HellCat Records
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Image:Hellcat records logo.jpg Hellcat Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between the owner of Epitaph, Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) and Tim Armstrong (Rancid), the latter of which is generally responsible for signing the bands.
The label specializes in ska, punk, oi!, psychobilly and hardcore bands. Give 'Em the Boot, a Hellcat label sampler which also includes tracks from other up-and-coming independent bands, has been issued every other year since 1997. In 2005, a Give 'Em the Boot DVD was released, featuring tour footage of numerous Hellcat bands.
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List of bands
This list includes both bands which are currently active on Hellcat, and now-defunct bands or groups that finished their career with Hellcat.
- Aggrolites
- Choking Victim
- Dave Hillyard and the Rocksteady Seven
- Dropkick Murphys
- The Heart Attacks
- Hepcat
- HorrorPops
- Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
- Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
- Left Alone
- Los Difuntos
- Mercy Killers
- Nekromantix
- The Nerve Agents
- Orange
- Rancid
- Roger Miret and the Disasters
- The Slackers
- Tiger Army
- The Unseen
- Westbound Train
Former bands
The following bands have either departed to other record labels or were dropped.
- The Distillers
- F-Minus
- Gadjits
- King Django
- Leftover Crack
- Mouthwash
- The Pietasters
- Transplants
- Union 13
- U.S. Bombs
- U.S. Roughnecks