TNSrecords


TNSrecords is a punk record label based in Manchester, UK. TNSrecords aims to support and spread the word about exciting bands, who could be considered punk in either sound or ethos. The emphasis is very much based around community spirit, the DIY ethos and working collectively with like-minded people. The TNS family continues to expand.  They started out as a punk zine and then a gig night way back in 2003 in Manchester. TNS evolved into an independent label in 2008.

Roster

The following all have releases on TNSrecords:
  • A WarAgainstSound
  • ACiD DROP
  • Autonomads
  • Beat The Red Light
  • Bethan Mary Leadley
  • Black Star Dub Collective
  • Bootscraper
  • BrainDead
  • Broken Aris
  • Faintest Idea
  • The Fractions
  • The Franceens
  • Fist Of The North Star
  • Hated Til Proven
  • Harijan
  • John Player Specials
  • The Kirkz
  • Knife Club
  • Kollapse
  • Leagues Apart
  • No Fealty
  • Nosebleed
  • Officer Down
  • PIZZATRAMP
  • Revenge of the Psychotronic Man
  • Rising Strike
  • Sense of Urgency
  • The Shadowcops
  • Sounds of Swami
  • Stand Out Riot
  • Stoj Snak

    Releases

, TNS Records have the following releases;

  • TNS001: TNSrecords Volume 1: Music By People Who Drink Cider In The Gutter
  • TNS002: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man vs. The Fractions
  • TNS003: Harijan/John Player Specials split
  • TNS004: The Shadowcops - A Big Pot Of Hot
  • TNS005: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man - Make Pigs Smoke
  • TNS006: Sounds Of Swami - Halcyon Days
  • TNS007: TNSrecords Volume 2: Mainstream Music Is Shit
  • TNS008: Stand Out Riot, A War Against Sound, and Sense Of Urgency Split
  • TNS009: Beat The Red Light EP
  • TNS010: The Kirkz - Agroculture
  • TNS011: Leagues Apart - To Anywhere
  • TNS012: Faintest Idea - Ignorance Is This
  • TNS013: Bootscraper - Country And Eastern
  • TNS014: Beat The Red Light - Salt The Lands
  • TNS015: Stand Out Riot - The Gentlemen Bandits
  • TNS016: Mighty Midgets/Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man/Fist Of The North Star/Broken Arms - The International Split EP
  • TNS017: Rising Strike - Bite The Hand That Feeds
  • TNS018: Autonomads/Black Star Dub Collective - From Rusholme With Dub
  • TNS019: Hated Til Proven - Songs For The Short Of Attention
  • TNS020: TNSrecords Volume 3: These Troublesome Thinkers
  • TNS021: BrainDead - Dub Evolution
  • TNS022: Bootscraper - S/T
  • TNS023: Faintest Idea - The Voice Of Treason
  • TNS024: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man - Shattered Dreams Parkway
  • TNS025: Stöj Snak - Songs About Beliefs
  • TNS026: Kollapse - S/T
  • TNS027: Sounds Of Swami - S/T
  • TNS028: Acid Drop - The End Of Days
  • TNS029: BrainDead - Libertalia
  • TNS030: No Fealty - In the Shadow of the Monolith
  • TNS031: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man - In Session From Maida Vale
  • TNS032: The Franceens - Stepford Smiles
  • TNS033: Wonk Unit - Nervous Racehorse
  • TNS034: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man - 10 Years Of Revenge
  • TNS035: Black Star Dub Collective - Vampire
  • TNS036: Officer Down - Dead Lands
  • TNS037: The Franceens - S/T
  • TNS038: Black Volvo - Once We All Were Wolves
  • TNS039: Roughneck Riot - Out Of Anger
  • TNS040: The Domestics - Routine And Ritual
  • TNS041: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man/Bootscraper - The Bear And The Tiger
  • TNS042: Vanilla Pod - Seeing Out The Sunrise
  • TNS043: Chewed Up/Casual Nausea - split album
  • TNS044: The Kirkz - Unregrettable
  • TNS045: Wonk Unit - Flying The Japanese Flag
