In 1998, after Island Records released the compilation Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years, Waits left the label for Epitaph, whose president, Andy Kaulkin, said the label was "... blown away that Tom would even consider us.

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" SST was followed by a number of other successful artist-run labels — including BYO Records ( started by Shawn and Mark Stern of Youth Brigade ), Epitaph Records ( started by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion ), New Alliance Records ( started by the Minutemen's D. Boon ) — as well as fan-run labels like Frontier Records and Slash Records.

* Epitaph Records record artists Farewell, formed and live in Greensboro.

Peace thru Vandalism is the debut EP by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, released in 1982 by Epitaph Records.

** original EP release: Epitaph Records

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Both All and the Descendents signed to Epitaph Records, who released Everything Sucks, the subsequent All albums Mass Nerder ( 1998 ) and Problematic ( 2000 ), and the All / Descendents double live album Live Plus One ( 2001 ).

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Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz.

Brett Gurewitz formed Epitaph Records as a vehicle for releases by his band Bad Religion.

In 2001, Brett returned to the band and Bad Religion once again signed to Epitaph Records, releasing four more albums: The Process of Belief in 2002, The Empire Strikes First in 2004, New Maps of Hell in 2007, and The Dissent of Man in 2010.

* Epitaph Records discography

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The Tombstone Epitaph was founded on May 1, 1880.

It was one of the first releases to be put out by the Epitaph label, founded in 1981 by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion.

In 1998, he, along with Brett Gurewitz, the guitarist of the band Bad Religion and owner of Epitaph Records, founded Hellcat Records.

The Newport Playhouse presents `` Epitaph For George Dillon '' by John Osborne and Anthony Creighton, directed by Wallace Gray.

: — Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier, written by W. H. Auden

Other California punk bands on the independent label Epitaph, run by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, also began achieving mainstream popularity.

In 1994, Epitaph released Let's Go by Rancid, Punk in Drublic by NOFX, and Smash by The Offspring, each eventually certified gold or better.

Away from the professionals, Epitaph for a Spy ( 1938 ), " The Mask of Dimitrios " ( US: A Coffin for Dimitrios, 1939 ), and Journey into Fear ( 1940 ) by Eric Ambler, concern the fortunes of amateurs entangled in espionage.

" Waits himself was full of praise for the label, saying " Epitaph is rare for being owned and operated by musicians.

Though usually opposing each other in their reporting of events, the initial reporting by both The Tombstone Epitaph and The Nugget supported the lawmen's version of events.

He responded with a defiant letter published by The Tombstone Epitaph, stating he would not bow to threats from the rabble of the city.

* Audio: Robert Pinsky reads " Epitaph On A Hare " by William Cowper ( via poemsoutloud. net )

Also released during this period was Peace thru Vandalism, an EP by The Vandals, who were the first band besides Bad Religion to sign to Epitaph.

In the following year, Epitaph released its first record as a proper label, which was L7's self-titled album, and it was distributed by Chameleon.

It was rumored that Epitaph would not sign All without getting the Descendents as well, but Stevenson explained that the arrangement was made because Epitaph head Brett Gurewitz would allow both bands to make albums at their discretion:

Brett Gurewitz is thought to have left Bad Religion as a result of internal disputes, but actually left the band in 1994 so he could run Epitaph full time.

They returned to Epitaph and Brett Gurewitz rejoined the band.

The band then signed with Columbia Records in 1996 ( although Dexter claims that Brett Gurewitz, owner of Epitaph and guitarist for Bad Religion, sold the contract to Columbia ) for whom they released their next six albums, Ixnay on the Hombre ( 1997 ), Americana ( 1998 ), Conspiracy of One ( 2000 ), Splinter ( 2003 ), Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace ( 2008 ), and their most recent, Days Go By ( 2012 ).

Armstrong started Hellcat Records in 1997 as a sub-label of Epitaph, owned by Armstrong's friend and Bad Religion member Brett Gurewitz.

Baker joined Bad Religion after Brett Gurewitz left to focus on his own record label ( Epitaph Records ) and continued to play in the band when Gurewitz rejoined.

The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of whom is generally responsible for signing the bands.

The release of The New America marked the band's fulfillment of their four-album contract with Atlantic Records, allowing the band to reconvene with former band-mate, Brett Gurewitz, for their next album, 2002's The Process Of Belief, released on Epitaph Records.

Just prior to its release in 1993, it was decided by Bomer and Epitaph owner / operator Brett Gurewitz it would be released as an RKL album under the title Reactivate to capitalize on the RKL name and built-in fanbase.

Brett is the owner of the album's label Epitaph and would produce and engineer their later albums.

Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz was an employee and Chameleon had distributed some early Epitaph releases, such as L7's self-titled debut.

After the album was completed, longtime guitarist Brett Gurewitz soon left Bad Religion to concentrate on the future of Epitaph, citing the increasing amount of time he was spending at Epitaph's offices as The Offspring became one of the biggest bands of the mid-1990s, but it was well known that his departure was not on good terms.

** During the Stranger Than Fiction tour, Brett Gurewitz leaves Bad Religion to concentrate on the fast growing Epitaph Records.

** After seven years on major label Atlantic Records, Bad Religion returns to their former indie label Epitaph Records and their original guitarist Brett Gurewitz rejoins the band.

The band met success when a series of chance happenings lead Epitaph Records boss Brett Gurewitz to hear their second album, Skeleton Jar in 2004 and release it in the U. S. in 2005.