Jade Tree is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware. An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ... : Chemical Capital of the World , Corporate Capital of the World , Credit Card Capital of the World : A Place to Be Somebody United States Delaware New Castle 17. ...

Walters and Owen had both owned independent straight edge hardcore record labels, separately known as Hi-Impact Records and Axtion Packed Records respectively, before starting Jade Tree together due to the then decline of the genre. Their new label had started off with mostly post-hardcore and noise rock bands, but later incorporated emo, punk, melodic hardcore and experimental groups into their line-up. For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... Lightning Bolt Live at the Southgate House 2005. ... Emo is a genre of rock music. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk. ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ...

Although college often got in the way of their plans, the label had a stable roster by 1995. Their most popular bands to date are The Promise Ring, Lifetime, Jets to Brazil, Strike Anywhere, Kid Dynamite, and Pedro the Lion. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The Promise Ring was an American emo band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin started as a side project by Davey von Bohlen during his time as a guitarist/vocalist for Capn Jazz in the year 1995. ... For the jazz-rock fusion band led by Tony Williams, see The Tony Williams Lifetime Lifetime is an influential melodic hardcore band from New Jersey. ... Jets to Brazil is an American rock band. ... Strike Anywhere is a melodic hardcore band from Richmond, Virginia. ... Kid Dynamite, arguabily the best band of all recorded history, was a Philadelphia-based melodic hardcore band consisting of drummer Dave Wagenschutz, guitarist Dan Yemin, and vocalist Jay Shevchuk, as well as original bassist Steve Farrell and eventual replacement Michael Spider Cotterman. ... Pedro the Lion was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, and, for over a decade, the main creative outlet of singer/songwriter David Bazan. ...

Bands signed

The Blood Brothers is an experimental post-hardcore/art punk band formed in the Eastside suburbs of Seattle, Washington, USA in 1997. ... Compilations Achtung Chicago! Zwei! – compilation LP (Underdog Records, 1993). ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Denali was an American indie rock band formed in April 2000 in Richmond, Virginia. ... Eidolon was formed back in 1993 by brothers Shawn and Glen Drover (who both also play in Megadeth). ... Ester Drang is an experimental, post rock musical group from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. ... The Explosion was a rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. ... Four Walls Falling was an American political hardcore band from Richmond, Virginia from members of Unseen Force and Pledge Allegiance. ... From Ashes Rise was a modern hardcore punk or D-beat band related in sound to Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone, and Deathreat. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Girls Against Boys are an indie rock/post-hardcore band, originally forming in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and currently based in New York City. ... Jets to Brazil is an American rock band. ... Joan of Arc are an experimental indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. ... Juno is an American indie rock band formed in Seattle in 1995. ... Kid Dynamite, arguabily the best band of all recorded history, was a Philadelphia-based melodic hardcore band consisting of drummer Dave Wagenschutz, guitarist Dan Yemin, and vocalist Jay Shevchuk, as well as original bassist Steve Farrell and eventual replacement Michael Spider Cotterman. ... For the jazz-rock fusion band led by Tony Williams, see The Tony Williams Lifetime Lifetime is an influential melodic hardcore band from New Jersey. ... The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London. ... Born in the southern US town of Memphis, Tennessee, on the day that President Ronald Reagan was shot in an assassination attempt (that was on March 30, 1981), Micah (pronounced my-kah) Paul Hinson was raised in a Christian fundamentalist household. ... Milemarker are an post-hardcore group originally formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... New End Original was a punk-pop/emo band established in 2000 by former Far frontman Jonah Matranga, as a more rock-slanted outlet for his solo home recording project onelinedrawing (New End Original is an anagram of onelinedrawing). Matranga took on the lead vocal duties, with the lineup completed... New Mexican Disaster Squad is a hardcore/punk band, especially in vein of such early 80s hardcore bands as Minor Threat, Black Flag, and Dag Nasty. ... onelinedrawing was the solo project of Jonah Matranga, former vocalist of Far and current frontman of Gratitude. ... Since their early high school days in 1989, the members of the Owls -- Tim Kinsella , Mike Kinsella , Victor Villarreal , and Sam Zurick -- have been playing together in some form or another. ... Paint It Black is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based modern hardcore punk band. ... Pedro the Lion was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, and, for over a decade, the main creative outlet of singer/songwriter David Bazan. ... Pitchblende: Pitchblende was a four-piece art-punk band from Washington, DC, featuring Justin Chearno on guitar, Scott DeSimon on bass, Patrick Gough on drums, and Treiops Treyfid on guitar. ... The Promise Ring was an American emo band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin started as a side project by Davey von Bohlen during his time as a guitarist/vocalist for Capn Jazz in the year 1995. ... Snowden is an indie band based out of Atlanta. ... Statistics are a rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. ... Strike Anywhere is a melodic hardcore band from Richmond, Virginia. ... Texas Is the Reason was a musical group founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly in 1994. ... The Loved Ones is a punk rock band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... These Arms Are Snakes is a Seattle-based post-hardcore quartet currently on Jade Tree Records, featuring former members of Botch, Nineironspitfire, and Minneapolis-based Kill Sadie, with drummer/producer Chris Common joining after the recording of Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home. ... Turing Machine is an instrumental rock band formed in New York City in 1998. ... Turning Point was a straight edge hardcore band from New Jersey that existed from 1988 to 1991. ... Universal Order of Armageddon put out a few releases in the 1990s. ... Zero Zero is a synth band, formed out of the New Jersey punk band Lifetime by Lifetime members Dave Palaitis-guitar & vocals (aka Dave Idea), Ari Katz-vocals & drums, and Katzs wife Tannis Kristanjson (aka Miss TK)-vocals & keyboards. ...

See also

• List of record labels
• Music of Delaware

This is a list of record labels. ... Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. ...

External links

• Jade Tree Records
• Jade Tree Records on MySpace