chris hansen

Chris Hansen says BOTDF's Dahvie Vanity "is on our radar"

A year and a half on from Blood On The Dance Floor‘s Dahvie Vanity (aka Jesus David Torres) being accused of sexual assault of multiple women, several of which were underage, To Catch A Predator‘s Chris Hansen is saying he’s investigating the musician. Hansen says in a new video on his YouTube channel regarding his investigation into […]

"It's important for people to know they can like all kinds of music"—No Sleep Records label profile

APTV Los Angeles correspondent Nick Major stopped by the No Sleep Records HQ out in Huntington Beach, CA and chatted with label founder Chris Hansen about why he started up the label, benefits of having a diverse roster, the resurgence of vinyl and more before heading out to the Anaheim stop of No Sleep's first […]

Quiet Liar: The story behind (and ethics of) "authorized bootlegs"

You may have been noticing a lot of small record labels reissuing classic albums on vinyl from all sorts of huge bands and major labels. Curious how this is handled—or should be handled, at least? Typically, a label would contact the band first to get their blessing; afterward, they would contact the company that owns […]

Guilty of being misquoted: Confessions of a "Straight Edge Dude"

Recently, an article was posted that portrayed both myself and the record label I own, No Sleep Records, in a very poor way. This was due to a miscommunication/misunderstanding from the writer as to what the piece would be about. On top of that, the article was edited poorly and contained numerous errors due to […]