  • TNS046: Mighty Midgets - Raising Ruins For The Future
  • TNS047: Stöj Snak - ScreamerSongwriter
  • TNS048: Wonk Unit - Feel The Wonkness
  • TNS049: Faintest Idea - Increasing The Minimum Rage
  • TNS050: Matilda’s Scoundrel’s - Crowley’s Curse
  • TNS051: Wonk Unit - Trolley’s Thank You/Wonk Unit Saved My Life
  • TNS052: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man - Colossal Velocity
  • TNS053: Shot! - Masquerade Of Wolves
  • TNS054: BrainDead vs. Conscious Youth
  • TNS055: Wonk Unit - Mr Splashy
  • TNS056: Pizzatramp - Blowing Chunks
  • TNS057: Kollapse - Angst
  • TNS058: Black Volvo - Bad Driving
  • TNS059: TNS Tour: Wonk Unit/Roughneck Riot/Faintest Idea/Revenge of the Psychotronic Man
  • TNS060: Throwing Stuff - Fit, Fine And Well
  • TNS061: Grand Collapse - Along The Dew
  • TNS062: Wonk Unit - Muffy
  • TNS063: Matilda’s Scoundrel’s - As The Tide Turns
  • TNS064: The Domestics - Pissing On Perfection
  • TNS065: The Domestics - Cherry Blossom Life
  • TNS066: Faintest Idea - The Voice Of Treason
  • TNS067: Wonk Unit - Nervous Racehorse
  • TNS068: Stand Out Riot - The Gentlemen Bandits
  • TNS069: Tim Loud and the Psychotronic Men - Some Of These People Have Come From Stoke
  • TNS070: Pizzatramp - Revenge Of The Bangertronic Dan, Plus 13 Songs
  • TNS071: Random Hand - Change Of Plan
  • TNS072: Bobby Funk - Avocado Stains
  • TNS073: Nosebleed - Scratching Circles On The Dancefloor
  • TNS074: Revenge of the Psychotronic Man - That Was Just A Noise
  • TNS075: Uniforms - Reasons To Breathe
  • TNS076: Tim Loud - Salvation
  • TNS077: Vanilla Pod - Goodbye My Love…
  • TNS078: Incisions - S/T
  • TNS079: The Domestics/Pizzatramp - Discipline
  • TNS080: Pizzatramp - Grand Relapse
  • TNS081: Hardkore Dokument 1 - featuring The Domestics/Pizzatramp/Grand Collapse/Wolfbeast Destroyer/Rash Decision/Guilt Police
  • TNS082: Stöj Snak/Speed Dinosaurs - The Mass Extinction split
  • TNS083: TNSrecords: The Family
  • TNS084: Casual Nausea - Demons
  • TNS085: The Pulsebeat compilation
  • TNS086: Pi$$er - Wretched Life
  • TNS087: Haest - Anomie
  • TNS088: Jodie Faster - Blame Yourself
  • TNS089: Incisions/Pizzatramp - Do You Know Who You Look Like
  • TNS090: Christmas - Hot Nights In Saint Vandal
  • TNS091: Follow Your Dreams - The Half Life Of Teaspoons
  • TNS092: Brassick - 2.0
  • TNS093: Knife Club - We Are Knife Club
  • TNS094: Stöj Snak - Life, Death And Everything In Between
  • TNS095: Bobby Funk - Longing For The Bonging
  • TNS096: The Domestics/Pizzatramp - No Life/This Is Your Life
  • TNS097: Pi$$er - Crushed Down To Paste
  • TNS098: Harijan - S/T
  • TNS099: Knife Club - Lockdown Acoustic EP
  • TNS100: TNS Volume 4: Cheap Cans, Broken Vans and Basement Bar Bands
  • TNS101: Matilda’s Scoundrel’s - The Devil’s Dues
  • TNS102: Pi$$er - Carved Up for Yuks
  • TNS103: Incisions - BLISS
  • TNS104: Grand Collapse - Empty Plinths
  • TNS105: Jodie Faster - complete Discography
  • TNS106: Nosebleed - Dance With The Devil
  • TNS107: Beng Beng Cocktail - S/T
  • TNS108: Nexø - False Flag
  • TNS109: Ättestor/Zero Again - The Ä To Z Of Ignorance, Indifference and Idiocy
  • TNS110: The Sewer Cats - Cute Aggression
  • TNS111: Knife Club - Club Classics
  • TNS112: James Domestic - Carrion Repeating
  • TNS113: Haest/Christmas/Batwölf/Electric Frankenstein - The International Split LP
  • TNS114: Faintest Idea - The Road To Sedition
  • TNS115: Haest - Belabour
  • TNS116: Vægtløs - Kakofoni
  • TNS117: Bruise Control - Useless For Something
  • TNS118: Knife Club - Our Club, Our Rules
  • TNS119: The Domestics - East Anglian Hardcore

