A little known fact, I used to work at Hopeless Records from 97 to 98. It was a great experience, but I just wasn’t the biggest fan of Los Angeles. It is amazing to see an independent label doing so well, but to me, it is all about the early years of this label. I first found out about Hopeless when they put out 88 Fingers Louie and later became big fans of the Nobodys, Funeral Oration, and Falling Sickness. When I worked for Hopeless, they were just starting to work with Dillinger Four and Mustard Plug. To me, it really doesn’t get much better than D4’s “Midwestern Songs” and when that album came out, it really set the bar for great punk rock. After I left, Hopeless signed great acts like the Weakerthans and Thrice who have gone off to do bigger and better things. And oh yeah, they signed that band Avenged Sevenfold who really are not my thing, but people seem to like them.
For many of these releases, i only got 1 or 2 so act quickly if you want to take a trip through time through Hopeless’ back catalog. This brings back some great memories.
88 FINGERS LOUIE “Back on the Streets” LP
88 FINGERS LOUIE “Behind Bars” LP
AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY “24 Hour Roadside Resistence” LP
AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY “All Fall Down” LP
AVENGED SEVENFOLD “S/t” double LP
AVENGED SEVENFOLD “City Of Evil” 2xLP
COMMON RIDER “This is Unity Music” LP
DIGGER “Monte Carlo” LP
DIGGER “Powerbait” LP
DIGGER “The Promise of an Uncertain Future” LP
Dillinger Four – Versus God LP
Dillinger Four- Midwestern Songs LP
FALLING SICKNESS “Because the World has Failed us Both” LP
FALLING SICKNESS “Right on Time” LP
FIFTEEN “Lucky” double LP
FiFTEEN “Survivor” double LP
FUNERAL ORATION “Believer” LP
FUNERAL ORATION “S/t” LP
FUNERAL ORATION “Survival” LP
HECKLE “The Complicated Futility Of…” LP
MUSTARD PLUG “Evildoers Beware” LP
MUSTARD PLUG “Pray For Mojo” LP
NOBODYS “Generation XXX” LP
NOBODYS “Shorts Songs for Short Attention Spans” LP
NOBODYS “Smell of Victory” LP
QUEERS “Beyond the Valley…” LP
QUEERS “Punk Rock Confidential” LP
SAMIAM “Astray” LP
SAMIAM “Whatever’s Got You Down” LP mustard yellow w/ splatter
SCARED OF CHAKA “Crossing with Switchblades” LP
SCARED OF CHAKA “Tired of You” LP
SCHLONG “Punk Side Story” LP
SELBY TIGERS “Charm City” LP
SeLBY TIGERS “The Curse Of…” LP
THRICE “The Illusion of Safety” LP
WEAKERTHANS “Left and Leaving” LP
Vinyl Collective boards
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