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Burger Records
Burger Records was an American independent record label and record store in Fullerton, California, United States. The label was founded in 2007 by Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard, members of the power pop band Thee Makeout Party. The record/video store, co-owned by Bohrman and Brian Flores, was opened in 2009. The label ceased operations in July 2020, following sexual assault allegations leveled at many of their artists and staff members.
The label was notable for releasing most of its material on cassette. Among the hundreds of artists released on the label were The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Devon Williams, Hunx and His Punx, Bell Gardens, Enjoy, and The Go. According to OC Weekly, the label was known for "its growing catalog of sugary, eccentric power pop and audacious garage rock, extolling a carefree message of love, music and DIY attitude."
Founders Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard became friends in the late 1990s while attending high school in Anaheim, California. Avid rock and pop fans, they began collaborating on zines and newsletters, and subsequently started playing in bands together. The duo started out playing in a band called The Noise, "a song-less, almost-music-less band" for which they were dubbed "punk pranksters". Afterwards, they started the power pop band Thee Makeout Party.
At some point, Bohrman and Rickard began putting the Burger logo, which had resulted from Rickard drawing pictures while bored at work, on all of their artistic endeavors. They soon befriended the young lo-fi Fullerton punk band Audacity, joining them on a cross-country tour. Bohrman also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Humboldt State in 2004.
Bohrman and Rickard self-released several 7-inch vinyl records for Thee Makeout Party in 2006, using the name Burger Productions. The label itself was started in 2007, releasing both material from Thee Makeout Party and an LP for Audacity.
According to Bohrman, after getting hold of a cassette tape by another band while on tour, he decided to try cassettes as a practical way to release music. While in a parking lot in Kansas, Bohrman and Rickard emailed bands they'd befriended and asked if they'd like to release old or new material on the label. Bands such as The Go and Nobunny agreed, while labels like Vice and Sub Pop were supportive of rereleases on Burger, as cassette was a format they had no interest in. The label began to primarily release $6 cassettes, occasionally pressing vinyl and on rare occasions releasing CDs. From the beginning, Burger never signed bands, instead allowing artists to retain complete control of the music they released.
Beyond Audacity and Thee Makeout Party, releases by The Go, Traditional Fools, and Apache helped cement the label. The cassette trend first spiked when they released NoBunny's Raw Romance, which sold 500 copies in a week and a half. A later Ryan Adams tape sold all 400 copies within three hours. By August 2012, the label had sold over 100,000 cassettes.
In 2009, Bohrman was working as an art director for a boating magazine, only to quit when his job wouldn't allow him to go on tour with Thee Makeout Party. When he returned, he cashed his 401K from his old job and opened a record store. Helping him was Brian Flores, owner of the now defunct record store Third Eye Records. Flores had helped put out the first Burger release.
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Burger Records
Burger Records was an American independent record label and record store in Fullerton, California, United States. The label was founded in 2007 by Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard, members of the power pop band Thee Makeout Party. The record/video store, co-owned by Bohrman and Brian Flores, was opened in 2009. The label ceased operations in July 2020, following sexual assault allegations leveled at many of their artists and staff members.
The label was notable for releasing most of its material on cassette. Among the hundreds of artists released on the label were The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Devon Williams, Hunx and His Punx, Bell Gardens, Enjoy, and The Go. According to OC Weekly, the label was known for "its growing catalog of sugary, eccentric power pop and audacious garage rock, extolling a carefree message of love, music and DIY attitude."
Founders Sean Bohrman and Lee Rickard became friends in the late 1990s while attending high school in Anaheim, California. Avid rock and pop fans, they began collaborating on zines and newsletters, and subsequently started playing in bands together. The duo started out playing in a band called The Noise, "a song-less, almost-music-less band" for which they were dubbed "punk pranksters". Afterwards, they started the power pop band Thee Makeout Party.
At some point, Bohrman and Rickard began putting the Burger logo, which had resulted from Rickard drawing pictures while bored at work, on all of their artistic endeavors. They soon befriended the young lo-fi Fullerton punk band Audacity, joining them on a cross-country tour. Bohrman also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Humboldt State in 2004.
Bohrman and Rickard self-released several 7-inch vinyl records for Thee Makeout Party in 2006, using the name Burger Productions. The label itself was started in 2007, releasing both material from Thee Makeout Party and an LP for Audacity.
According to Bohrman, after getting hold of a cassette tape by another band while on tour, he decided to try cassettes as a practical way to release music. While in a parking lot in Kansas, Bohrman and Rickard emailed bands they'd befriended and asked if they'd like to release old or new material on the label. Bands such as The Go and Nobunny agreed, while labels like Vice and Sub Pop were supportive of rereleases on Burger, as cassette was a format they had no interest in. The label began to primarily release $6 cassettes, occasionally pressing vinyl and on rare occasions releasing CDs. From the beginning, Burger never signed bands, instead allowing artists to retain complete control of the music they released.
Beyond Audacity and Thee Makeout Party, releases by The Go, Traditional Fools, and Apache helped cement the label. The cassette trend first spiked when they released NoBunny's Raw Romance, which sold 500 copies in a week and a half. A later Ryan Adams tape sold all 400 copies within three hours. By August 2012, the label had sold over 100,000 cassettes.
In 2009, Bohrman was working as an art director for a boating magazine, only to quit when his job wouldn't allow him to go on tour with Thee Makeout Party. When he returned, he cashed his 401K from his old job and opened a record store. Helping him was Brian Flores, owner of the now defunct record store Third Eye Records. Flores had helped put out the first Burger release.