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Innerstate Records

Type	Private
Industry	Music
Genre	folk rock, country rock, alternative rock, Americana (music)
Founded	1998 (1998)
Founder	Russ Tolman, Pat Thomas
Headquarters	San Francisco, California Berkeley, California Oakland, California, Palm Springs, California, USA
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Russ Tolman, Pat Thomas
Divisions	innerSPACE, WEED

Innerstate Records (also known as Innerstate) is a San Francisco Bay Area based rock and alternative American record label founded by Russ Tolman and Pat Thomas in 1998.

History

Formed in 1998 by singer/songwriters and producers Russ Tolman and Pat Thomas, Innerstate Records continues today distributing its catalog as a digital label via distributor The Orchard. It spawned two offshoot labels innerSPACE, which specialized in space rock, prog and krautrock and WEED, which was a catch-all for eclectic releases. The labels releases both new recordings and reissues, but is not actively soliciting to sign new acts.

Artists

• 28th Day
• Green on Red
• Mushroom (innerSPACE & WEED)
• Steve Wynn
• Penelope Houston
• Barbara Manning & The Go-Luckys
• Chris Cacavas
• Chris Von Sneidern
• Tom Heyman
• The Wags
• Daevid Allen's University of Errors (innerSPACE)
• Dipstick (WEED)
• Kim Fowley (WEED)
• Brian Ritchie (WEED)
• Petty Booka (WEED)
• Epic Soundtracks
• El Destroyo (Innerstate & WEED)
• Okra All-Stars
• Gary Floyd
• Sister Double Happiness
• The Handsome Family
• Donner Party
• The Walkabouts
• Tishamingo
• Sonya Hunter
• Map of Wyoming
• Jill Olson
• Go Go Market
• Russ Tolman (WEED)
• Rockin' Teenage Combo (innerSPACE)
• Om Attack (innerSPACE)
• Species Being (innerSPACE)
• Sid Hillman Quartet
• Girls Say Yes
• Schramms
• Jean Caffeine