History
Suburban Noize was founded in 1995 as an imprint of Capitol Records by Brad Xavier, a punk rock vocalist and rapper who formed the punk bands Doggy Style and Humble Gods, and the rap rock band Kottonmouth Kings.
New acts managed by the label are featured on a Kottonmouth Kings album before touring with the band as its opening act, and later recording an album for Suburban Noize in a studio owned and operated by the label. A majority of the label's merchandise and album sales are via the Internet and merchandising booths at live performances. The label heavily relies on word of mouth and underground promotion techniques, and albums by many of its acts, including Kottonmouth Kings, are very successful in spite of not being advertised by mainstream media.
On September 16, 2009, Suburban Noize purchased the California ska/punk label Skunk Records in a merger deal with its founder Miguel Happoldt. The merger deal also includes rights to Skunk's catalog which includes music by Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Slightly Stoopid, The Ziggens and Pepper.
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