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K Records is an Independent Record Label in Olympia, Washington , co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson , formerly of the bands Cool Rays , Beat Happening , The Go Team , The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System . K Records claims to have been "exploding the teenage underground into passionate revolt against the corporate ogre since 1982." The meaning behind the name of the label is rumored to only be known by Calvin Johnson.


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TRIVIA

  • Nothing Painted Blue released a song "K for Karnival" which is partially a tribute to K Records; it repeats "Who put the shield around the K?" several times, referring to the Interstate -style shield around the letter K in the K Records logo.

  • Musician Kurt Cobain had the K Records logo tatooed on his forearm, a result of a challenge put forwards by the label in the late 1980s to fans.

  • In 2005, Springfield, Illinois indie band Resident Genius recorded a tribute song called "Calvin J", which contains the line "International pop undergound/unknowingly broke fresh new ground"



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