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(Rough draft of X-Claim! Article) The X-Claim! Label was a D.I.Y. concept created by Al Barile of SSD. Seeing the success of the D.C. punk label Dischord, he sought to create a similar label that would prevent distributors from overlooking original Boston hardcore bands but with more autonomy. Any of the original Boston hardcore bands were permitted to use the label providing they did all the work on their own. The recording, financing, producing, marketing, and sales were the responsibility of the individual bands using the label. It was an idea that worked. All of those recordings wete well distributed and are now collector's items. The only drawback was when one of the bands received orders for another bands' record, but this was rare.