Toxic Shock Records

Toxic Shock Records
Founded1983 (1983)
FounderBill Sassenberger, Julianna Towns
Defunct1998 (1998)
GenrePunk rock, hardcore, post-hardcore
Country of originUnited States
LocationPomona, California
Tucson, Arizona
Official websitetoxicranchrecords.com

Toxic Shock Records was an American independent record label based first in Pomona, California, then in Tucson, Arizona. The label was spawned from the record store of the same name, by its founders Bill Sassenberger and Julianna Towns in 1983, when they released the first of the Noise from Nowhere series of 7-inch EP compilations. For the next decade they released singles, compilations and albums by many notable and influential bands of the hardcore, noise rock and post-hardcore scenes.