Teen-Beat is an autonomous arts organization that began in 1984. Teen-Beat helped ignite the American independent record label revolution. Perhaps best known for its Washington, D.C.-based pop music and artists such as Unrest, Tuscadero, and Air Miami, Teen-Beat has also released music by folk-art lyricists Butch Willis and Jonny Cohen, Candadian disco divas Bossanova, experimentalists Gastr Del Sol, Ween's Aaron Freeman, 1960's icons The Feminine Complex, New York indie-rockers Versus, and countless others.
Mark Robinson (Unrest) founded the label while attending Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, with help from friends Andrew Beaujon (Eggs), Phil Krauth (Unrest), Tim Moran (Unrest), and Ian Zack (Thirsty Boys). Another classmate, John Lindaman (True Love Always), was also an early supporter. Teen-Beat is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Arlington, Virginia.