| 415 Records | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Parent company | Sony BMG |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder | Howie Klein, Chris Knab, Butch Bridges |
| Defunct | 1989 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) | Columbia |
| Genre | New wave, post-punk, alternative rock |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
415 Records was a San Francisco record label created in 1978. The label focused its efforts on local punk rock and new wave music acts of the late 1970s through the late 1980s, including The Offs, The Nuns, The Units, Romeo Void, and Wire Train. Its name, pronounced four-one-five (not four-fifteen), was a play on both the telephone area code for the San Francisco area and the California penal code section for disturbing the peace (indeed, in some promotional material, the phrase "disturbing the peace" was written underneath the 415 logo).[1] The label had a productive partnership with Columbia Records from 1981 until shortly before it was sold in 1989 to Sandy Pearlman, who retitled the label Popular Metaphysics.[1]
- ^ a b Levitin, Daniel. "A Brief History of 415 Records". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2015-12-15.