MVD
Entertainment Group and the legendary Amphetamine Reptile Records have
partnered with Robel Films to release the documentary The Color of Noise,
a film that looks into the history of the label and its founder Tom
"Haze" Hazelmyer. MVD and AmRep will also re-issue some of the best
releases from the catalog on vinyl and CD starting in Dec 2015 and
continuing into 2016 and beyond.
The initial round of releases includes the first vinyl edition of the legendary Halo of Flies' Music for Insect Minds on double LP, the Cows' classic Cunning Stunts and a 3 LP set of the infamous Dope Guns 'n Fucking in the Streets compilations featuring Mudhoney, Helmet, Melvins, Tad, Tar, Superchunk and lots more. Also, the soundtrack to the The Color of Noise will be released on limited edition 150 gram color vinyl for Record Store Day on November 27th.
The Color of Noise
is a full length documentary about the Artist Haze XXL (Tom Hazelmyer)
and his notorious record label, Amphetamine Reptile Records. Throughout
the 80's and 90's the label would achieve almost cult-like status for
being adventurous and daring in the midst of a time where "safe" punk
rock would rule the airwaves with a newly accepted style of music by the
mainstream college goers, Grunge. Though with AmRep, not only a roster
of the most outrageous performers would find a home, but also a legion
of poster artists who broke all of the rules.
Armed
with a computer and an aesthetic of bold imagery, an artist would
emerge in Hazelmyer. This is an American mid-west story about a man who
created his own path, far from the norm and how he brought along with
him countless others who would achieve greatness by sheer proximity and
participation. This is the true American underground.