What started as Amy passing out photocopies of her fanzine, Fiddler Jones, in the parking lot of Miami punk venue Cheers, became one of the most historic pop-punk labels of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

[1] After saving $600 from promoting several shows over the course of several months at Cheers, Amy invested the money in a 7” by the band Vacant Andys (led by then unknown Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional).

Fiddler began building a roster with several records, including the label's fourth release, New Found Glory's It's All About the Girls (1997), which assisted the band in breaking nationwide.

[4] The record quickly garnered critical national acclaim, and within a few months the first pressing of CDs had sold out and Carrabba left his band Further Seems Forever to pursue Dashboard Confessional full-time.

We're all out of cats.” In late 2009, Amy started Animal Manufacturing Co, resurrected the historic label’s catalog, remanifesting it back into the physical, metaphysical[citation needed], and digital world once again, ensuring that the legacy of Fiddler lives on.