Gern Blandsten Records
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Gern Blandsten Records is an independent record label based in Paramus, New Jersey.
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Gern Blandsten Records | |
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Founded | 1992; 32 years ago (1992) |
Founder | Charles Maggio |
Status | Active |
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Country of origin | United States of America |
Official website | gernblandsten |
Slogan | "Fine music products for the socially unaccepted." |
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The label's acts have included The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Canyon, Chisel, the Van Pelt, Radio 4, The Flesh, Weston, Native Nod and Rye Coalition. Gern Blandsten also released the debut albums by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Liars and Dälek.
The label was founded by Rorschach's Charles Maggio in 1992, and is named after a character in a Steve Martin comedy routine from his 1979 album Comedy Is Not Pretty!.[1]