Shock Records launches hardcore imprint label
Shock Records has announced a new label imprint, Halfcut Records, to release the work of punk and hardcore artists. Shock is Australia's largest independent recod label, responsible for distributing records for international names like Epitaph, Rise and Fat Wreck. Halfcut Records will be headed up by Shock's General Manager of Music Leigh Grupetta, along with Shock staffer and host of Triple J's Short.Fast.Loud program, Stu Harvey. The label has announced its first three signings today - UK punk rock stalwarts Gallows, Sydney pop punk band Heroes For Hire, and British up and comers While She Sleeps.“Shock Records has meant many things over the years to people due to the company enjoying great success over a broad range of genres,” said Gruppetta. “The punk and heavy music genres are certainly an area we have excelled of late so we believe the time is right to give these bands their own home.”“Halfcut is the brainchild of Stu Harvey and under his watchful eye the Shock Records team w...