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Static Records

Detroit's Eclectic Indie Label

About Me


Static Records, Detroit's eclectic indie label was founded in 1993 by Sue "Static" Summers who is on a mission to "get this music heard." Influenced by the pioneer indie labels like Touch & Go, the label started out in '91 as Chaos Records, and worked with a number of local and regional bands. The first release was a Midwest compilation called "A Fist Full of Chaos."

After a David vs. Goliath battle over the name, Chaos changed to Static, but emerged victorious in a way and kept it's philosophy of "Network" to it's name. Static has worked with hundreds of bands over the years with the label and thru booking shows at area venues. Static continues to work with local and regional bands and people around the world in getting this music out there.
Static Records remains eclectic in its vision much like the wide variety of musical tastes of its founder. It is not limited to a single genre and features all styles of music from rock to pop and everything in between. Static has a catalog of 26 releases available thru the website. While there are so many great bands that have come from the Motor City, this is just a small sample of the bands past and present that Static has released over the years. Static strongly supports all the great Rock & Roll music that has come from the streets of Detroit.
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Ever wonder what the music of Pink Floyd would sound like polka? The POLKA FLOYD show is no ordinary tribute band; they perform the music of Pink Floyd, polka style, with all the energy of a high-octane rock band!


• See Emily Play
• One of These Days...
• Breathe/Time
• Have a Cigar
• Pigs on the Wing
• Hey You
• Outside the Wall
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/20/2006
Band Website: staticrecords.com
Band Members: Bands and CD s on Static from past and present include:
* POP O.D. - A Detroit Tribute to Iggy Pop
* Red September
* Polka Floyd
* Bullcock
* Downtown Brown
* Forge
* Jettison Red
* Immortal Winos of Soul
* The Hoolapoppers
* The Culture Bandits
* Twitch
* Skinhorse
* Moisture
* Mental Landscape

Venues Static has booked in the past and present include:
* 313.jac/Jacoby's
* Finney's Pub
* Alvin's
* The Foundry
* The Asylum
* Todd's (also owned "Chaos" in Todds)
* The Sanctuary
* Some Lili's shows
* Dally in the Alley

Present and Past companies include:
* Rock City Tees
* Undercurrents
* Detroit Musicians Alliance
* Progressive Static Entertainment
Annual events that Static promotes:
* Big '80s Flashback Bash
* Home for the Holidaze
* Erotic Poetry & Music Festival

Check out the new "Detroit Rock City" T-Shirts available now thru Static!
Influences: Touch & Go, Bomp!, Dischord, Tremor, Alive, Stiff, Twin Tone, all indies everywhere. Rock & Roll, Detroit Rock & Roll, Punk, Glam, Mod, Dub, Reggae, Psychobilly, New Wave, Hardcore, Japanese Rock & Roll, a little of everything!
Iggy Pop, The Ramones, The Clash, The Jam, David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Generation X, The Boomtown Rats, The Buzzcocks, New Model Army, New York Dolls, KISS, The Rolling Stones, The Pretenders, The Runaways, Stiff Little Fingers, Killing Joke, The Psychedelic Furs, Cheap Trick, Roxy Music, Joe Jackson, U2, The Professionals, P.I.L., The Ruts, Richard Hell, X, The Plasmatics, The Cramps, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Buckcherry, Damone, The White Stripes, Green Day, The Outcasts, Social Distortion, The Sex Pistols, The Dead Boys, Static, Joe Strummer, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, The Rat Pack, Tom Waits, The Mad Professor, Husker Du, The Replacements, Bob Geldof, Atari Teenage Riot, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, Guitar Wolf, Puffy Amiyumi, Peelander-Z, Megababe, Mikabomb, The Spunks, The Hard Lessons, The Paybacks, The Sights, Demolition Doll Rods, The Dirtbombs, The Hentchmen,Troy Gregory, Bootsey X, Great Lakes Myth Society, Ty Stone, DETROIT ROCKS!!!
Music, new and old and from everywhere around the world! Live Aid, Creem Magazine, CBGB's, Rock Scene, Giant Robot,Independent films, Film Threat, John Holmstrom, Midnight Special, Rock Concert, Night Flight, 120 Minutes, Rif's Sonic Rendezvous Show, Brave New Waves, Radios in Motion/WDET, WABX, W4, MV3, The Beat,The Punch & Judy Theatre, Traxx, Todds, The Freezer Theater, The Clubhouse, Art Center Music School, Bookies, Red Carpet, Old City Club, Hey Ho, Let's Go!
Sounds Like: Detroit Rock & Roll, Punk to pop and everything in between!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Another One Bites the Dust pt. 2

We are sorry to hear that WDET -Detroit's NPR station has cancelled all of it's rock and roll shows this week. Gone from the airwaves will be the three shows that supported local music the most: The R...
Posted by Static Records on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:53:00 PST

BIG 80'S FLASHBACK BASH!

STATIC presents&&& The 11th annual "BIG 80's Flashback Bash!"         Static invites you to go back in time for the night with the return of thee retro party of th...
Posted by Static Records on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:23:00 PST

Another one bites the dust!

                        Another one bites the dust! Alvin's R.I.P.In my many years of booking sho...
Posted by Static Records on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:34:00 PST

Greeting Friends!

So I finally joined the "cult of myspace" after getting a DSL hook up! Thanks for checking out the page and being my friend!
Posted by Static Records on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:52:00 PST