Hard Times

The name Hard Times is used on releases for ©+℗ mainly. Do not use it as a label name. The label associated to the club is Hard Times The Label. Hard Times was in the beginning a club that had various locations around Leeds. The man who started it all was Steve Raine (along with his girlfriend, Donna Skinner, & Peter Jenkinson . A farmer who went from herding & milking cows and turned his interest into music buisness in the early 90's. Aside from the club came an influencial, if shortlived label called Hard Times The Label which mainly focused on American garage. The label was revived in 2023.