Ruffian was founded in 1996 to document young DC bands that might not otherwise be heard, often on formats that could accomodate home-duplication and hand-produced packaging. Releasing records sporadically over the last ten years, the label has expanded to include bands from other parts of the country and the ruffian youth conspiracy may be going global in 2007. Ruffian fellow-travelers, young and old, past and present, include The Vestpocket Psalm, Exaspirin, BOHICA, Black Eyes, Aerialist, Turn Pale, La Mi Vida Violenta, Sentai, Hand Fed Babies, Equinox, and Bird Noises.