Bad Afro Records is an independent record label based in Copenhagen. We love psychedelic rock and vinyl and currently we are working with bands like Baby Woodrose, Spids Nøgenhat, Telstar Sound Drone, Bellhound Choir, The Dandelion, The Janitors, Narcosatanicos, The Setting Son and Dragontears. We are looking for good tunes but are not afraid of acid.

The label was founded in 1996 with the purpose of releasing rock’n’roll, punk, surf and garage rock from the Scandinavian countries + Finland. The first half of our existence the label worked with bands such as The Hellacopters, Turbonegro, The Nomads. The Flaming Sideburns, Backyard Babies, Sweatmaster, The Defectors, The Burnouts, Ricochets, Mother Superior, Larry & the Lefthanded, The Royal Beat Conspiracy, 22 Pistepirkko and Silver as well as many other bands pretty much in the same vein.

After 13 years of “Pushing Scandinavian Rock to the Man!”, as the original slogan goes, the label took another turn and decided that it was too boring only releasing music from Scandinavia. In came the Dolly Rocker Movement and The Dandelion from Australia, The Mojomatics from Italy and Cosmonauts (US).

All available releases are to be found in the Bad Afro SHOP. It’s bandcamp based so you can stream all the albums too and buy dowmload directly from us.

Bad Afro loves vinyl and all releases are released in this format. Which does not mean that we oppose digital music. Bad Afro is connected to iTunes, Amazon, E-music, Klicktrack, TDC PLAY, FNAC, Tidal, Spotify, Napster, Rhapsody and many, many other digital shops. But vinyl rules!

About coloured vinyl on Bad Afro here’s a quick guide to how it works: Since 1997 the first print of 7″s has been on black vinyl, the second print on red vinyl, 3rd print on green, 4th print on purple vinyl, 5th print on blue vinyl, 6th print on white vinyl, 7th print on orange vinyl and 8th print on clear vinyl. As I started to do LPs I took the same route but of cource there has been some fuck ups along the way like the Baby Woodrose LP Money For Soul which has been printed at least 4 times but only now has been printed on red vinyl. But general rule is black, red, green, purple, blue white, orange and clear vinyl. Future reprints on Bad Afro will have a sticker indicating what colour the vinyl is. Until 6th print – then I can’t be bothered to put those damn stickers on.