# Blackout! Records Webstore

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- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/blackout-records-webstore
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/blackout-records-webstore.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/blackout-records-webstore/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://blackoutrecords.com
- **Slug:** blackout-records-webstore
- **Categories:** media-entertainment

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Blackout! Records is a New York City hardcore and punk record label with an online store selling vinyl, CDs, and merchandise.
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Description:** Founded in 1988 by Bill Wilson and Jim Gibson, Blackout! Records began as an outlet for friends' bands in the NYC-area hardcore scene. The label has released hardcore, punk, and NYC bands and operates an online store for physical music releases and merchandise.
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Identity

- **Mission:** To provide an outlet for hardcore, punk, and NYC-area bands and release their music.
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founders & leadership:** Founded by Bill Wilson and Jim Gibson.
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Website:** https://blackoutrecords.com
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founded:** 1988
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides a label and retail outlet for hardcore, punk, and NYC-area music releases, including physical vinyl and CD editions.
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Releasing hardcore and punk recordings
  - Selling vinyl and CDs
  - Selling band and label merchandise
  - Offering pre-orders, special discounts, and colored vinyl editions through its mailing list
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - Vinyl records
  - CDs
  - Band and label T-shirts
  - Long-sleeve T-shirts
  - Sheer Terror Bulldog Box five-LP set
  - Outburst "Miles To Go" LP/CD
  - Killing Time "The Method" LP/CD
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Pricing:** Products shown include CDs from $12, vinyl releases from $12, and apparel from $25; some limited vinyl editions are sold out.
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Music recording and independent punk/hardcore music
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Ideal customer profile:** Fans and collectors of New York City hardcore, punk, and related independent music releases and merchandise.
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Use cases:**
  - Buying hardcore and punk music on vinyl or CD
  - Buying band and record-label apparel
  - Purchasing limited-edition and colored vinyl releases
  - Joining the mailing list for pre-orders, discounts, and colored vinyl announcements
Source: Brand's website (https://blackoutrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

Page last updated 2026-11-07.

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