Munster

Headquarters: Madrid, Spain

Founded: 1980s

Founded by:

Link: Official Site

Genre(s):
 * Garage
 * Rock
 * Punk
 * Pop-Rock
 * Power-Pop

Active Roster

 * Atom Rhumba
 * Guitar Wolf
 * Mermaid
 * Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
 * Alegre All Stars
 * Asteroid
 * Chixdiggit
 * The Devestations
 * Subsonics
 * The Woggles

Inactive Roster

 * The Sonics
 * The Young Fresh Fellows
 * The Fastbacks
 * The Mr. T Experience
 * The Honeymoon Killers
 * The New Bomb Turks
 * Thee Headcoatees
 * Les Fleur De Lys
 * Swell Maps
 * El Aviador Dro Y Sus Obreros Especializados
 * Bum
 * The Contortions
 * Flop
 * Screaming Lord Sutch
 * Johnny Thunders
 * The Saints
 * The Flamin' Groovies
 * Alex Chilton
 * The Modern Lovers

Key Releases

 * The Fastbacks - The Day That Didn't Exist
 * The Sonics - The Jerden Years
 * The Young Fresh Fellows - Somos Los Mejores

Biography
Munster is a label out of Madrid that would often release records by American bands that wouldn't even come out in America (A Tribute To Music by The Young Fresh Fellows, for example). They've become a big re-issue house as well as a label putting out new music, often with a punk or garage sound. They will often re-issue forgotten classics by influential bands that didn't necessarily sell a whole lot the first time around. As such, Munster's actually got decent distribution in the US -- not great, but their records can be findable here.