Trance Syndicate

Trance Syndicate was an independent record label founded in 1990 by King Coffey, drummer of Austin, Texas band the Butthole Surfers.^[1] Its first release was Crust's The Sacred Heart of Crust EP. From 1990 to 1999, when the label closed down, Trance Syndicate released albums by several notable Texan bands and artists, including Pain Teens, Bedhead, Ed Hall, American Analog Set, Furry Things, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and Roky Erickson.^[2]

Trance Syndicate
Founded	1990 (1990)
Founder	King Coffey
Defunct	1999 (1999)
Status	Defunct
Genre	Punk rock, alternative rock, noise rock, indie rock
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	Austin, Texas
Official website	buttholesurfers.com/trance.html

Although defunct, Trance Syndicate is survived by the Emperor Jones label, formerly an arm of Trance.

Roster

• …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• A.C. Acoustics
• Bedhead
• Butthole Surfers
• Cherubs
• Crunt
• Crust
• Desafinado
• Distorted Pony
• Drain
• Ed Hall
• Eight Frozen Modules
• Electric Company
• Furry Things
• johnboy
• Labradford
• Monroe Mustang
• The Pain Teens
• Paul Newman
• Roky Erickson
• Sixteen Deluxe
• Starfish
• Stars of the Lid
• Sweet Pea
• Windsor for the Derby

Discography

No.	Year	Artist	Title	Format
01	1990	Crust	Sacred Heart of Crust	LP
02		Various artists	Love & Napalm, Vol. 1	EP
03		Pain Teens	Born in Blood	CD, CS, LP
04	1991	Drain	A Black Fist	7"
05		Crust	Crust	LP
06		Crust	Feelings	7"
07		Ed Hall	Beth	7"
08		Various artists	Love & Napalm, Vol. 2	EP
09		Ed Hall	Gloryhole	CD, CS, LP
10	1992	Pain Teens	Stimulation Festival	CD, CS, LP
11		Drain	Pick Up Heaven	CD, LP
12		Cherubs	Pink Party Dessert	7"
13		Cherubs	Icing	CD, LP
14		Various artists	Love & Napalm	VHS
15	1993			CD, CS, LP
16		johnboy	pistolswing	CD, CS, LP
17		Pain Teens	Destroy Me, Lover	CD, CS, LP
18		Cherubs	Carjack Fairy / Daisy Poser	7"
19		Crunt	Crunt	CD, CS, LP
20		Ed Hall	Motherscratcher	CD, CS, LP
21		Bedhead	WhatFunLifeWas	CD, CS, LP
22	1994	Distorted Pony	Instant Winner	CD, LP
23		Crust	Crusty Love	CD, CS, LP
24		Cherubs	Heroin Man	CD, LP
25		Various artists	Jordan Thomas Nashville Connection	CD
26		Cherubs / Fuckemos	Cherubs / Fuckemos	7"
27		johnboy	Claim Dedications	CD, CS, LP
28		Roky Erickson	We Are Never Talking / Please Judge	7"
29		Bedhead	4songCDEP19:10	CD, CS, LP
30		Butthole Surfers	Good King Wencenslaus	7"
31		A.C. Acoustics	Able Treasury	CD
32		Sixteen Deluxe	Idea / Honey	7"
33		Roky Erickson	All That May Do My Rhyme	CD, CS, LP
34		A.C. Acoustics	Hand Passes Plenty	CD, LP
35		Butthole Surfers	The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt	CD
36		Ed Hall	La La Land	CD, LP
37	1995	Sixteen Deluxe	Backfeed Magnetbabe	CD, LP
38		Various artists	¡Cinco Años!	CD
39		Furry Things	Still California / Car Songs Unlimited	7"
40		Starfish	Stellar Sonic Solutions	CD, CS, LP
41		Pain Teens	Beast of Dreams	CD, CS, LP
42	1996	Bedhead	The Dark Ages	7"
43		Furry Things	The Big Saturday Illusion	CD, LP
44		Buffo	Here Our Cry	7"
45		Windsor for the Derby / Desafinado	Earnest Powers / Envy The Big Noises	7"
46		Windsor for the Derby	Calm Hades Float	CD, LP
47		Drain	Drain	7"
48		Cherubs	Short of Popular	CD
49		Drain	Offspeed and In There	CD, LP
50		Bedhead	Beheaded	CD, LP
51		Sweet Pea	Chicks Hate Wes	CD
52	1997	Starfish	4-Song EP	7"
53		Furry Things	Hedfones	CD
54		Windsor for the Derby	Metropolitan Then Poland	EP
55		Starfish	Frustrated	CD, LP
56	1998	Furry Things	Moments Away	CD
57	1997	Windsor for the Derby / Drain	The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 1	EP
58		Electric Company / Furry Things	The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 2	EP
59		Eight Frozen Modules	Daydream Nightmare	EP
60		Labradford / Stars Of The Lid	The Kahanek Incident, Vol. 3	EP
61		Starfish	The Instrumental	CD
62		Eight Frozen Modules	The Confused Designer	CD
63		Windsor for the Derby	Minnie Greutzfeldt	CD, LP
64		Furry Things	Frequent Lunacy	CD
65	1998	Paul Newman	Frames Per Second	CD, LP
66		...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead	CD, LP
67		Bedhead	Transaction de Novo	CD, LP
68		Monroe Mustang	Plain Sweeping Themes for the Unprepared	CD, LP
69	1999	Bedhead	Lepidoptera	7"
70		Paul Newman	Only Love Can Break Your Heart	CD, LP

See also

• List of record labels