Slash Records
| Slash Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Independent (1978–1996) Rhino Entertainment Company (reissues) |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
Slash Records was an American
independent record labels in alternative music,[1] before its eventual acquisition by Warner Music Group
.
History
The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a
Del Fuegos
.
The label flourished even after the magazine stopped in 1980. A subsidiary,
Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records, and elsewhere by PolyGram
.
The label was sold to
London Records in 1996.[2] Universal Music Group (the owner of American Decca) was formed through the merger of the MCA and PolyGram Records families, the latter of which owned London Records, in 2000 and closed Slash as an active label. When London Records president Roger Ames moved to Warner Music Group, he retained the rights to London and Slash, and the back catalogue of Slash was acquired by Warner (excluding Rammstein and Harvey Danger). In 2003, Ames relicensed the use of the name Slash back to Bob Biggs, who then relaunched the label.[3][4] The revived label only released one album, the eponymous debut album by Shiner Massive, before it was closed again due to "high losses".[5]
As of 2018, Slash solely exists as a reissue label. Between 2016 and 2017, Warner Music, the parent company of Slash, sold off the rights to several former Slash artists; this included the sale of Violent Femmes to
Concord Music, Failure to PIAS Recordings, Soul Coughing to Swedish indie Woah Dad!, and Grant Lee Buffalo to Chrysalis Records
.
Biggs died in October 2020.[6]
Notable artists
- Asian Dub Foundation
- The Blasters
- BoDeans
- Bonnie Hayes with the Wild Combo
- Burning Spear
- The Del Fuegos
- Dream Syndicate
- Failure
- Faith No More
- Fear
- The Flesh Eaters
- Germs
- Grant Lee Buffalo
- Green on Red
- The Gun Club
- Harvey Danger
- Imperial Teen
- The Knitters
- L7
- Los Lobos
- Misfits
- The Chills
- The Plugz
- Rammstein
- Rank and File
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Sons of Freedom
- Soul Coughing
- Steel Pole Bath Tub
- Tribe
- Violent Femmes
- The Wild Flowers
- X
References
- ^ "SLASH RECORDS : After the Punk Revolution". Los Angeles Times. June 21, 1987.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (February 22, 2003). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Slash Records revived in LA and NY" Archived November 4, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, The DIY Reporter, June 20, 2003.
- ^ "Bigg News! The Return Of Bob Biggs and the Rebirth of Slash Records" Archived April 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine interview with Bob Briggs by Shaun Dale, Cosmik Debris Magazine #98, September 2003.
- ^ Morris, Chris (October 18, 2020). "Slash Records Leader Bob Biggs Dies at 74; Label Brought Los Lobos, X, Violent Femmes to Fame". Variety. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ Hussey, Allison (October 18, 2020). "Bob Biggs, Founder of Slash Records, Dead at 74". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
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