Three Gut Records
| Three Gut Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder | Lisa Moran, Tyler Clarke Burke |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) | Outside Music |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Location | Guelph, Ontario |
Three Gut Records was a Guelph, Ontario, Canada based independent record label. It was founded in 1999 by Lisa Moran and Tyler Clark Burke as a vehicle for releasing albums by their friends; it became an influential player in Canadian music with the breakout success of the Constantines' self-titled 2001 release on the label.[1] Three Gut releases were distributed by Outside Music.[2]
Other artists who released music on Three Gut include Royal City, Cuff the Duke, Jim Guthrie, Sea Snakes and Gentleman Reg.[3] The label's name came from their first release, Guthrie's A Thousand Songs, which included a song called "The Fantabulous World of Jimmy 3-Guts", a title derived from reversing the syllables in Guthrie's surname.
Three Gut was also the Canadian label for two albums by the American band Oneida, the only non-Canadian act to have released material on Three Gut.
In 2005, it was announced that Three Gut Records would no longer release new albums.
Life after Three Gut
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The closing of Three Gut Records meant all their artists would need to find a new home. Cuff the Duke were the first band to switch to a new label, when they became the first band to sign to Hayden's Hardwood Records. Constantines released a limited-edition vinyl split of Neil Young covers with The Unintended on Toronto's Blue Fog Recordings in early 2006. They signed to Arts & Crafts in 2008 to release Kensington Heights. Another Three Gut alumnus, Gentleman Reg, also signed with Arts & Crafts in July 2008. Jim Guthrie's new band, Human Highway, released their debut album on Montreal's Secret City Records in August 2008, while his follow-up to Now, More Than Ever, called Takes Time, came out in 2013 on Static Clang. Sea Snakes and Royal City have since disbanded, while Oneida continues to work with Jagjaguwar.
Discography
[edit]- Jim Guthrie – A Thousand Songs (2000)
- Royal City – At Rush Hour the Cars (2000)
- Gentleman Reg – The Theoretical Girl (2000)
- Constantines – Constantines (2001)
- Royal City – Alone at the Microphone (2001)
- Gentleman Reg – Make Me Pretty (2002)
- Cuff the Duke – Life Stories for Minimum Wage (2002)
- Jim Guthrie – Morning Noon Night (2002)
- Constantines – Shine a Light (2003)
- Jim Guthrie – Now, More Than Ever (2003)
- Oneida – Secret Wars (2004)
- Royal City – Little Heart's Ease (2004)
- Sea Snakes – Clear as Day, the Darkest Tools (2004)
- Gentleman Reg – Darby & Joan (2004)
- Oneida – The Wedding (2005)
- Constantines – Tournament of Hearts (2005)
References
[edit]- ^ "Stylus Magazine".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.threegutrecords.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Home is where the rock is". Archived from the original on 2007-09-20.
