White Noise Records was a record label founded in Los Angeles in 1978 by artists Ronn Spencer and Louise Spencer, writers Nicole Panter and Jim Bickhart, attorneys Gordon Rubin and Peter Paterno, and publicist Bob Merlis. White Noise's first release was the 7" EP "Live At Surf City" (1978), by VOM, a short-lived, punk ensemble led by notorious rock critic Richard Meltzer and featuring future Angry
Samoans' Gregg Turner and Metal Mike Saunders. This 1979 release was produced by Steve Jones of the S*x Pistols. The label closed in 1980, but was briefly revived in the 1990s by archivist Keith Bollinger, who released historic recordings by The Mutants, Rozz & Negative Trend, Young Canadians, and Rubber City Rebels. White Noise's final Bollinger-archived release in 2003 was a live recording of the 1978 Miner's Benefit at San Francisco's legendary Mabuhay Gardens, featuring performances by U.X.A., Sleepers, Negative Trend, and Tuxedomoon. In 2011 White Noise announced an upcoming recording by former Angry Samoan, Gregg Turner assisted by legendary autoharpist, Billy BIll Miller (formerly with Roky Erickson & the Aliens). That record, "Gregg Turner Plays the Hits," is scheduled for a summer 2012 release. The original White Noise Records is not affiliated with a new label using the same name in Providence, RI.
