Words by Rachel Short Photography by Indya Connley I met Andy Hayden for a coffee ninety minutes before his Brunswick Street store opened for business on a Wednesday morning. As he unlocked the door to the shop, there was already a young man popping in wondering if they’re open. Could he please pick up his mail order even though it’s outside trading hours? Hayden happily obliged and the dude walked away with his brand new Clowns release under his arm. Another satisfied Poison City Records customer. Hayden is the owner and founder of Poison City Records – a record label and music retailer/skateboarding store – and has been running it for almost eleven years with the help of Aaron Coping and newest recruit Sarah Thompson. The early concept of PCR was shaped while Hayden was playing bass with Melbourne punk band A Death in the Family. “I did Poison City as a hobby from a house in Thornbury. ADITF was touring but I still had a full-time job — the label was just one of those hobby things I always wanted to have a go at,” Hayden recalls. Touring with other bands in the punk and hardcore scene in Australia … Continue reading FROM HOBBYIST TO HOUSEHOLD NAME