Horchata Records was the
record label owned and operated by The Aquabats from 1994 to 2001. Named after the
beverage of which the Jacobs brothers shared a particular affinity, Horchata Records was originally conceived by
Parker Jacobs in the early 1990s for use with his band
GOGO13. Though the Horchata label appeared on GOGO13's demo tapes and show posters, it was not made official until 1994 when Christian Jacobs established the Horchata Records
LLC to release The Aquabats' early demos. Following The Aquabats' signing to Goldenvoice, Horchata became used for the band's mail order merchandise until 1999, when Parker Jacobs began re-developing it into a branded record label. According to Parker Jacobs, he had planned to expand Horchata into its own entity, releasing music from bands both real and fictionalized within The Aquabats' universe: "it wasn't a specific sound", Jacobs explained, "but a movement of fun, theatrical bands like The Aquabats and
Sandfleas". The official Horchata Records website listed The Aquabats and all of their respective side projects among their roster, including active bands such as GOGO13, The Sandfleas, The Moon Monkeys and
Digital Unicorn, as well as either planned or entirely fictional groups like Planet V, Cactus Jack and The She-Goats. Horchata's roster also included the
indie pop band Majestic, surf-punk group The Immortals, new wave band NU-TRA and Utah ska band The Soulutions, though none of these bands would ultimately release material through Horchata. Many of these bands, both real and fictional, were later represented on the 2000 Horchata
sampler album Rice Capades. Following their dismissal from Goldenvoice Records in 2000, The Aquabats entered a period of extended inactivity and limited finances, during which it became clear Jacobs' ambitions for Horchata had become unfeasible and the label eventually faded into non-existence in 2001. The following is a list of releases under the Horchata Records label: ==References==