Tom Prendergast started Bar/None in early 1986 in
Hoboken, New Jersey. The first release on Bar/None was by
Rage to Live, whose leader, Glenn Morrow, soon became a partner in the label. Morrow had already built a network of contacts in the
alternative music community having toured nationally with his previous band,
The Individuals, and had also worked in the A&R department of
Warner Bros. and as the managing editor of
New York Rocker magazine. In 2000, Prendergast left New Jersey and moved back to Ireland, sold his shares to Morrow. Artists that started on Bar/None and went on to the
major record labels include
They Might Be Giants (
Elektra),
Yo La Tengo (
Atlantic/
Matador),
Freedy Johnston,
Luka Bloom, and
Tindersticks (
London/
PolyGram). ==Artists (past and present)==