[2] The label was "steered by" Massey University-based bands Dosage B, the Mannequins and the Remarkables.
Its first recording was by for Dosage B, a band led by Jeremy Corbett, who subsequently became a well known radio host in New Zealand.
It recorded an EP by the Remarkables and the album Fun in the Key of E by Three Leaning Men, these two groups being early bands of New Zealand musician Alan Gregg.
[2] National Library of New Zealand information says that they also recorded the bands Thin Red Line, Cement Garden, the End, Iceland Bars, Polar Bears, Swiss Kids, Statmux, Harry Death, and Coloured Talk.
[2] Meltdown's demise began in 1987 when EMI closed in New Zealand, meaning that they were unable to get their records pressed at a reasonable cost.