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Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C. -based Independent Record Label specializing in the independent Punk music of the D.C.-area Music Scene . The company is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson , who founded the label in 1980 to release records by local hardcore punk bands. Bands such as Minor Threat , Government Issue , The Faith , Void , Youth Brigade , Iron Cross , Embrace , Rites Of Spring , Nation Of Ulysses , Scream , Soulside , Gray Matter , Jawbox , Marginal Man , Shudder To Think , Dag Nasty , Lungfish and Fugazi have released records on Dischord. The label is most notable for having maintained a strict Do-it-yourself Ethic , producing all of its albums by itself and selling them at discount prices without the help of major distributors. Dischord was a focal label in the early days of hardcore, and is one of the more famous independent labels, along with the likes of Alternative Tentacles , SST Records , and Touch & Go Records . Early releases by Dischord were relatively well-produced compared to other punk recordings of the time. Minor Threat's work is an example of these higher production values. Dischord Records was also a key in the formative years of Emo between 1985 and 1987 . (For more details, see Rites Of Spring or Embrace .) Additions to the Dischord roster as of the late 1990s and early 2000s include / Post-punk Revival bands. Dischord continues to release records by bands from Washington D.C., and continues to document and support the Washington D.C. music scene. SEE ALSO
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