What's Your FAVORITE record label..FAVORITE lol
 

shoot away. Mine is Universal.

Capital, and Islands.

I meant Capitol.

good

Epic; good charlotte , incubus, korn warner; .linkin park, green day!

Atlantic-Led Zeppelin
EMI-Pink Floyd

Deltasonic- The Coral, The Zutons :)

I like supporting the small ones

Facedown (Symphony In Peril, Nodes Of Ranvier)
Blood&Ink (Blessed By A Broken Heart, Skylines, Ten 33)
Strike First (Clear Convictions, Anam Cara, Trauma)
Let It Burn (Fear My Thoughts)
Victory (between the buried and me, Darkest Hour, Aiden)
Metal Blade (Winter Solstice, Black Dahlia Murder, As I Lay Dying)
Roadrunner (Still Remains, Trivium)

those are my favorite.

I never have a favorite label.
There's bound to be a few bands that are AWFUL.
And saying that you like the entire label is just supporting those AWFUL bands.
Don't laugh.
Just another thought.


BUT WHO AM I TO SAY?

parlophone- radiohead, graham coxon, beta band, beatles, departure, queen, supergrass, coldplay, regal label, blur etc.

Mute - Can , Sonic Youth , Nick Cave , Wire

4AD - Pixies , Breeders , Belly , Throwing Muses , Lush

Domino - Sebadoh , Fourtet , Clinic , Pavement , Sons & Daughters , Elliot Smith , Franz Ferdinand , Royal Trux

Creation - Primal Scream , Oasis , Jesus & Mary Chain , My Bloody Valentine , Ride , Felt , Slowdive , Boo Radleys

seems like i might like Creation seeing as how i'm a fan of Oasis and My Bloody Valentine

Fiend Force Records...Or Misfits Records both are cool.

Just thought I'd tell you, green day's record company is called reprise records, and no, reprise are not part of warner. you obviously being such a fan should know this, don't worry, theres a lot of green day fans on musicbanter, they'll put you right.

4AD looks pretty good. mute looks rather tasty too. domino..well. pavement and sons and daughters are worth their weight in gold.
still nothing on parlophone though :)

Graham Coxon is on transcopic though :p:

not according to his CD notes. i'll re-check. still , radiohead, beatles, blur etc. doesnt get much better. unless zeppelin were there of course.

ok he moved from parlophone to transcopic in 2001. i'll give you that.

Not sure about that , all his albums have come out on transcopic & he actually runs the label from his own living room.

"After his move from parlophone in 2001, coxons gone from strength to strength, realising his potential solo prospects and grasping them with both hands". still, is NME.

"I bought his first solo album in 1998 when it was released and every subsequent release he made & those came out on transcopic. The first 3 albums came out before 2001 & doesn`t mention Parlophone anwhere on them whatsoever and i`m holding them in my hands right now"

Urban Hatemonger

sub-pop
Soundgarden, Nirvana, Kinski

SST

Black Flag, Minutemen, Descendents, Bad Brains, Stains, Meat Puppets, The D'icks, Husker Du, etc.

Victory has soooo many horrid bands on their label though (basically almost all besides btbam), but i'll give it to them. they do support the hell out of their bands.

Mine are
Equal Vision (the fall of troy, fear before the march of flames, circa survive
Temporary Residence Limited (explosions in the sky, envy)
Robotic Empire (pg 99, circle takes the square)
Level-Plane (hot cross, ed gein, transistor)

there's a couple more good ones too. like epitath.

Mute, Parlophone, EMI, GSL.

Sound Devastation!

seriously..
Hydrahread!
Tortuga
HHnoise
Southern Lord
Undergroove
Temporary Residence
Level Plane
Robotic Empire
Tzadik
Iapetus
Calculated Risk
Dry Run

Columbia. The oldest label still going strong today.

David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Cake, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bela Fleck, Nas, Santana, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen

Edit: Almost forgot Thelonious Monk

still parlophone.

Mine have changed a bit.

Facedown (Nodes of Ranvier, Bloody Sunday)
Strike First (Jesus Wept, Anam Cara)
Relapse (Dillenger Escape Plan)
Prosthetic (Light This City)

others that I support

Grindethic
Hydrahead!

Rough Trade:
The Libertines, The Strokes, Moldy Peaches, Belle And Sebastian, Super Furry Animals, British Sea Power.

Now home to The Long Blondes, and once home to The Smiths...

Dude, victory blows there was some article, a thursday interview about them they were basically treated like shit. Its happened with quite a few of their bands too and, I pretty much agree with alejos list.

Flying Nun
Mushroom
IRS
Chrysalis
Arista

http://home.iprimus.com.au/stephenba...l%20Labels.htm

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By support i more meant get their name out there. Regardless of how they treat the band victory does a good job at gettin their artists name out

Roadrunner has always been my favorite and this year it got 1,000 times better when they signed Megadeth, Black Label Society, and Hatebreed. Thats three huge bands to go along with their already killer lineup (Slipknot, Stone Sour, Machine Head, and Soulfly) The only bad thing about Roadrunner is that they have one of the WORST bands EVER in Nickelback. THEY SUCK ASS.

My avatar is my FAVORITE logo.

HAHAHAHAH!
keep it up

One thing that pisses me off are the legions of closed minded indie kids who are quick to bash big labels and call any band under a big label crap... It's true that big labels are often motivated by greed, but they still promote some of the best artists around, given they will hire some really lame bands and martket the hell out of them, but it's still stupid to make a big deal out of big labels and call any band that signs under them sellouts, it's not selling out, some people just want their music to actually be heard, yeah a good paycheck dosen't hurt... With indie labels, people glorify them for sticking up for the people, or the underdog... That may be true in many cases, but a lot of indie labels are small simply because of poor financing and business practices, and many of them will sign any crappy talentless band out of sheer desperation.

Capital Records - The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, David Bowie, Queen, REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kraftwerk, The Buzzcocks, Janes Addiction.

Atlantic Records - Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Neil Young, AC/DC, Yes, Aretha Franklin, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus,The Temptations Bjork, Ornette Coleman, Ray Charles, The Coasters, Crosby Stills And Nash, Duck Ellington, Velvet Underground, Notorious B.I.G., Dusty Springfield, Genesis, ELP, The MC5, Rush.

Geffen Records - Nirvana, Guns N Roses, Beck, Aerosmith, Sonic Youth, John Lennon, The Cure, Elton John, The Stone Roses, Peter Gabriel, Sigur Ros, The Who, Neil Young.

Epic Records - Pearl Jam, The Clash, Rage Against The Machine (shut up), AC/DC, Stevie Ray Vaugan, The Yardbirds, Sly & The Family Stone, Michael Jackson, Jeff Beck, Incubus, Meat Loaf... Yeah Meat Loaf. ;)

Motown Records - Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Smokey Johnson & The Miracles, The Supremes, The Originals.

Sub Pop - Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, The White Stripes, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Sleater Kinney.

the operation of the label is far more important than the bands it has. Sony etc may have hundreds of good bands but the way in which it works should prevent it (or its subsiduaries) getting on anyones favourite list in my opinion.