Alternative Tentacles Records
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Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. Yes this is us.
This Friday, November 14th Moms With Bangs brand new 7" and Alternative Tentacles Records debut, “Do What’s Delicious” is finally going to be out everywhere! Have you picked up your copy?
Pre-order your copy now at alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
photos by Niki Pretti Photography
Pre-order your copy now at alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
photos by Niki Pretti Photography
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This Friday, November 14th Moms With Bangs brand new 7" and Alternative Tentacles Records debut, “Do What’s Delicious” is finally going to be out everywhere! Have you picked up your copy?
Pre-order your copy now at alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
photos by Niki Pretti Photography
Pre-order your copy now at alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
photos by Niki Pretti Photography
During Alternative Tentacles Records General Manager Freya Yamamoto's visit at Smash Plastic Record Pressing, she was able to film them working on Nomeansno "Sex Mad"! This one being the Exclusive Indie Record Store Edition that will ONLY be available if you order at your local record store!
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
During Alternative Tentacles Records General Manager Freya Yamamoto's visit at Smash Plastic Record Pressing, she was able to film them working on Nomeansno "Sex Mad"! This one being the Exclusive Indie Record Store Edition that will ONLY be available if you order at your local record store!
We have opened up advanced pre-orders for the limited Patreon/Artist Edition of the legendary NOMEANSNO album, "Sex Mad"! Out of print for 25 years! One of NOMEANSNO's absolute best releases is now exclusively available for pre-order to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/AlternativeT...
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We have opened up advanced pre-orders for the limited Patreon/Artist Edition of the legendary NOMEANSNO album, "Sex Mad"! Out of print for 25 years! One of NOMEANSNO's absolute best releases is now exclusively available for pre-order to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/AlternativeT...
For over 30 years, No Means No redefined post-modern hardcore... intelligent, intense, and completely their own. Now we’re proud to present a brand new REMASTERED reissue of the Dad/Revenge 7"!
Get your copy now: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Get your copy now: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
For over 30 years, No Means No redefined post-modern hardcore... intelligent, intense, and completely their own. Now we’re proud to present a brand new REMASTERED reissue of the Dad/Revenge 7"!
Get your copy now: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Get your copy now: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
GM Freya Yamamoto stopped by Smashed Plastic Record Pressing this week to pick up the new test pressing for Lard’s "The Last Temptation of Reid"!
It’s finally on its way to Jello Biafra for approval after a long and bumpy journey of delays, remastering, and re-pressing. More production updates soon!
It’s finally on its way to Jello Biafra for approval after a long and bumpy journey of delays, remastering, and re-pressing. More production updates soon!
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
GM Freya Yamamoto stopped by Smashed Plastic Record Pressing this week to pick up the new test pressing for Lard’s "The Last Temptation of Reid"!
It’s finally on its way to Jello Biafra for approval after a long and bumpy journey of delays, remastering, and re-pressing. More production updates soon!
It’s finally on its way to Jello Biafra for approval after a long and bumpy journey of delays, remastering, and re-pressing. More production updates soon!
Now added to the Saints shows at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco tonight and tomorrow night - me! My first dj sets since 2020 at GAMH tonight and tomorrow for 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒 '𝟽𝟹-'𝟽𝟾 !!! 🔥⚡
Tonight:
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Tomorrow:
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Tonight:
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Tomorrow:
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November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Now added to the Saints shows at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco tonight and tomorrow night - me! My first dj sets since 2020 at GAMH tonight and tomorrow for 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒 '𝟽𝟹-'𝟽𝟾 !!! 🔥⚡
Tonight:
wl.eventim.us/event/the-sa...
Tomorrow:
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Tonight:
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Tomorrow:
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Ok folks, Now Dig This!!
Who knew there was footage of these guys??
And that’s the way you lip-synch, guys!
Not ‘Hullabaloo’ either.
Some other show..
-Biafra
youtu.be/qoMmIwgx1Qc?...
Who knew there was footage of these guys??
And that’s the way you lip-synch, guys!
Not ‘Hullabaloo’ either.
Some other show..
-Biafra
youtu.be/qoMmIwgx1Qc?...
The Preachers - Who do you love? Shivaree ´65 (better sound)
The Preachers formed in 1964 in Los Angeles and recorded this Bo Diddley song for their debut single. This is the boys playbacking on Shivaree, in may 1965.
