Dirty Water Records is the in-house label of London’s famous Dirty Water Club. The label, like the club, focuses on 60s-influenced Garage Rock.  The Dirty Water Club is named after The Standells' 1966 Garage Rock classic "Dirty Water".

The club night started in October 1996 in the Tufnell Park neighbourhood of north London, at a venue called The Boston (The Standells' hit glorifies the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts).  Past performers have included The White Stripes, The Fleshtones, The Cynics, Lyres, Billy Childish (of Thee Headcoats, The Buff Medways, and The Musicians of the British Empire), The Woggles, The Von Bondies, The Parkinsons, The Dirtbombs, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The 5.6.7.8's, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Thee Exciters, and Radio Birdman to name a few. The club has also seen some original 1960s performers, such as The Monks, Kim Fowley, and Sky Saxon of The Seeds, grace its stage.