Amarillo Records is a defunct independent record label

Independent record label

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 that operated out of San Francisco from 1992 to 2001. It was owned by Gregg Turkington

Gregg Turkington

Gregg Turkington is an Australian-born U.S. comedian, best known for his stand-up comedy character, Neil Hamburger. He has also participated in a number of avant-garde and post punk bands...

. The label specialized in releasing experimental post-punk

Post-punk

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 avant-garde

Avant-garde

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 rock. It was also known for releasing several solo recordings by Church Of Satan

Church of Satan

The Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the acceptance of the carnal self, as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey.- History :...

 founder Anton LaVey

Anton LaVey

Anton Szandor LaVey , born Howard Stanton Levey, was the founder of the Church of Satan as well as a writer, occultist, and musician...

and for the landmark representative compilation

Compilation album

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 CD

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Artists on Amarillo Records

A list of bands, artists and others whose music, spoken word and comedy released through Amarillo Records.

• Anton LaVey
  Anton LaVey
  Anton Szandor LaVey , born Howard Stanton Levey, was the founder of the Church of Satan as well as a writer, occultist, and musician...
  
  
• Charles Gocher
  Charles Gocher
  Charles Gocher Jr. was an American musician, writer and visual artist, most famous for being a founding member, lyricist and drummer of the experimental rock group Sun City Girls. He also released Pint Sized Spartacus, a solo album under his own name, in 1997. Charles lost his long battle with...
  
  
• Dieselhed
  Dieselhed
  Dieselhed was a San Francisco-based band, originally from Arcata, California.-Early career:Dieselhed formed in 1989 in the San Francisco Bay Area playing a blend of country, punk, and pseudo-classic rock. Drummer Heifetz spread his time between Dieselhed and the genre-bending experimentalists Mr....
  
  
• Faxed Head
  Faxed Head
  Faxed Head is a death metal side project headed by Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle fame. The band's bios and lyrics describe them as 'teenage survivors of a suicide pact gone horribly awry,' and place them in small-town Coalinga, California. Band members' identities are generally kept secret and the...
  
  
• Harvey Sid Fisher
  Harvey Sid Fisher
  Harvey Sid Fisher is a singer/songwriter/musician, actor, model, and screenwriter. He is best-known for writing and performing mostly humorous songs about Astrology, golf, the battle of the sexes, quitting smoking, the F-word, and wanting his mommy...
  
  
• Heavenly Ten Stems
• Neil Hamburger
  Neil Hamburger
  Neil Hamburger is a standup comedian character played by comedian and musician Gregg Turkington.-Style:Hamburger's live act, which is quite different from his many albums, features a barrage of question/answer jokes aimed often at celebrity targets, including Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, The Red...
  
  
• New Session People
• Pop-O-Pies
  Pop-o-pies
  The Pop-O-Pies are a punk band from San Francisco founded by Joe Pop-O-Pie that got their start by repeatedly playing a cover of The Grateful Dead's "Truckin' ". Though the band went through many line up changes, notably featuring members of Faith No More and Mr...
  
  
• Secret Chiefs 3
  Secret Chiefs 3
  Secret Chiefs 3 is an instrumental rock group led by guitarist/composer Trey Spruance . Their studio recordings and tours have featured different line-ups, as the group performs a wide range of musical styles including surf rock, Persian, Arab, Indian, death metal, film music, electronic music,...
  
  
• Sun City Girls
  Sun City Girls
  The Sun City Girls were an American experimental rock band, formed in 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona. From 1981 the group consisted of Alan Bishop , his brother Richard Bishop , and the late Charles Gocher . Their name was inspired by Sun City, Arizona, an Arizona retirement community...
  
  
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• Three Doctors
• Today's Sounds
• Totem Pole Of Losers
• U.S. Saucer
• Zip Code Rapists
  Zip Code Rapists
  Zip Code Rapists were an avant-garde band active in the 1990s. The band was composed of guitarist John Singer and singer Gregg Turkington. The band is known for their confrontational, deconstructionist, absurd live performances. as well as their bizarre, more fleshed-out recordings...
  
  
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