Pizza of Death Records explained

Parent:	Toy's Factory (1994 - ?) Howling Bull (? - 1999)
Founded:	1994
Founder:	Ken Yokoyama
Url:	http://www.pizzaofdeath.com/

Pizza of Death is a Japanese record label founded in Tokyo in 1994 by Hi-Standard guitarist Ken Yokoyama. It was created as a record label inside a larger record label, Toy's Factory. Pizza of Death then switched to under the Howling Bull label, before establishing itself as fully independent in 1999 with the release of Hi-Standard's Making the Road.^[1] The label currently holds 22 bands, 5 of which are based in The United States and Europe. One of these is Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, which is associated with several well-known American punk musicians from the United States, including producer and bassist Fat Mike of NOFX.^[2]

Toy's Factory currently distributes this label.

Current bands

Japanese bands:

• Water Closet
• Comeback my Daughters
• Moga the 5
• Toast
• BBQ CHICKENS
• Hawaiian6
• Razors Edge
• The Genbaku Onanies
• Ken Yokoyama
• Asparagus
• Slimeball
• Upper
• F.I.B.
• Garlic boys
• WANIMA
• Suspended 4th
• Sabasister

North American and European bands:

• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
• Good Riddance
• Venerea
• Satanic Surfers
• Snuff

Compilations

• The Best New-Comer Of The Year
• The Very Best of Pizza of Death I
• The Very Best of Pizza of Death II
• Have a Slice of Death

External links

• https://www.webcitation.org/69unxG8vC?url=http://www.pizzaofdeath.com/index_e.html

Notes and References

1. [:ja:PIZZA OF DEATH RECORDS|Japanesewiki]
2. Web site: Pizza of Death . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120722025212/http://www.pizzaofdeath.com/index_e.html . 2012-07-22 .