Kung Fu Records

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Kung Fu Records
Founded	1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Founder	Joe Escalante Warren Fitzgerald
Genre	Punk rock
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	Seal Beach, California
Official website	www.kungfurecords.com

Kung Fu Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996 by Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of the punk rock band The Vandals.^[1] Founded in order to release a record by the Riverside, California band Assorted Jelly Beans, the label soon grew to include a roster of notable artists such as The Ataris, Ozma, Tsunami Bomb, and The Vandals themselves. In 2000 Escalante started Kung Fu Films as a subsidiary of the music label in order to release DVDs of live concerts, music videos, band documentaries, and independent films. In 2005 Kung Fu also spawned the spinoff label Broken Sounds Records, focusing on hardcore releases.