Mono Vs Stereo is an independent record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It was founded in 2003 as an imprint label of Gotee Records. While Gotee signs mostly rap, hip-hop, and pop-rock artists, MVS leans more towards indie music.

History

Mono Vs Stereo was established in 2002 and released its first project called "The Revolution Will Begin In The Blink Of An Eye" in June of 2003. The compilation featured the debut song from The Evan Anthem (also Mono vs Stereo's first signing)as well as an exclusive track from Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes (side project from the lead singer of Relient K), and The Connotations featuring Taylor Muse (now of Quiet Company). Soon after followed a release by Relient K called "The Vinyl Countdown" and the debut album from The Evan Anthem called "Prologue". 2004 saw the release of an EP from singer/songwriter Andy Zipf, an online and shows only EP from Chasing Victory; and, in the fall the highly-acclaimed debut album from The Showdown titled "A Chorus of Obliteration". In 2005 another Revolution compilation was released with new material from The Evan Anthem and again Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes. This was followed by the release of MVS's next signing Last Tuesday and shortly after that the second album from The Evan Anthem called "Sens". Finally in the fall two strong debut albums were released, the first by Chasing Victory and the last by southern-hardcore act Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. 2006 started with the release of another new act House of Heroes which was followed by the concept album called My Other Band which featured 5 different side projects from members of Relient K, Demon Hunter, Bleach, and Audio Adrenaline. In August came the second album from road dogs Last Tuesday and on the heels of that came the debut from Gasoline Heart.

Staff

• Ex-MVS Head of A&R Department: Brad "My Bands Make Your Eyes" Moist (Fired)
• MVS Sales: Mike "I'll Can Sell Ice Cream to Eskimos" Condo
• MVS Marketing Coordinator: Steve "Last Year I was in Last Tuesday" Gee
• MVS Office Coordinator and Marketing Assistant: Michael "Student of the Game" Abbott

Artists

Current artists

• The Evan Anthem
• Flowerdagger
• House of Heroes
• I Am Terrified
• Maylene and The Sons of Disaster

Other artists

• Agnes
• Tyler Burkum
• Foxhole (band)
• The Connotations
• My Red Hot Nightmare
• Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes
• Royal Empire Music
• Relient K

Former artists

• Against The Ten Horns
• Chasing Victory (Disbanded in 2007)
• Gasoline Heart (Active, currently not signed to a record label.)
• Last Tuesday (Disband in 2007)
• Andy Zipf (Active, signed to Keep On! Music.)
• The Showdown (Active, signed to Solid State Records.)
• Family Force 5 (Active, signed to Tooth & Nail Records.)

See also

• List of record labels

Notes

External links

• Official site