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The Warner Music Group is the world's largest privately held independent music company. The company is home to a collection of labels including Atlantic, Elektra, Lava, Maverick, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word.
Artists with releases on this label:
Madness, Mest, The Used, The Living End, Dinosaur Jr., Superdrag, Showoff, Bif Naked, Old 97's, Babes In Toyland, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Melvins, Simple Plan, Television, The Breeders, Glassjaw, The Flaming Lips, The Donnas, The Streets, The Stooges, My Bloody Valentine, Dead Boys, Talking Heads, Less Than Jake, Billy Bragg, Flipper, Poison the Well, Rancid, Story Of The Year, The Darkness, Lucky Boys Confusion, The Distillers, The Cure, Billy Talent, Deftones, April Sixth, The Format, The Kinison, My Chemical Romance, Authority Zero, Greg Graffin, The Replacements, Louis XIV, Unwritten Law, Goldfinger, Rilo Kiley, Gratitude, No Warning, No Address, American Hi-Fi, Hot Hot Heat, Idiot Pilot, Avenged Sevenfold, Rock 'N' Roll Soldiers, Stutterfly, Funeral For A Friend, The Transplants, The Nervous Return, Death Cab For Cutie, Devo, Boredoms, Mr. Bungle, Taking Back Sunday, Head Automatica, Jawbox, Secret Machines, Rock Kills Kid, Mute Math, Mastodon, Pepper, Against Me!, Beatsteaks, Tegan and Sara, Jane's Addiction, Eisley, Down, Armor for Sleep, The Spill Canvas, Mêlée, Metallica, Hüsker Dü, Tom Gabel, X Recent ReviewsRecent NewsDropkick Murphys (St.Patrick's Day Shows) Dropkick Murphys have announced their 2009 hometown St.Patrick's Day shows. The annual event will see the band performing five shows in Boston and the House of Blues from March 13th through the 17th. Presales will begin on Saturday, December 13th, 2008.…Billie Joe talks about forthcoming Green Day album In a new interview, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong talked a little about their forthcoming full length: I'm pushing myself to be progressive in songwriting and being a songwriter. I come from a culture where I'm into great albums, and I still believe in that. I'm fiddling more with the arrangements and writing songs. I think the way we make records is just kind of a classic way of making records. Everybody uses Pro Tools now, you know--we use Pro Tools, and we use tape.…Tom Gabel reunites with original Against Me! drummer Gainsville, FL's Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel recently played a show in New York City, starting with a few acoustic versions of Against Me! songs and tracks from the Heart Burns EP before bringing out original Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon. The two of them played Crime As Forgiven By Against Me! in full, as well as pieces from The Acoustic EP. SPIN.com has a full recap of the…Dropkick Murphys St. Paddy's Day tour The Dropkick Murphys have announced the dates for their annual Saint Patrick's Day tour. The band will kick things off on the US west coast, starting in Los Angeles on February 20th. The band will play shows up the coast Seattle, then make their way east towards their hometown. Details on the Boston shows will follow next week. The Murphys released The Meanest of…Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) Oklahoma City's The Flaming Lips have just released their first feature film. Christmas on Mars has been in work since 2001 and tells the story of a colony on the Red Planet and their first Christmas in their new home. Paul Coover recently spoke about the film with the band's frontman Wayne…Tegan & Sara response to anti-gay marriage amendment In their latest blog for Spinner, Tegan And Sara have responded to the passage of the recent anti-gay marriage amendment in California. Though the bill was opposed by many prominent Californians, the bill passed thanks to a strong campaign organized and funded through the Mormon church. More than just the bill itself, the blog draws attention to the continuing problems with homophobia within the punk and independent music communities: Although I am…Deftones update on bassist, ask you to help homeless in his honor After last weeks report that Deftones bassist Chi Cheng is in a coma in a San Jose hospital after a car accident in Santa Clara last Monday, the band has posted further update: The critical 72 hours has passed and his condition is stable. His doc is expecting a recovery but want to continue to sedate him and keep him quiet, he was trying to fight even in his coma. In the past when Chi was not on tour he would gather a few instruments together once a week and meet the homeless kids in the park to play…Warner requiring 360 deals from everyone As record labels continue to struggle in the face of file sharing, free music and digital music sales, Warner chief exec Edgar Bronfman explained that all Warner-signed artists will now be required to join in so-called "360 deals." Under traditional labels, bands are primarily involved with record labels for recording and sales of their albums, but touring, licensing and merch revenues are completely separated from that relationship. Conversely, under the "360 deal," the label will receive a cut of all those different areas. It is not completely…Taking Back Sunday wrapping up album, set title Taking Back Sunday are in the final stages of work on their new album and have also announced the title for the follow up to 2006's Louder Now: Alright we're still putting the finshing touches on the album but we did want to tell you that we came up…Outernational: "Eyes on Fire" and "Future Rock" Political punk/hip hop/ska act Outernational have posted two songs from their forthcoming debut for Warner Bros.. The band is working on their full length for the label with producer Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and will be using drummed Gil Sharone of Dillinger Escape Plan and Fishbone as well as Joe Tomino of Dub Trio and Chad Smith of Red… |
