t about just being a fan or a consumer; it’s about participating - creating something. Some people were in bands, others did zines or college radio shows. I started a label. One that was going to do something other than the trendy youth crew hardcore that was flourishing at the time.
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