No Idea Records

No Idea Records is an independent record label based in Gainesville, Florida which produces both vinyl records and compact discs. The label also organizes The Fest, an independently operated annual festival known for featuring over 250 punk, pop punk, country, metal, indie rock, avant-garde and similar musical acts across many venues for 3 days in Gainesville, Florida each fall.

No Idea Records started not as a record label, but as a zine in 1985, published independently by Var Thelin and Ken Coffelt and some friends of theirs from high school. By the seventh issue in 1989, Var was running the zine with Sarah Dyer and other contributors and collaborators. Starting with the sixth edition, the No Idea zine included 7-inch records with each issue. The first featured a local Gainesville band called Doldrums, and the second was a split 7", one side of which belonged to later Bay Area legends Crimpshrine, a major influence on the musical style which dominates No Idea to the present. Since its beginnings, No Idea has remained a foundation of the Gainesville punk scene and is considered by many to have spawned its very own style of punk rock, sometimes half-jokingly referred to as "beard punk" or "beardcore," due to the large proportion of members in bands having beards, or more commonly as variations of emo, post-hardcore, and pop-punk.

No Idea (disambiguation)

No Idea may refer to:

No Idea (band)

No Idea was a New Zealand punk/Oi! band.

James Ingle (vocals/bass), Nigel Cairns (guitar), and Red Ingle (drums) formed No Idea in Levin during 1983, relocating to Christchurch and Australia before breaking up around 1987. They recorded an album, Whatsoever (released in 1984 on cassette tape format , and a 12 inch Class War (released 1985). No Idea's tracks are critical social commentaries with a leftist and anti-violence perspective. They are probably best known for their tracks "Rugger Bugger", "Hate Hate", and "Class War".

James Ingle went on to play in Filthy Business and Freehead in the 1990s. Nigel went on to play in Paddy Hooligan (Dunedin based Irish band).

James and Nigel reformed No Idea with a new drummer in early 2015 and began playing shows around their hometown of Levin. After completing a tour of the South Island, they once again disbanded.

References

Entry at Mad Blasts of Chaos

"Whatsoever" entry and recording at NZ Punk Archive

UpThePunks wiki entry

Any Trouble

Any Trouble are a British rock band, originating from Crewe, England, best known for their early 1980s recordings.

Early days

Any Trouble's founding members, Clive Gregson (guitar), Tom Jackson (vocals) and Chris Parks (guitar) met at Crewe and Alsager Teacher Training College in 1974. Soon after, Mel Harley (drums) and Phil Barnes (bass) completed the line up.

Initially Any Trouble were a covers band, playing anything they liked, including songs by Bob Dylan, The Band and a selection of American rock and roll numbers. With the advent of punk rock and then new wave, Clive Gregson realised they needed a change of material and started taking songwriting seriously. He explained in a 1999 interview, "We were like a human jukebox and it was obvious to me then if we wanted to get anywhere we needed original songs. I started to take it a bit more seriously then".

After vocalist Tom Jackson left, the band was fronted by rhythm guitarist and songwriter Clive Gregson. The remaining four were the first Any Trouble line-up to record, initially releasing the Gregson composition "Yesterday's Love" as an indie single in 1979. This was picked up by some radio stations and was played by BBC Radio 1 DJs John Peel, Andy Peebles and others in the UK.