Alternative Tentacles Records

Emeryville, United States

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Specialties

We are a record label. We are also a mailorder company selling our own wares, as well as a ton of underground t-​shirts, books, dvds, music, and other merchandise.

History

Established in 1979.

Founded to release music by the Dead Kennedys, AT has gone on to release tons of music, spoken word, & dvds by many of the planet’s most radical artists, musicians, writers, and historians.

Meet the Business Owner

Jello B.

Business Owner

He is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. After his time with the band concluded, he took over the influential independent record label Alternative Tentacles, founded in 1979 by him and Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay Ray. Although now primarily focused on spoken word art, he has continued as a musician in numerous collaborations, most recently in his brand new, full-​time band, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine.

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