The birth of Skruffy Records

Three old friends, back in their home town for a night, enjoying a few beers, chewing over friendship, lost loves, creeping ailments and talking about their musical times together. Still seeking out live gigs and after finding one and chatting to the band, Jerry (the most entrepreneurial one) says, “we should form a record company!”

This ball was so curved it circled around a few times before landing. Jim and Colin both thought this idea from Jerry must have been months in the planning and deliberately presented at their most vulnerable. Seemingly it was also a surprise to Jerry.

It wasn’t just the ale talking, it made sense: Jerry and Colin were both in the throes of recording their own albums and one track featured the choir that Jim sings in. Passionate about music all their lives, one of the key ingredients to their long-standing friendship. Their combined years of performing and music industry knowledge, together with successful careers in business could provide a strong platform for their passion for music and helping fellow artists.

In fact, it had unwittingly started decades before with Jerry’s dog, a cheeky and lovable terrier with a punk attitude, known to both Jim and Colin. That dog answered to the name of ‘Skruffy’ and he even appeared on a home recording as Jerry and Colin practiced for a gig with their first band, Bad Habits.

And so the record label was born, mirroring Jerry’s childhood dog—breaking loose, breaking boundaries, boundless energy, a cheeky attitude whilst playing an important part of people’s lives.

The Skruffy name was adopted, plans to build a record label began and whilst this gang of three have considerable experience, they soon realized that the Skruffy label needed the best technical, digital and marketing platform available. Fortunately, they knew a guy called Tennant, someone they had worked with and knew to be another music-obsessed innovator.

They became equal partners in the business, built the business model, the brand and the distribution platform. They did not sit and wait for this to be completed: by the time the website was ready to go live, artists had been signed, new talent was being nurtured, albums were ready to be released and the launch gig at HaverHub, in Haverfordwest on 26^th September 2026 will showcase them all and introduce Skruffy Records to the world!