Innerstate Records Explained

Innerstate Records
Type:	Private
Genre:	folk rock, country rock, alternative rock, Americana (music)
Founder:	Russ Tolman, Pat Thomas
Location:	San Francisco, California Berkeley, California Oakland, California,, Palm Springs, California, USA
Area Served:	Worldwide
Key People:	Russ Tolman, Pat Thomas
Industry:	Music
Divisions:	innerSPACE, WEED

Innerstate Records (also known as Innerstate) is a San Francisco Bay Area based rock and alternative American record label founded by Russ Tolman and Pat Thomas in 1998.^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

Formed in 1998 by singer/songwriters and producers Russ Tolman and Pat Thomas,^[4] Innerstate Records continues today distributing its catalog as a digital label via distributor The Orchard.^[5] It spawned two offshoot labels innerSPACE,^[6] which specialized in space rock, prog and krautrock and WEED,^[7] which was a catch-all for eclectic releases. The labels releases both new recordings and reissues, but is not actively soliciting to sign new acts.^[8]

Artists

• 28th Day
• Green on Red
• Mushroom (innerSPACE & WEED)
• Steve Wynn
• Penelope Houston
• Barbara Manning & The Go-Luckys
• Chris Cacavas
• Chris Von Sneidern
• Tom Heyman
• The Wags
• Daevid Allen's University of Errors (innerSPACE)
• Dipstick (WEED)
• Kim Fowley (WEED)
• Brian Ritchie (WEED)
• Petty Booka (WEED)
• Epic Soundtracks
• El Destroyo (Innerstate & WEED)
• Okra All-Stars
• Gary Floyd
• Sister Double Happiness
• The Handsome Family
• Donner Party
• The Walkabouts
• Tishamingo
• Sonya Hunter
• Map of Wyoming
• Jill Olson
• Go Go Market
• Russ Tolman (WEED)
• Rockin' Teenage Combo (innerSPACE)
• Om Attack (innerSPACE)
• Species Being (innerSPACE)
• Sid Hillman Quartet
• Girls Say Yes
• Schramms
• Jean Caffeine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Innerstate Records . https://web.archive.org/web/20121029141626/http://www.allrecordlabels.com/db/6/1176.html . 2012-10-29.
2. Web site: Innerstate Records.
3. Web site: Innerstate Records - Music label - RYM/Sonemic.
4. Web site: Pat Thomas - A&R labels . https://web.archive.org/web/20170417000909/http://roomonetwofour.com/labels.htm . 2017-04-17.
5. Web site: Innerstate records.
6. Web site: InnerSPACE Records. Discogs.
7. Web site: Weed Records. Discogs.
8. Web site: Innerstate Records | Credits. AllMusic.