Hellcat Records

Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California, United States. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, (the owner of Epitaph) and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Tim Armstrong is generally responsible for signing bands.

The label specializes in ska, punk, oi! (a sub-genre of British punk), psychobilly and hardcore bands. Give ‘Em the Boot is a Hellcat label sampler which also includes tracks from other up-and-coming independent bands, has been issued every other year since 1997, with the exceptions of Give ‘em the Boot III, which was released three years after the second, and Give 'em the Boot VI, which was released only a year after Give 'em the Boot V.