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Fueled by Ramen (FBR) get a channel on Joost

It appear that Fueled by Ramen will have it’s own channel on Joost. The channel will offer the latest and greatest videos from FBR bands like:

  • Gym Class Heroes
  • Paramore
  • The hush sound
  • The Kinison
  • Panic! At The Disco
  • etc

About Fueled by Ramen:

Fueled By Ramen began the same way most independent record labels do. Two people with a passion for music wanted to help the bands/ friends they loved spread their music to the masses. But what makes FBR’s beginnings unique are the people responsible for its creation.

Vinnie, the drummer for Less Than Jake, and college freshman John Janick started FBR in 1996 when John moved to Gainesville, Florida to attend school. The unlikely pair had met at a Less Than Jake show a year earlier and decided to combine their talents and contacts to form Fueled By Ramen. FBR was officially born when John and Vinnie released the now infamous take-out sampler in August of 1996. The cassette tape contained songs from various artists and was creatively packaged like Chinese take-out.

Fueled By Ramen’s first offices were John’s dorm room and Vinnie’s apartment. First releases include a number of rare, e-bay worthy seven inches, flexi discs and limited press run cds from bands like Less Than Jake, Bigwig, The Hippos and The Impossibles. In the winter of 1998, John went on tour with LTJ and sold all the Fueled By Ramen releases to date. High sales and an enormous response from fans prompted John and Vinnie to move FBR operations out of their homes and into a “real” office at the beginning of 1999.

Since then, Fueled By Ramen has grown exponentially and has released over 50 albums during its six-year existence. John and Vinnie have also achieved success in their “other full time jobs” – John, college and grad school and Vinnie, Less Than Jake – while managing the day-to-day operations and growth of their label. FBR’s in-house staff has grown from two to eight people with a number of marketing tasks being outsourced to companies throughout the U.S. FBR’s distribution has expanded to Europe and Japan, and over the years the label has served as home to a few international acts as well. Although often characterized as a “punk” label, FBR’s musical direction has expanded to the point where many pop, hardcore, indie and electronic acts play a prominent role in the label’s sound and future.

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  1. screech
    May 13th, 2007 at 08:32 | #1

    Hey there,

    Are you guys on myspace? I wanted to check out some of yourtunes.

    Cheers,
    S

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