HISTORY

Happy Squid Records was formed by the three members of the Urinals in 1978 in order to release their initial recording, THE URINALS. The success of the project lead to two subsequent 7" releases by the band, followed by THE HAPPY SQUID SAMPLER, which was an attempt to broaden the roster of the label by including some of the band’s contemporaries.

Over the years, HSR has released material by 100 FLOWERS, MEAT PUPPETS, HUMAN HANDS, LEAVING TRAINS, GUN CLUB, ANGST, THE RUB, STUKAS OVER BEDROCK, RADWASTE, GOD AND THE STATE, and many other vital and worthy artists.

In the early 1990s, HSR established a 7" label, CALAMARI SOUND, which released three discs in an attempt to preserve the aesthetic qualities of the format which had launched the label in the late 1970s.

Happy Squid Records is now actively pursuing licensors with which to collaborate on a series of CD reissues. Thus far, Rhino Records has issued the definitive 100 FLOWERS compilation, "100 Years of Pulchritude," and a similar overview of the URINALS, "Negative Capability...Check It Out," was released by Amphetamine Reptile.

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