The sound was pretty bad on the original…
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ok folks, Now Dig This!!
Who knew there was footage of these guys??
And that’s the way you lip-synch, guys!
Not ‘Hullabaloo’ either.
Some other show..
-Biafra
youtu.be/qoMmIwgx1Qc?...
Who knew there was footage of these guys??
And that’s the way you lip-synch, guys!
Not ‘Hullabaloo’ either.
Some other show..
-Biafra
youtu.be/qoMmIwgx1Qc?...
Did you know Death Hymn Number 9 has returned from the swampy grave?
Their AT debut 3rd Degree Moon Burns is a pure rock & roll exorcism.
alternativetentacles.com/products/v45...
If you’re in SoCal, see them 11/29 at Alex’s Bar (Long Beach) with Messer Chups. You won’t be sorry... but you might die.
Their AT debut 3rd Degree Moon Burns is a pure rock & roll exorcism.
alternativetentacles.com/products/v45...
If you’re in SoCal, see them 11/29 at Alex’s Bar (Long Beach) with Messer Chups. You won’t be sorry... but you might die.
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Did you know Death Hymn Number 9 has returned from the swampy grave?
Their AT debut 3rd Degree Moon Burns is a pure rock & roll exorcism.
alternativetentacles.com/products/v45...
If you’re in SoCal, see them 11/29 at Alex’s Bar (Long Beach) with Messer Chups. You won’t be sorry... but you might die.
Their AT debut 3rd Degree Moon Burns is a pure rock & roll exorcism.
alternativetentacles.com/products/v45...
If you’re in SoCal, see them 11/29 at Alex’s Bar (Long Beach) with Messer Chups. You won’t be sorry... but you might die.
alternativetentacles.com Holiday Shipping Deadlines!
Domestic Standard Shipping: December 11
International Standard Shipping: November 26
Domestic Express Shipping: December 16th
International Express Shipping: December 14th
Order before these dates for the best chance to get your order in time!
Domestic Standard Shipping: December 11
International Standard Shipping: November 26
Domestic Express Shipping: December 16th
International Express Shipping: December 14th
Order before these dates for the best chance to get your order in time!
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
alternativetentacles.com Holiday Shipping Deadlines!
Domestic Standard Shipping: December 11
International Standard Shipping: November 26
Domestic Express Shipping: December 16th
International Express Shipping: December 14th
Order before these dates for the best chance to get your order in time!
Domestic Standard Shipping: December 11
International Standard Shipping: November 26
Domestic Express Shipping: December 16th
International Express Shipping: December 14th
Order before these dates for the best chance to get your order in time!
Happy Halloween, fiends! For our final fright of the season, we’ve conjured up Holiday Season Bundles! Many include super limited Patreon editions, but beware… once the season ends, they vanish forever!
Get yourself an instant collection: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Get yourself an instant collection: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy Halloween, fiends! For our final fright of the season, we’ve conjured up Holiday Season Bundles! Many include super limited Patreon editions, but beware… once the season ends, they vanish forever!
Get yourself an instant collection: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Get yourself an instant collection: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
GREETINGS, you lurid lovers of lunacy! Tell me… do you like posters?
The kind that crawl from the walls and whisper sweet, subversive nothings in the dark of night? Then creep on over to AlternativeTentacles.com, for a gallery of gruesome graphics!
Get them while you can, kiddies… heh heh heh!
The kind that crawl from the walls and whisper sweet, subversive nothings in the dark of night? Then creep on over to AlternativeTentacles.com, for a gallery of gruesome graphics!
Get them while you can, kiddies… heh heh heh!
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
GREETINGS, you lurid lovers of lunacy! Tell me… do you like posters?
The kind that crawl from the walls and whisper sweet, subversive nothings in the dark of night? Then creep on over to AlternativeTentacles.com, for a gallery of gruesome graphics!
Get them while you can, kiddies… heh heh heh!
The kind that crawl from the walls and whisper sweet, subversive nothings in the dark of night? Then creep on over to AlternativeTentacles.com, for a gallery of gruesome graphics!
Get them while you can, kiddies… heh heh heh!
Years go while haunting AT HQ as an intern, Alex-Chelsea agreed to help Jello sell some old clothes, so she started her own shop, Ride On Vintage!
