I am excited to introduce you to Despised Youth Records.  You are probably not familiar with DYR, but I am sure that you will be.  Despised Youth is catering to the Christian hardcore and punk scene and signing bands that are true to those roots.  So, hopefully they will stick to that and keep the screamo/metalcore stuff off the label (hint hint). I recently caught up with Jenna from Despised Youth and had the chance to ask her a few questions about the new label.  All I can say about DYR is that there is buzz out there about them.  Some of the bands they are talking to about signing are pretty impressive and are really excited about the possibility of working with the label.  I am sure that we will have more news about DYR, the bands they sign, and the albums they release in the near future.

Q: How did Despised Youth Records come to be?  Explain the affiliation to Open Grave Records.

A: I am a huge punk fan myself and I don’t see enough punk/hardcore record labels in the scene that are friendly toward Christian bands so I decided to start one.  I approached James, an owner of Open Grave Records and promoted the idea.  He agreed with me and we decided to partner up and founded this label.

Q: I have already heard from some bands that you are making waves in the industry, what is Despised Youth Records doing different that other labels are?

A: We

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