TNSrecords Fanzine

TNSrecords also occasionally produce a fanzine. It began in 2003 as a free publication, and was available at various music stores, and also on-line. The Fanzine features reviews of recent musical releases from the Punk rock, Ska, Hardcore, Psychobilly, and occasionally other genres, as well as articles, often of a comedy nature or left-wing political viewpoint, and news about forthcoming gigs.
That's Not Skanking fanzine originally started in 2003, in Manchester. It covered punk rock, ska and related genres.
That incarnation of the fanzine lasted 18 issues, with an average run of 250 copies.
However, the launch of TNSrecords in 2008 resulted in the fanzine being relaunched as TNSrecords fanzine. As of Summer 2011 there had been 14 issues, which usually coincided with label releases and had a print run of around 1500.
The fanzine also uses imagery of animals and has also featured comical features such as funny footballer names and human impressions of animals.
Content wise it varies from covering the ridiculous, through to more political and social issues. Band wise, as well as documenting the local scene and bands from the label, interviews have also been conducted with more established acts such as Zeke, Million Dead and many more.
The fanzine was featured in an exhibition and film at Salford Art Gallery in 2011/12, which was curated by Salford Zine Library. The film features commentary by Andy.

TNS Gigs

TNSrecords arranged DIY gigs for many years. TNS gigs are currently in hiatus. These gigs usually featured bands that play Punk rock, Ska and other similar genres. They were held at Retro Bar, Gulliver's, Kraak Gallery & Base Cafe in Manchester. But sometimes took place further afield, including Blackpool, Leeds, and Macclesfield. The gigs started in 2004.

Manchester Punk Festival

Source:
In 2015, TNSrecords formed a collective with Moving North and Anarchistic Undertones to start a new punk festival in Manchester. The aim of Manchester Punk Festival is to bring a diverse range of bands, who could be considered punk in sound or ethos, to Manchester.
The weekend offers the opportunity for many people to congregate and listen to awesome bands from all over the world in some of the cities best independent venue.
By 2023 the festival had grown to 140 acts performing over 7 venues across Manchester.

TNSradio

In February 2009, TNSrecords launched TNSradio, a monthly podcast featuring Punk and Ska music. From February 2010 the podcast became a weekly show which is broadcast on American internet radio stations Punk Rock Demonstration. and Real Punk Radio. Due to a lack of time TNSrecords were unable to continue with the weekly show, with the episodes stopping in the summer of 2010. The show returned in June 2011, this time on a monthly basis, as part of the Punk Britannia weekly podcast which is broadcast on Punk Rock Demonstration and from the Studs and Punks website.
The podcast is currently in hiatus, although did briefly return as the 'Cheap Cans, Broken Vans and Basement Bar Bands Podcast' during lockdown, where Andy and Bev, alongside guests shared memories about each of their first 100 releases.