Magic Teeth Records is an independent record label located in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. It is owned and operated by Gareth Gaudin who also writes, draws and publishes a comic book called, oddly enough, Magic Teeth Comix. The following is a brief history of the label, starting at its earliest incarnation and winding its way through to the present.

The first related publication was a zine called “Strictly Street,” a black and white, photocopied skateboarding magazine that lasted four issues between October and December 1988. These issues were done by a then-fifteen year-old Gareth Gaudin and fellow skateboarder-slash-publisher, Frank Bunce. Notable only for a series of pathetic cartoons drawn by the obviously sub-par artist, Gareth Gaudin, Strictly Street should not, for any reason, be searched out or asked for in any way. It exists here because I want to be thorough in this history. I’m a good historian. And thorough. Let’s leave it at that.

After Strictly Street “folded,” Gareth moved on to pursue his skateboarding career by traveling across North America, Europe and Australia skating the various hot-spots and never passing up a photo opportunity. Here’s a shot of him riding his board up and then down the side of the world-famous Sydney Opera House. Probably not illegal, but punk! ___________________________________________ Arriving back home with a new batch of skate photos, Gareth then set to work compiling, photocopying and distributing his next magazine: “Magic Teeth Skateboarding.”
It was named after something that he thought was funny at the time: A smug little preschool kid was asked, on one of those network television shows about smug little preschool children being asked questions, “What would you like to get your mother for Christmas?” His answer was “Magic Teeth, so she never has to brush.” Gareth thought it was funny because his friend Geoff Byatt was throwing around the phrase “Corn Teeth” at the time. It was similar, but now his own. Lame story, but there you have it. That’s the “beginnings” of the empire. Can you hear it getting bigger? Keep listening…

Magic Teeth became a comic book when Magic Teeth Comix #1 debuted on January 2nd 1993 while Gareth was working the desk at Island Fantasy, the long-standing comic book shop in Victoria’s Market Square. Moving work places one final time in August of 1993, Gareth acquired his position at Legends Comics where he can still be found today.

Magic Teeth, the comic series, has seen over sixty issues released over the past eleven years and became, with issue #36 split into two distinct institutions:
Magic Teeth Records and Magic Teeth Comix.
Record #1 was a seven inch vinyl 45rpm single that was tucked neatly inside every copy of Magic Teeth Comix #36.
Since then, Magic Teeth Records has gone on to release records and CDs by such musical combos as Bum, Run Chico Run, Leeroy Stagger, Ghosts, The Ewoks, Lottie Collins, The Suite Sixteen, Astro Zombies, Pingu and The Novaks, plus compilation tracks by The Fastbacks, The Stand G.T., Carolyn Mark, Marshall Artist, Jim Bryson, and Scott Henderson (among others).

As a company, Magic Teeth is currently running smoothly with an optimistic future ahead of it and a healthy back catalogue behind. Please feel free to browse the rest of the site, email me at info@magicteeth.ca with any questions or comments you might have, or just throw your hands up in frustration from the ineptitude of my third person historical autobiographical abilities. Thanks for reading.