Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. The label was formed in 1987 by Larry Livermore and David Hayes. Hayes left in 1989 and started Very Small Records and Too Many Records, leaving Lookout to Livermore, who sold it in 1997 to former mailroom assistant Chris Appelgren. 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. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Larry Livermore (born 1947) is an American musician, record producer and music journalist. ... David Hayes, Sculptor. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chris Appelgren has been in charge of Lookout! Records since 1997 when it was sold to him by label-founder Larry Livermore. ...

From the start they mainly promoted punk bands but gradually expanded to include various types of pop punk, hardcore and indie rock. Former Lookout bands who have gone on to major label success include Green Day and The Donnas. 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. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is a faster and heavier version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Green Day is a band from California, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals and guitar), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, percussion, backing vocals). ... The Donnas is the name of an all-female rock band. ...

In recent years, many of the key creators of Lookout's back catalog have been rescinding their master rights from the label, citing breach of contract over unpaid royalties. Amongst the bands that have taken their masters from Lookout! and reissued them on other labels are Screeching Weasel (on Asian Man), Avail (on Jade Tree), Pansy Division (on Alternative Tentacles), Blatz and Filth (on Life Is Abuse Records), The Riverdales (also on Asian Man), The Lillingtons (on Red Scare Records), and Enemy You (also on Red Scare). On August 1, 2005, Green Day were the latest former Lookout! act to rescind their masters from Lookout!, forcing the label to lay off two-thirds of its staff and halt new releases for the remainder of the year. Breach of contract is a legal concept in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other partys performance. ... Screeching Weasel was a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. ... Asian Man Records is a small record label that has released music by artists such as The Broadways, Alkaline Trio, MU330, USA. It is an impressive, though small indie label, because the quality of its bands, and the fact that it has been able to become successful while never changing... Avail is a punk/rock/post-hardcore band hailing from Richmond, Virginia. ... Jade Tree is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware. ... Pansy Division is a punk band that was a founding example of the queercore genre. ... Alternative Tentacles is a record label based in Emeryville, California. ... The Riverdales are an American punk rock music group. ... Asian Man Records is a small record label that has released music by artists such as The Broadways, Alkaline Trio, MU330, USA. It is an impressive, though small indie label, because the quality of its bands, and the fact that it has been able to become successful while never changing... The Lillingtons(1996-2001) were a rock n roll band from Newcastle, Wyoming who made a mark on the world of punk rock. ... Red Scare Industries is a punk rock imprint based in San Francisco and run out of Tobias Jegs 2-bedroom apartment. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Red Scare Industries is a punk rock imprint based in San Francisco and run out of Tobias Jegs 2-bedroom apartment. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... See also: 2005 in music (UK) 2005 in music (Switzerland) Other events of 2005 List of years in music 2000s in music // Events January 22 - Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. ... Green Day is a band from California, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals and guitar), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, percussion, backing vocals). ...

Other bands include:

• Operation Ivy
• Rancid
• Screeching Weasel
• The Queers
• Avail
• Nuisance
• The Lookouts
• Filth
• Blatz
• Brent's TV
• The Invalids
• The Potatomen
• Isocracy
• Neurosis
• Crimpshrine
• Fifteen
• Samiam
• Pinhead Gunpowder
• Go Sailor
• The Mr. T Experience
• The Groovie Ghoulies
• The Go-Nuts
• Pansy Division
• The Pattern
• Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
• Bratmobile
• The Reputation
• The Washdown
• The Oranges Band
• Jüke

Operation Ivy was a ska punk band who originated from the East Bay of San Francisco. ... Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by former members of Operation Ivy, Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. ... Screeching Weasel was a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. ... Joe King playing with The Queers in Oslo 2005 The Queers are a pop punk band from New Hampshire, formed in 1982. ... Avail is a punk/rock/post-hardcore band hailing from Richmond, Virginia. ... Nuisance is a common law tort. ... The Lookouts were a punk rock band that existed from 1985 to 1990 on Iron Peak, a remote rural mountain community outside of Laytonville, California. ... Brents T.V. was formed in 1988, in Arcata, California, by Humboldt State University students, John Denery and Chris Imlay. ... The Invalids were a punk rock band from Santa Rosa, CA formed in 1992. ... In an Isocracy all citizens have equal political power. ... Neurosis is an experimental metal/indie/industrial/hardcore music band with influences ranging from hardcore punk and sludge metal to dark ambient, industrial, and tribal music. ... Seminal Berkeley, California Punk rock band, featuring Jeff Ott, later lead singer of Fifteen, Paul Curran, and Aaron Cometbus, the author of the zine Cometbus Song writer and drummer for many bands, most notably Pinhead Gunpowder. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Samiam was a punk/post-punk band from San Francisco, CA formed in 1988. ... Pinhead Gunpowder is an East Bay Punk Rock band consisting of Aaron Cometbus (drums, lyrics), Bill Schneider (bass), Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Jason White (guitar, vocals). ... Go Sailor was a twee band in the mid-1990s, consisting of Rose Melberg (of Tiger Trap and The Softies) on guitar and vocals, Amy Linton (of The Aislers Set and Henrys Dress) on drums, and Paul Curran (of Crimpshrine) on bass. ... The Mr. ... The Groovie Ghoulies are a pop-punk band from Sacramento, California in the 1990s and 2000s. ... The Go-nuts are a band on Lookout! Records. ... Pansy Division is a punk band that was a founding example of the queercore genre. ... A medieval labyrinth, similar to the description of the Pattern In The Chronicles of Amber, The Pattern is an inscribed labyrinth which gives the multiverse its order. ... Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Ted Leo and the Pharmacists is a alternative rock band, with roots in traditional rock, formed while Leo was living in Washington, DC, but now with members based around the northeast of the United States. ... Drummer Molly Neuman background left, guitarist Erin Smith, foreground left, singer/songwriter Allison Wolfe, right. ... The Reputation are an indie rock band from Chicago, IL, who currently release albums via Lookout Records. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also

• List of record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...

External links

• Official site
• Local article on Green Day pullout
• "Nothing Nice To Say" strip about Green Day's pullout from Lookout