Vermiform Records

Vermiform Records was an American independent record label that specialized in releasing punk rock music from 1990 until 2002. Over the course of those twelve years Vermiform released 58 albums and relocated many times,^[1] being headquartered in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Rhode Island and California at different times. The label was run by Sam McPheeters, the singer from the band Born Against.^[2]

Bands

• Born Against
• Econochrist
• Landed
• Life's Blood
• Man Is The Bastard
• Men's Recovery Project
• Moss Icon
• Rorschach
• Screeching Weasel
• (Young) Pioneers

Releases

• VMFM 0 - V/A Murders Among Us 7" (1990; approx 2,500 made, first pressing a co-release with Combined Effort Records). Out of print.
  • Life's Blood song re-released on VMFM 3CD, Born Against song re-released on VMFM 20.
• VMFM 0.5 - Born Against Eulogy 7" (1990; 2 pressings, approx 2,500 made). Out of print.
  • Both songs are included on VMFM 20.
• VMFM 1 - Born Against 7" (1990; 5 pressings, 7,090 made). Out of print.
  • Songs included on VMFM 20.
• VMFM 2 - Rorschach Remain Sedate LP (1991; 2 pressings, approx 2,000 made) / TAPE (1991; 1 pressings, approx 1,000 made).
  • Repressed as LP & CD on Gern Blandsten Records.
• VMFM 3 - Life's Blood Defiance reissue 7" (1991; 4 pressings, 4,166 made) / discography CD-ep (1996; 1 pressing, 2,144 made). Out of print.
• VMFM 4 - Menace Dement 7" (1991; 1 pressing, approx. 1,000 made, split w/ Lungcast Records). In stock.
• VMFM 4.5 - Rorschach/Neanderthal 7" (1991; 2 pressings, approx 2,500 made).
  • Rorschach songs repressed on Gern Blandsten CD, Neanderthal songs repressed on Deep Six Records CD.
• VMFM 5 - Citizens Arrest Colossus LP (1991; 1 pressing, approx. 2,000 made).
  • Repressed on Wardance Records.
• VMFM 6 - Born Against 9 Patriotic Hymns For Children LP (1991; 4 pressings, 5,967 made).
  • Reissued on Prank Records.
• VMFM 6/12 - Born Against Battle Hymns CD (1994, 4 pressings, 9,322 made).
  • Reissued on Kill Rock Stars.
• VMFM 7 - Econochrist Another Victim 7" (1992, 1 pressing, approx 1,000 made). Reissued on Ebullition Records CD.
• VMFM 8 - Manacled 7" (1992, 1 pressing, approx 1,000 made). Out of print.
• VMFM 9 - Man Is the Bastard "Sum Of The Men" LP (1993; 2 pressings, 4,200 made) / CD (1996; 1 pressing, 5,054 made) . Limited quantities of both formats in stock.
• VMFM 10 - Econochrist LP (1993, 1 pressing, 2,000 made). Reissued on Ebullition Records.
• VMFM 11 - V/A Fear Of Smell LP (1993; 2 pressings, 2,441 made) / CD (1998; 1 pressing, 1,900 made). Both formats in stock.
• VMFM 12 - BORN AGAINST "Battle Hymns Of The Race War" 10" (1994; 2 pressings, 5,326 made). Reissued as a 12" on Prank Records.
• VMFM 13 - Moss Icon Lyburnum LP (1994; 3 pressings, 3,500 made) / CD (1997; 2 pressings, 1,518 made). CD in stock, in limited quantities.
• VMFM 14 - Heroin LP (1994, 1 pressing, approx 2,000 made).
  • Reissued on Gravity Records.
• VMFM 15 - Man Is the Bastard Our Earth's Blood 7" (1994; 2 pressings, 1,538 made). Out of print. Tracks included on VMFM 9CD.
• VMFM 16 - BORN AGAINST / MAN IS THE BASTARD 8" (1994; 2 pressings, 5,000 made). Out of print. BA songs included on VMFM 20, both formats, MITB songs included on VMFM 9, CD only
• VMFM 17 - Men's Recovery Project Make A Baby 7" (1994; 2 pressings, 2,513 made). Out of print.
  • All tracks included on VMFM 40.
• VMFM 18 - (Young) Pioneers 7" (1994; 2 pressings, 2,000 made). Out of print.
  • Songs appear on VMFM 22 CD.
• VMFM 19 - Man Is the Bastard / Sinking Body 7" (1995; 2 pressings, 2,006 made). Out of print.
  • MITB songs included on VMFM 9, CD only.
• VMFM 20 - Born Against The Rebel Sound Of Shit And Failure LP (1995; 5 pressings, 6,088 made) / CD (1995; 7 pressings, 11,306 made) / TAPE (1996; 1 pressing, 1,000 made).
