The band released a series of well-received singles on local indie rock labels from 1990 to 1991 .
Indie rock labels opt for vinyl because it's cheap, not because it sounds better.
Epitaph sets a precedent for other independent rock labels to distribute on their own.
Unlike most rock labels, which record an album one musical track at a time, Alligator artists "plug in and play" as if they were recording live.
Apocalypse was now signed to Musea, the most prestigious progressive rock label in the world.
Though generally a punk rock label, the catalog has also come to include some hardcore and hip hop bands as well.
After a couple of regional shows, the band signed a contract with the Japanese rock label Sky Records.
You know, maybe I'll start a rock label or something.
More recently, the company began taking on noncommercial rock labels.
Records, for example, and alternative rock label in Bristol, Conn.