Jump to content

Direct Hit Records

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk | contribs) at 06:21, 1 September 2018 (ce). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Direct Hit Records was a record label and store based in Dallas, Texas.[1] The record label is notable for releasing early recordings by North Texas musicians who would eventually go on to prominence at a national level (Darlington (singer) (as the band MESS), Bedhead, Baboon, Brutal Juice, UFOFU, Slowpoke, the Grown-Ups and Dooms UK). The label went on to release recordings by out-of-Texas artists, including Secession Movement, Malachai and Michael W. Dean, between 1998 and 1999.

The label operated in Dallas's Exposition Park from 1989 to 1995. One critic compared the label's early outlook to other prominent record labels and the cities associated with them: "For a few years, it looked as though Direct Hit could have been to Dallas what Sub Pop was to Seattle or Twin/Tone was to Minneapolis-St. Paul."[2]

References

http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-12-16/music/direct-miss/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/1994-12-15/music/home-grown/ http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2010/08/this_week_in_dallas_music_hist_23.php http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/for-your-weekend-listening-pleasure-the-night-in-may-1990-the-dallas-pd-chased-fugazi-fans-into-canton-street.html/