ABOUT Exploitation Media

Exploitation Media is Here. We make stuff. You want to have that stuff. Right now, we mostly just have a couple short books, 1 FAT book on distrubution, and 1 public domain horror book. Throw in a little SWAG merch to round it all out. This is humble beginnings. I can feel you judging me, so don’t. Just stop. 

Soon there are going to be some anthologies and multimedia projects that we’re honestly really excited about. See…NOW you want to empty your pockets and give us that startup money. You know you want to. 

In the meantime, check out some of the Media we support. Go to our Patreon, if that exists yet (it doesn't). Honestly just give the money directly to us. Throw it at the screen and chant the name "Exploitation Media" until your throat is sore. Or you could get some sick Exploitation Media Merch.

Now for the cold hard truth about Exploitation Media. It was founded whatever year the back of our shirts say... 2001? When Matthew Jon Smith was in a robot-themed punk band called Robo-Dream-Date under the pseudonym, Dr. Rock. Around that era, Matt had been a huge Nirvana fan and had read Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad, several times, where he learned that Kurt Cobain had ambitions of starting his own indie record label. Cobain would have called this label Exploitation Records. Matt drew up the logo in MS Paint and couldn't wait to slap it on something as fast as he could. When Robo-Dream-Date released their first full-length, Matthew convinced his bandmates to use his label name and logo. Thus, Exploitation Records was born.

Here is our greatest achievement to date which was to have our album reviewed by Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun Times. We only reached this level of absolute fame because Matthew Jon Smith's bandmate's dad worked for the paper and was able to hand Jim the press packet.

Robo Dream Date, "Scientific Research is Being Done on Rock"  

(Exploitation Records) **1/2

Here's a trio from the south suburbs that's made the rarest of commodities circa 2002: a lo-fi art-rock concept album that doesn't stink. The goal in crafting this tongue-in-cheek tale of a society where robots battle over the future of rock would seem to have been a merger of Devo, Ween, and Urge Overkill (via all the "we rock!" posturing). At times, there's a little too much shtick, and the production values are a bit rough on the ears. But you have to hand it to the boys for ambition, and I'll be watching what they do in the future. 

Now it is years later. The name, Exploitation Records, has been expanded to include all Media. The logo was made in Photoshop this time instead of MS Paint. That is it. The rest hasn't changed. We here at Exploitation Media have a commitment to art in all of its forms. We would do this for free. But also, put your hands up and give us all your money!