Now she’s opening her own storefront at Hive Public Market in Lowell, MA on Nov 1st! Creep by if you’re local, or find her here: linktr.ee/shoprideon
Now she’s opening her own storefront at Hive Public Market in Lowell, MA on Nov 1st! Creep by if you’re local, or find her here: linktr.ee/shoprideon
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Years go while haunting AT HQ as an intern, Alex-Chelsea agreed to help Jello sell some old clothes, so she started her own shop, Ride On Vintage!
Now she’s opening her own storefront at Hive Public Market in Lowell, MA on Nov 1st! Creep by if you’re local, or find her here: linktr.ee/shoprideon
Now she’s opening her own storefront at Hive Public Market in Lowell, MA on Nov 1st! Creep by if you’re local, or find her here: linktr.ee/shoprideon
Just in time for Halloween... our own Dominic Davi (Tsunami Bomb) once recorded a spooky reading of “The Raven.” 💀
We just dug it up... and it still gives us chills!
youtu.be/1VenAACSMI4?...
We just dug it up... and it still gives us chills!
youtu.be/1VenAACSMI4?...
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe - Read By Dominic Davi
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Read by Dominic Davi
Music is "Dark Passenger" written and performed by Darren Curtis
Illustration by Dominic Davi
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just in time for Halloween... our own Dominic Davi (Tsunami Bomb) once recorded a spooky reading of “The Raven.” 💀
We just dug it up... and it still gives us chills!
youtu.be/1VenAACSMI4?...
We just dug it up... and it still gives us chills!
youtu.be/1VenAACSMI4?...
Catch Wheelchair Sports Camp on the upcoming episode of Crip Trip Live on October 24th on YouTube at 5pm PST/6pm CST/7pm MST/9pm EST! Don’t miss it!
Follow @wheelchairsportscamp and @thecriptrip for more!
Follow @wheelchairsportscamp and @thecriptrip for more!
October 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Catch Wheelchair Sports Camp on the upcoming episode of Crip Trip Live on October 24th on YouTube at 5pm PST/6pm CST/7pm MST/9pm EST! Don’t miss it!
Follow @wheelchairsportscamp and @thecriptrip for more!
Follow @wheelchairsportscamp and @thecriptrip for more!
From Bluesky today.
-Biafra
-Biafra
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
From Bluesky today.
-Biafra
-Biafra
The Darts have added new dates to their new upcoming European tour! Don’t miss them!!! For more details and tickets head over to thedartsus.com!
Head over to our website to prep for the shows! With albums and merch! Find it all at alternativetentacles.com/pages/artist...
Head over to our website to prep for the shows! With albums and merch! Find it all at alternativetentacles.com/pages/artist...
October 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Darts have added new dates to their new upcoming European tour! Don’t miss them!!! For more details and tickets head over to thedartsus.com!
Head over to our website to prep for the shows! With albums and merch! Find it all at alternativetentacles.com/pages/artist...
Head over to our website to prep for the shows! With albums and merch! Find it all at alternativetentacles.com/pages/artist...
Dirty, mean rock ’n’ roll with a punk rock soul with driving tempos, melodic riffs, and high-octane vocals that hit hard. “Playa Nuclear” is unapologetic, raw, and real. Everything great about DFMK in one record.
Get yours:
alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Get yours:
alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dirty, mean rock ’n’ roll with a punk rock soul with driving tempos, melodic riffs, and high-octane vocals that hit hard. “Playa Nuclear” is unapologetic, raw, and real. Everything great about DFMK in one record.
Get yours:
alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Get yours:
alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Designed by the devilish John Yates of Stealworks.com, this eerie collection: tees, hoodies, tanks, totes, and more are creeping through our online store now!
Dare to join A Cult You Can Trust Since 1979… if you have the guts!
alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Dare to join A Cult You Can Trust Since 1979… if you have the guts!
alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
October 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Designed by the devilish John Yates of Stealworks.com, this eerie collection: tees, hoodies, tanks, totes, and more are creeping through our online store now!
Dare to join A Cult You Can Trust Since 1979… if you have the guts!
alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
Dare to join A Cult You Can Trust Since 1979… if you have the guts!
alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures — Guardian US apple.news/ANLfUegBpT7y...
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures — Guardian US
From New York to San Francisco, millions of Americans hit the streets to voice their anger over Trump’s policies
apple.news
October 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures — Guardian US apple.news/ANLfUegBpT7y...
Asheville, NC
You ROCK!!
- Biafra
You ROCK!!
- Biafra
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Asheville, NC
You ROCK!!
