Mordam Records

Distribution company for indie-labels based in Sacramento, CA. USA. Also referred to as: - Mordam The company was founded in 1983 by Ruth Schwartz (one of the original co-editors of Maximumrocknroll). Mordam was the exclusive distributor for dozens of punk rock and independent record labels (e.g. Alternative Tentacles, [l36851], Lookout! Records, Sympathy For The Record Industry and many more) throughout the 1980s and 90s. They also released records on their own in-house record label in the mid-to-late 80s. In 2005 the label was sold to / merged with Lumberjack Distribution to form Lumberjack Mordam Music Group.