Biography
Prolific cassette, CDr and lathe-cut label run by Clayton Noone (aka CJA) and utilised by a fair few New Zealand (and some overseas) artists since the mid 1990s. Their first few years of releases had distinctive spray-painted covers. The original Don Lonie was billed as ‘America’s No. 1 high-school assembly speaker’, who recorded several albums for popular Christian record labels in the early 1960s.
‘Animals’ Compilation
Over the course of just a decade the label accumulated a huge back catalogue of underground releases, reflective of just how prolific the signature musicians on the label (i.e. Antony Milton, Stefan Neville, Beth Dawson, Campbell Kneale, Witcyst and Noone himself) have been, though activity slowed considerably around 2013 when Noone launched several new labels:
Hello, having a bit of a break from Root Don Lonie for Cash, started a lathe record label (Heavy Space Records) here with very limited editions, not sure how long this label will last, as long as I can make lathes I guess. Also, got another new label coming up, going to be called ‘Looking for Love‘ & it’ll be just compilations, cassettes & maybe eventually CDr’s. And also a couple new bandcamp things, bandcamp only label (Little Robots Rule) & slowly archiving old root stuff here thanks for your interest.
Clayton Noone (Root Don Lonie for Cash website)
Artist Roster
- A.M.
- Alex MacKinnon
- Alien Space Wreck
- Armpit
- Birchville Cat Motel
- Ben Spiers
- Bury My Heart
- Cadillac Ambulance
- Celia Mancini’s Mothertrucker
- Children Of Areitis
- CJA
- Clarinette
- Claypipe
- Cock E.S.P.
- Crazynurse
- Devoid Of All Mercy
- Dick The Phone
- Ducklingmonster
- Duicide
- Duncan Bruce
- Emersons
- F.L.O.W.E.R.
- GFrenzy
- Horsehead Nebula
- Invisible Axe
- Kompleksi
- Kraus
- Kutomo
- Lee Noyes
- LSD Fundraiser
- Metal Rouge
- Mr Sterile Assembly
- Pumice
- Seht
- Sugar Jon
- Sundowner
- Swagger Jack
- The Biff Bangle Experience
- The Blithe Sons
- The Futurians
- The Ho’ Dogs
- Thee Ideal Gus
- The Maltese Falcons
- The Silverbullets
- The Strange Girls
- The Ways Of God To Man
- Willis
- Witcyst
- Wolfskull
Compilation Discography
- Yeah of the Root CDr (Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL039]
- CIA Blowup cassette (Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL051)
- Telly cassette (Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL052)
- Looking for Love/Dunedin Night Life cassette (Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL064)
- Tahi 3″ cd-r (2003, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL100A)
- Rua 3″ cd-r (2003, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL100B)
- Toru 3″ cd-r (2004, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL100C)
- Animals Double CDr (2003, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL100)
- Trash Kult Compilation lathe-cut 7″ (2008, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL299)
- Menhir lathe-cut double 7″ (2009, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL306)
- Blue Don CDr (2010, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL324)
- Red Don CDr (2010, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL325)
- Green Don CDr (2010, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL326)
- Purple Don CDr (2010, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL327)
- Eric Estrada – The Roots Of Don Lonie CDr (2010, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL331)
- Now Zealand ! CDr (2010, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL366)
- If You Wanna Rob A Bank, Own One. Credit Card Singles Compilation. CDr (2010, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL374)
- Pixies At The Bottom Of The Garden CDr (2011, Root Don Lonie For Cash, RDL382)
- Root! Box 8 x Cassettes (Root Don Lonie For Cash)
- Speaker Crackle In The Garden (2021, Root Don Lonie For Cash)
- Root Don Lonie For Cash 3″ CDr Compilation (2003, Root Don Lonie For Cash RDL100)
- Spectral Bane – A Root Don Lonie For Cash Metal Compilation CDr (2011, Root Don Lonie For Cash RDL 399)
Contact Details
- Discogs entry
- Root Don Lonie For Cash (official website)
- BandCamp page