  homestead records was a long island, new york-based sublabel of music distributor dutch east india trading. it was founded in 1984 by sam berger, who was the american independent buyer for dutch east india trading. berger was finding that many bands who had perhaps released their own first 45 were having difficulty coming up with the finances to press followups. he was able to convince the owner of the company to press and distribute records for bands that already had recorded an album, and have the bands supply the artwork. it is considered instrumental in launching the post-hardcore and noise rock genres. when berger left to work with midnight records, he recommended 18-year-old gerard cosloy, whom he knew from boston and who published a fanzine that homestead distributed. cosloy went on to sign many of the notable acts. cosloy was succeeded by ken katkin and later by steven joerg. the label's last release was ivo perelman's cama de terra in 1996. ==artists==  * antietam * babe the blue ox * bastro * beat temptation * big black * big dipper * blackjacks * bloodsport * bodeco * breaking circus * bull * cakekitchen * david s. ware * daniel johnston * death of samantha * dinosaur jr * dredd foole & the din * einstÃ¼rzende neubauten * elliott sharp * fish & roses * gg allin * great plains * green river * happy flowers * honor role * ivo perelman * king kong * live skull * love child * my dad is dead * naked raygun * new radiant storm king * nice strong arm * nick cave and the bad seeds * one plus two * owt * phantom tollbooth * pony * salem 66 * seam * sebadoh * sleepyhead * smack dab * sonic youth * sorry * soul-junk * squirrel bait * stratotanker * ssd * supreme dicks * swans * table * the dogmatics * the ex * the flies * the frogs * the hedonists * the holy men * the mad scene * [[the meatmen
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