Faulty Products was the UK holding company for I.R.S. Records and the UK record labels set up by . It included Illegal Records (2), Deptford Fun City Records, and Step-Forward Records. Faulty Products was also an American independent record label, and distribution company for other indie labels, between 1980 and 1982. Faulty handled artists that didn't go through I.R.S.' distribution deal with A&M Records.