banjos, fiddles, and broken hearts

This is the album that started it all, the debut release for Jayke Orvis and Farmageddon Records! This album was recorded at Rebel Roots Recording Studio in Richmond, VA in 2009 and 2010. A founding member of The .357 String Band, and a pioneer in the roots music underground, Orvis has paved the way for many punk turned pickers! If you wish to order a hard copy of this CD you can do so at www.farmageddonrecords.bigcartel.com

Alone With you (James Hunnicutt)

The third studio release from The Goddamn Gallows, and a very notable one at that. You can see in these songs that The Goddamn Gallows were evolving steadily into something new! They still had a little of the psychobilly punk twang, but there was a little more to it than just that. This album was originally self released by the band in 2008, and was re-released on Farmageddon Records in 2011 on limited edition vinyl, and has since been repressed. The remaining vinyl copies can be found, along with CD's at www.farmageddonrecords.bigcartel.com 

Pass The Bottle

Ghost Of The' Rails

Wanders

Shattered

Underneath The Stars

In an age where record labels are folding up right and left, one after another on a daily basis, Farmageddon Records was born. It started in 2009 when three good friends unknowingly would be recording the first album in the Farmageddon Records catalogue, Jayke Orvis "It's All Been Said" Darren D, owner of Farmageddon Records, and friend Johnny Lawless took a road trip to Pittsburgh to visit Jayke Orvis, after a night of hanging out, Darren approached Jayke about recording a solo album. At that point in time, Jayke had just parted ways with The .357 String Band, and had also joined forces with the Goddamn Gallows. Darren had faith in Jayke though, he knew that he was sitting on a pile of great songs that might have just wound up in a shoebox in a closet somewhere if something wasn't initiated.

Jayke was interested in the project and the idea of a solo album, but was concerned about how this was going to even happen, money and self esteem were low at that time. Darren and Johnny were sitting on a little bit of money, and chose to fund the recording of this album. A few phone calls were made to a few friends, and in a matter of two weeks Jayke Orvis was in Rebel Roots Studio in Richmond Virginia a few weeks later to begin the recording process. It took about 3 months to get all of the recordings done, and when it was done it wasn't the end of a recording, it was the birth of a new record label, Farmageddon Records.

Since then, the label has rapidly become popular among the Roots Music Underground, but has also started to leak into the mainstream a little, this music has soul, a lot more than what people are hearing on FM Radio these days, it's the real deal, real music. The great thing about the label is that it is more of a co-op than a label, people working together to make it happen, it is the most non-traditional record label in history, it's more of a family than anything, a real dysfunctional family, it's why people can relate to it so well. The label, by no means is getting rich, monetarily speaking, but it is rich in family and love, people fight like brother and sister.

Since it's conception, the roster has changed many times, but the core group is still there, and the label continues to grow, including the addition of the now annual Farmageddon Records Music Festival. The future is looking bright for the label, and all of the talent under it's umbrella, stay tuned!