Athens, Georgia Happy Happy Birthday to Me records started out as a one-off compilation CD to be given away with the 4th anniversary issue of the Bee's Knees zine in July of 1999. I asked lots of bands that I had interviewed in past issues, and that I knew to contribute songs, and almost all of them did. I then shopped the CD/Zine to some distributors, and it presold more copies than I had planned on pressing. So I upped the amount pressed, and had so much fun doing the CD, I then decided to jump right in to doing a 7" singles club. While working on the club, I released a few CDs, and the rest is history... it was never really meant to be a label, it just sorta happened. The name for the label comes from the first compilation title Happy Happy Birthday to Me. The first CD was a celebration I threw for the zine for making it to the 4 year mark. So the name just stuck.
- Mike T.



BABY CALENDAR - florida/california


BEARSUIT - norwich, united kingdom


BIRDDOG - saginaw, michigan


BUNNYGRUNT - st. louis, missouri


CASPER AND THE COOKIES - athens, georgia


CARS CAN BE BLUE - athens, georgia


ELEKIBASS - tokyo, japan


EUX AUTRES - san francisco, california


FISHBOY - dento, texas


HOTPANTS ROMANCE - manchester, united kingdom


IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION - lexington, kentucky


KEITH JOHN ADAMS united kingdom


THE LOLLIGAGS - athens, georgia / lexington, kentucky


MARSHMALLOW COAST - athens, georgia


PATIENCE PLEASE - seattle, washington


THE SMITTENS - burlington, vermont


THE HIGH WATER MARKS - lexington, kentucky / norway



VELCRO STARS - murfreesboro, tennessee