|
Triple Crown Records Celebrates 10 Years
12/16/2007
By: Patrick Steven Patterson
Triple Crown Records will celebrate a decade long run this year. To mark the occasion,
founder Fred Feldman has decided to put on a benefit show with a few of the label's most
successful artists to date. Brand New, As Tall As Lions and The Receiving End Of Sirens
have all signed on to play the 10-year anniversary show on December 17th at the
Gramercy Theatre. The proceeds of the show will go to benefit the FealGood Foundation
for 9/11 first responders and Shirts For A Cure.
Fred Feldman got his start in the business at Profile Records (a hip-hop label best known
for releasing records by Run DMC and DJ Quik) where he literally worked his way up from
the mailroom to the General Manager. When the label was sold to a major in 1997
Feldman started Triple Crown Records and his first release was from New York City
hardcore legends 25 Ta Life.
While a huge fan of the New York hardcore scene, Feldman's tastes were varied and this
was reflected in the artists he would come to sign and release over the years including but
not limited to Stubborn All-Stars (Ska heroes), Hot Rod Circuit, E-Town Concrete, Hit The
Lights and Kevin Devine.
"I think over the years we've been able to develop an eclectic roster. There isn't a Triple
Crown sound. I've always felt it goes back to the bands and the songs and that's why I
signed everything from hardcore to singer songwriters," Feldman said. Now with a number
of very successful releases in the catalogue and a distribution deal with East/West,
Feldman is excited to be celebrating a decade long run and felt it was only right to make it
a benefit concert.
The FealGood Foundation is a New York-based, non-profit organization whose mission is
to spread awareness and educate the public about the catastrophic health effects on the
9/11 first responders, as well as to provide assistance to relieve these great heroes of the
financial burdens placed on them over the last five years. A secondary goal of the
Foundation is to create a network of advocacy on 9/11 healthcare issues. They not only
advocate for Ground Zero workers, but show others how they can advocate for themselves
and help others through grassroots activism.
Shirts For A Cure (SFAC) will be selling the exclusive merch at the show. SFAC was
launched by the Syrentha J. Savio Endowment (SSE), an endowment established by punk-
rock photographer Mark Beemer in 2002. SSE provides financial assistance to
underprivileged women who cannot afford expensive breast cancer medicine and
therapy.
"I'm thrilled to be celebrating Triple Crown Records decade long run," Feldman said. "It is a
truly rewarding experience to withstand the test of time signing and releasing music that
touches people and helping to develop bands and talent that you love and believe in. I am
looking forward to a future with more incredible music and enthusiasm for where my
business is headed."
|
|
|
|
|
|
