Decline and Fall
The label became defunct after a series of distribution changes and problems, the label having outgrown its original distributor. Man's Ruin also lost its lease at the height of the Bay Area Dot-Com boom and was shut down for a period of several months while attempting to relocate its offices. This combination led to its demise at the end of 2001. The label's website was shut down a few months following its demise. Internet users who wished to view the Man's Ruin website were simply greeted with the message: sorry mansruin never paid their bill and their site is no longer here. They also did not pay their poster-printing crew for all of their overtime work as well. All operations ended in 2002. All licenses were returned to the various copyright holders at that time. Kozik then stopped working in the music scene and went on to enter the field of designing Urban Vinyl.
Several bands (such as Fu Manchu, Turbonegro, Acid King and The Hellacopters) who have gained popularity after their work with Man's Ruin have re-released the albums they recorded there, independently or with other record labels.
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