Greasy Pop Records

Greasy Pop Records was an Australian independent record label established by Doug Thomas (musician with The Dagoes and with The Spikes) in 1980 in Adelaide. Greasy Pop Records predominantly signed South Australian artists including Exploding White Mice, Where's the Pope?, Del Webb Explosion and The Mad Turks from Istanbul. As from 2006, the label was owned by Pete Hartman-Kearns and Monique Laver. According to I-94 Bar's Patrick Emery, Greasy Pop "was the focus of much of the city’s vibrant music scene, putting out great records ... Much of the Greasy Pop stable was based on the Detroit-via-Birdman thing – it's interesting that while Adelaide continues to share a cultural affinity closer to Melbourne than Sydney, its musical influences arguably owe more to the Sydney and the Birdman sound than the art-school aesthetic of Melbourne".

Greasy Pop Records
Founded	1980 (1980)
Founder	Doug Thomas
Status	Inactive
Distributor(s)	Festival
Genre	indie rock, indie pop, post-punk, detroit, power-pop, hardcore punk
Country of origin	Australia
Location	Adelaide, South Australia
Official website

History

Greasy Pop Records was an independent record label founded by Doug Thomas in 1980.^[1] From May 1978 Thomas was a guitarist for Adelaide-based indie rock group The Dagoes (as Frankie Thomas).^[1][2] In February 1980 Thomas financed The Dagoes extended play, The Dagoes Sell Soul which was "American-oriented rock'n'roll" and was the debut release by Greasy Pop.^[2] Late in 1982 The Dagoes disbanded and early in 1983 Thomas formed a "hard-edged, swampy acid-pop" band, The Spikes, which also released its material on Greasy Pop.^[2] In 1985, Greasy Pop issued a compilation album of tracks, An Oasis in a Desert of Noise, by its popular artists: Exploding White Mice, The Mad Turks from Istanbul, The Spikes, Primitive Painters, Dust Collection, Plague, Garden Path, Verge, Ded Nats, On Heat and Primevils.^[3] In 2006, Greasy Pop issued a DVD, An Oasis in a Desert of Celluloid, with 33 music videos.^[4] As from August 2006, the label was owned by Pete Hartman-Kearns and Monique Laver.^[5] According to I-94 Bar's Patrick Emery, Greasy Pop "was the focus of much of the city’s vibrant music scene, putting out great records ... Much of the Greasy Pop stable was based on the Detroit-via-Birdman thing – it's interesting that while Adelaide continues to share a cultural affinity closer to Melbourne than Sydney, its musical influences arguably owe more to the Sydney and the Birdman sound than the art-school aesthetic of Melbourne".^[6]

Artists

• Aunty Raylene^[5]
• Batteries not Included^[1]
• Bloodloss^[7]
• The Dagoes^[2]
• Liz Dealey and the Twenty Second Sect^[8]
• Ded Nats^[3]
• Del Webb Explosion^[1]
• Devil's Cabaret^[1]
• The Dust Collection^[9]
• The Every Brothers^[10]
• Exploding White Mice^[11]
• Garden Path^[9]
• Greg Williams
• Handmedowns^[9]
• Iron Sheiks^[1]
• July 14
• The Lizard Train^[12]
• The Mad Turks from Istanbul aka The Mad Turks^[13]
• Morning Glory^[1]
• The Philisteins^[14]
• Plague^[3]
• Play Loud
• Primitive Painters^[3]
• Screaming Believers^[15]
• The Spikes^[2]
• Undecided^[1]
• Where's the Pope?^[1]
• Neptune Lollyshoppe

References

General

• Day, David (1987). Glenn A. Baker (ed.). SA Great It's Our Music 1956–1986. Glandore, SA: D Day, T Parker. ISBN 978-1-86252-964-9.
• Kelton, Tim (1986). Underground in the City of Churches. Adelaide: WAV Publications. ISBN 0-95911-867-5.
• McFarlane, Ian (1999). . Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
• Spencer, Chris (1996–1997). Adelaide Bands. Golden Square Vic: Moonlight Publishing. ISBN 1-87618-700-X.
• Spencer, Chris (2002). Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.

Specific

1. "Greasy Pop Records". SA Memory. State Library of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
2. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 15 June 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
3. "An Oasis in a Desert of Noise [sound recording]". Music Australia. National Library of Australia. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
4. "An Oasis in a Desert of Celluloid [videorecording]". Music Australia. National Library of Australia. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
5. . Greasy Pop Records. 26 August 2006. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
6. Emery, Patrick. . I-94 Bar. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
7. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
8. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
9. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 10 July 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
10. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 8 September 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
11. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 8 July 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
12. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
13. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 23 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
14. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
15. McFarlane, entry. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

External links

• archived on 21 February 2009 from the original which appears to be inactive.
• Greasy Pop Records search results at Music Australia published by National Library of Australia.
• article originally printed in Noise for Heroes, No. 18, Winter 1990. Archived from original from NKVD Records website copy on 30 April 2009.