Bar/None Records

Bar/None Records
Founded1986 (1986)
FounderTom Prendergast
Glenn Morrow
DistributorsAlternative Distribution Alliance,
Secretly Distribution
GenreAlternative rock
Indie rock
Folk
Country of originUnited States
LocationHoboken, New Jersey
Official websitewww.bar-none.com Edit this at Wikidata

Bar/None Records is an independent record label based in Hoboken, New Jersey,and founded in 1986. As of 2019, there have been over 100 bands that have signed to the label.

Early history

Tom Prendergast started Bar/None in early 1986 in Hoboken, New Jersey. The first release on Bar/None was by Rage to Live, whose leader, Glenn Morrow, soon became a partner in the label. Morrow had already built a network of contacts in the alternative music community having toured nationally with his previous band, The Individuals, and had also worked in the A&R department of Warner Bros. and as the managing editor of New York Rocker magazine. In 2000, Prendergast left New Jersey and moved back to Ireland, sold his shares to Morrow.

Artists that started on Bar/None and went on to the major record labels include They Might Be Giants (Elektra), Yo La Tengo (Atlantic/Matador), Freedy Johnston, Luka Bloom, and Tindersticks (London/PolyGram).[citation needed]

Artists (past and present)

As of 2019, there have been over 120 artists signed to Bar/None Records.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Darren Paltrowitz (November 8, 2015). "Still rockin' - Bar/None Records owner talks about 30 years of music business survival". The Hudson Reporter. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  2. 1 2 X; P; N (July 21, 2016). "World Cafe: 5 Bands That Got Their Start On Bar/None Records". NPR. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  3. ↑ Moynihan, Michael (July 18, 2016). "Limerick native Tom Prendergast went from illegal alien in New York to record producer". Irish Examiner. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
  4. ↑ Jim Testa (September 22, 2015). "Glenn Morrow's Cry For Help to debut Sunday at the Hoboken Arts & Music Festival". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Bar/None Records Staff 2019.

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