kim gordon status defunct genre protest songs country of origin united states of america location northampton massachusetts official website http www.protest records.com protest records is a subversive online record label that creates mp3 compilation albums which are released for free download . 1 2 the label was founded by thurston moore and kim gordon of sonic youth with stephan said . 2 the original intent of the label was to actually produce vinyl lps which would have been secretly placed in records stores ; the goal was to confuse record store clerks because the records would not have been in their computer system . 2 this plan was rejected when the label owners realized it would be cost prohibitive . 2 the label intended to release at least ten volumes or compilation albums but to date has released only eight . 3 the label is now defunct in that it does not receive any new submissions and does not intend to release new material in the immediate future but pledges to continues to host the previously released albums online . 2 some well known artists who have been released on protest records include beastie boys vol . 1 cat power vol . 1 sonic youth vol . 2 dj spooky vol 3 . saul williams vol 3 . mudhoney vol . 4 chumbawamba vol . 5 and allen ginsberg vol . 7 . 3 the motto of the label is use em for yrself . give em to friends . just don t sell em . references edit protest records . protest records.com . retrieved 2008 12 31 . a b c d e broadcast ron reagan show 2008 31 12 . air america radio . 2008 12 31 . retrieved 2008 12 31 . dead link a b protest records releases mp3s . protest records.com . retrieved 2008 12 31 . external links edit official website v t e thurston moore thurston moore band steve shelley debbie googe james sedwards chelsea light moving samara lubelski john moloney keith wood solo albums psychic hearts trees outside the academy demolished thoughts the best day as chelsea light moving chelsea light moving collaborations & soundtracks heavy root bully caught on tape yokokimthurston full bleed cuts of guilt cuts deeper related articles discography chelsea light moving discography dim stars sonic youth ciccone youth swans twilight mirror dash the coachmen protest records ecstatic peace ecstatic peace library mix tape the art of cassette culture james hamilton thurston moore this article about a united states record label is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title protest records & oldid 572812584 categories sonic youthamerican record labelscompanies based in massachusettsunited states record label stubshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2013 at 21 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view