What's So Funny About..

About

What's So Funny About.. was an independent record label active during the 1980s, operating within the experimental and industrial music underground. The label's catalog reflects a commitment to avant-garde and unconventional artistic expression, releasing material across a span from 1981 to 1989. Based on its discography, the label favored vinyl as its primary format, releasing albums on LP. The roster included artists working in experimental and industrial genres, with releases such as "Pain It Dark" (1981), "Achtung! Live!" (1986), "Hot Animal Machine" (1987), and "Party" (1989) demonstrating the label's eclectic approach to artist curation. The presence of live recordings alongside studio work suggests the label valued capturing experimental music in multiple contexts. What's So Funny About.. represents a significant part of the independent underground music infrastructure of the 1980s, contributing to the preservation and distribution of challenging, non-commercial music during an era when such work had limited mainstream outlets.