  • CD reissued on Kill Rock Stars. Vinyl reissued by Prank Records. Tape still in stock.
• VMFM 21 - (Young) Pioneers First Virginia Volunteers LP (1995; 1 pressing, 2,053 made) / CD (1995; 1 pressing, 2,203 made). CD in stock.
• VMFM 22 - (Young) Pioneers We March 7" (1995; 1 pressing, 2,195 made) / CD-EP (1995; 1 pressing, 2,000 made)
• VMFM 23 - Sinking Body The Discovery Of Iron Ore 10" (1996; 1 pressing, 2,039 made)
• VMFM 24 - Freshomatics 7" (1996; 1 pressing, 1,037 made)
• VMFM 25 - The Great Unraveling Space Travel 7" (1996; 1 pressing, 2,045 made). Out of print.
• VMFM 26 - Worst Case Scenario LP (1996; 1 pressing, 2,028 made) / CD (1997; 1 pressing, 1,743 made)
• VMFM 27 - (Young) Pioneers Crime Wave 10" (1996; 2 pressings, 1,929 made) / CD (1997; 1 pressing, 1,030 made). CD in stock.
• VMFM 28 - Bullet in the Head Jawbone Of An Ass reissue CD (1996; 1 pressing, 867 made)
• VMFM 28.5 - Men's Recovery Project, tour only 5" (1996; 1 pressing, approx 500 made). Out of print.
  • Included on VMFM 40.
• VMFM 29 - Menace Dement LP (1997; 1 pressing, 1,021 made). In stock.
• VMFM 30 - Towel 7"(1997; 1 pressing, 1,544 made). In stock.
• VMFM 31 - Screeching Weasel Formula 27 7" (1997; 2 pressings, 3,435 made).
  • Reissued on Panic Button / Lookout! Records.
• VMFM 32 - Witchy Poo Witchy Poo Salutes The Space Program 7" (1997, 1 pressing, 1,007 made). In stock.
• VMFM 33 - Hail Mary Crashing Down 7" (1997; 2 pressings, 1,548 made). In stock.
• VMFM 34 - Landed Why I Live 10" (1997; 1 pressing, 717 made). Out of print.
• VMFM 35 - Amps for Christ Thorny Path LP (1997; 1 pressing, 1,024 made) / CD (1997; 1 pressing, 956 made)
• VMFM 36 - TOWEL 8" (1997; 1 pressing, 1006 made). Out of print.
• VMFM 37 - HAIL MARY "My Will To Die Is Dead" 7" (1998; 1 pressing, 1,125 made). Out of print.
• VMFM 38 - Sinking Body Neurotic Habits of the Invisible Man 7" (1998; 1 pressing, 1,100 made)
• VMFM 39 - V/A Fruited Other Surfaces CD (1998; 1 pressing, 1,150 made). In stock.
• VMFM 40 - MEN'S RECOVERY PROJECT "The Golden Triumph Of Naked Hostility" CD (1998; 1 pressing, 2,000 made). Out of stock.
• VMFM 41 - Sam McPheeters / The Catholic Church 5" (1998; 1 pressing, 1,000 made). Out of print.
  • To be reissued as a 7" on Gravity.
• VMFM 42 - Rah Bras Wear The Beat Spectacular CD (1998; 1 pressing, 1,391 made). Limited quantities in stock.
  • To be repressed by Lovitt Records.
• VMFM 43 - Men's Recovery Project / Sinking Body Grappling With the Homonids LP (1998; 1 pressing, 1,100 made) / CD (1998; 1 pressing, 1,475 made). Both formats in stock.
• VMFM 44 - Bastard Noise If It Be Not True double CD (1998; 1 pressing, 940 made). In stock.
• VMFM 45 - Landed Everything's Happening LP (1998; 1 pressing, 1,073 made) / CD (1998; 1 pressing, 1,000 made)
• VMFM 46 - Towel discography CD (1998; 1 pressing, 1,027 made)
• VMFM 47 - Mr. Brinkman Transmittens CD (1999, 1 pressing, 500 made)
• VMFM 48 - Pleasurehorse Small Purse CD (1999; 1 pressing, 500 made). Out of print.
• VMFM 49 - Witchy Poo Pitching Woo CD (1999; 1 pressing, 956 made)
• VMFM 50 - V/A "False Object Sensor" CD (2001; 1 pressing, 2,200 made)
• VMFM 51 - Amps For Christ "Circuits" CD (1999; 1 pressing, 1,000 pressed)
• VMFM 52 - Hail Mary All Aboard the Sinking Ship LP (1999; 1 pressing, 1,000 made) / CD (1999; 1 pressing, 1,500 made)
• VMFM 53 - Men's Recovery Project Resist the New Way LP (1999; 1 pressing, 1,000 made) / CD (1999; 1 pressing, 950 made) LP out of print
• VMFM 54 - Man Is the Bastard live CD - Project cancelled.
• VMFM 55 - Fast Forward CD (2001; 1 pressing, 1,037 made)

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. Burns, Todd (1 September 2003). "Vermiform Records". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
2. Kott, Paul. "Born Against". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

External links

• Vermiform Records on SamMcPheeters.com