- Biafra
You ROCK!!
- Biafra
As Trump prosecutes Letitia James, James Comey, Adam Schiff, Jack Smith, strips visas from critics of Kirk, pardons war criminals & convicted felons, grifts crypto for tens of billions, shuts down the Govt, fires tens of thousands of federal workers,
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As Trump prosecutes Letitia James, James Comey, Adam Schiff, Jack Smith, strips visas from critics of Kirk, pardons war criminals & convicted felons, grifts crypto for tens of billions, shuts down the Govt, fires tens of thousands of federal workers,
We are going live at 1:00PM PST over on @whatnot for a live auction of some limited records!
Join us at WhatNot Stream Link:
www.whatnot.com/invite/alter...
The link will get $15 dollars to use towards our stream if you sign up for WhatNot. That is $15 off some great exclusive releases!
Join us at WhatNot Stream Link:
www.whatnot.com/invite/alter...
The link will get $15 dollars to use towards our stream if you sign up for WhatNot. That is $15 off some great exclusive releases!
Whatnot - Invitation from alternativetentacles for $15 credit
Whatnot - The Live Shopping Marketplace. Shop, sell, and connect around things you love. Explore 250+ categories, including coins, sneakers, fashion, electronics, sports and Pokémon cards, fashion,…
www.whatnot.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We are going live at 1:00PM PST over on @whatnot for a live auction of some limited records!
Join us at WhatNot Stream Link:
www.whatnot.com/invite/alter...
The link will get $15 dollars to use towards our stream if you sign up for WhatNot. That is $15 off some great exclusive releases!
Join us at WhatNot Stream Link:
www.whatnot.com/invite/alter...
The link will get $15 dollars to use towards our stream if you sign up for WhatNot. That is $15 off some great exclusive releases!
Trick or treat, kiddies!
DFMK has unleashed their new album “Playa Nuclear” at last!
But beware! Their brand-new zombie-filled music video is rising from the grave! Watch if you dare! Order "Playa Nuclear" now: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
youtu.be/f4-A6A6fIdc?...
DFMK has unleashed their new album “Playa Nuclear” at last!
But beware! Their brand-new zombie-filled music video is rising from the grave! Watch if you dare! Order "Playa Nuclear" now: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
youtu.be/f4-A6A6fIdc?...
DFMK "Playa Nuclear" (Official Music Video)
DFMK "Playa Nuclear" from the album of the same name out now on Alternative Tentacles Records!
Order DFMK "Playa Nuclear" now at your favorite local record store or at: …
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Trick or treat, kiddies!
DFMK has unleashed their new album “Playa Nuclear” at last!
But beware! Their brand-new zombie-filled music video is rising from the grave! Watch if you dare! Order "Playa Nuclear" now: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
youtu.be/f4-A6A6fIdc?...
DFMK has unleashed their new album “Playa Nuclear” at last!
But beware! Their brand-new zombie-filled music video is rising from the grave! Watch if you dare! Order "Playa Nuclear" now: alternativetentacles.com/collections/...
youtu.be/f4-A6A6fIdc?...
Boss Trumpzi has announced San Francisco is now on his targeted invasion list.
Let the non-violent protests be ready..
-Biafra
apple.news/AbhQ4B3veTsm...
Let the non-violent protests be ready..
-Biafra
apple.news/AbhQ4B3veTsm...
Tech prankster sends 50 Waymo robotaxis to a San Francisco dead end street — San Francisco Chronicle
Fifty driverless cars converging on a single dead-end street sounds like a software glitch. In reality, it was a coordinated prank. Over the summer, Riley Walz — a 23-year-old software engineer and…
apple.news
October 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Boss Trumpzi has announced San Francisco is now on his targeted invasion list.
Let the non-violent protests be ready..
-Biafra
apple.news/AbhQ4B3veTsm...
Let the non-violent protests be ready..
-Biafra
apple.news/AbhQ4B3veTsm...
There are No Kings protests happening across the United States on Oct. 18th, and it should be one of the largest mass protests in US history
Find where one is happening near you: www.nokings.org
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS.
Find where one is happening near you: www.nokings.org
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS.
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
There are No Kings protests happening across the United States on Oct. 18th, and it should be one of the largest mass protests in US history
Find where one is happening near you: www.nokings.org
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS.
Find where one is happening near you: www.nokings.org
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. NO KINGS.