Nitro Records

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Nitro Records
Founded	1994
Genre	Punk rock
Country of origin	U.S.
Official website	nitrorecords.com

Nitro Records is an independent record label created and owned by Dexter Holland (lead singer and founder of The Offspring) and Greg Kriesel (bassist for the same band). They started the label in 1994.^[1]

The label is famous for being an incubator for punk artists who have subsequently become successful, most notably AFI. The label has also released albums from classic punk bands, including The Damned and TSOL, and The Offspring have even used the label to re-release their eponymous debut album.

Currently, Nitro is rebuilding itself with a new roster of bands who fit more closely into The Offspring's melodic punk style, rather than the current trends of radio-friendly pop punk and screamo.

In 2002 Nitro released a compilation title Punkzilla, featuring tracks by AFI, The Offspring, TSOL, The Scandals, Divit, The Damned, Bodyjar, Rufio, Stavesacre, Ensign, Guttermouth, Original Sinners, Son of Sam and The Turbo AC's.

Contents 1 Current artists 2 Past artists 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Current artists

• The Aquabats
• A Wilhelm Scream
• The Damned
• Hit the Switch
• No Trigger

[edit] Past artists

• 30FootFall
• AFI
• Bodyjar
• Bullet Train to Vegas
• Crime in Stereo
• Divit
• Don't Look Down
• Enemy You
• Ensign
• Exene Cervenka and the Original Sinners
• Guttermouth
• Jugg's Revenge (Formerly Jughead's Revenge)
• The Letters Organize
• Lost City Angels
• Much The Same
• The Offspring (re-releases only)
• One Hit Wonder
• Rufio
• Sloppy Seconds
• Son of Sam
• TheSTART
• Stavesacre
• TSOL
• The Turbo A.C.'s
• Up Syndrome
• The Vandals

[edit] See also

• List of record labels

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Nitro Records at MySpace
• Nitro Records at MusicBrainz