| Relativity Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Sony BMG |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Clive Davis |
| Status | Active |
| Distributing label | RED Distribution |
| Genre | various |
| Country of origin | US, UK |
| Location | New York City, New York |
Relativity Records is an American record label founded by Clive Davis. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Clive Jay Davis (born April 4 1932 in Brooklyn New York is an American Record producer and a leading music industry executive. RED - An Artist Development Company (formerly R elativity E ntertainment D istribution is a Sony Music Entertainment -owned sales and marketing The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Clive Jay Davis (born April 4 1932 in Brooklyn New York is an American Record producer and a leading music industry executive. The label has had various acts signed to the label.
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Company History
Beginnings
Davis founded the label, but left it in the hands of his parent company. The label was originally a heavy metal and rock record label so it signed a number of bands and solo artists, including Death, Exodus, Megadeth, Circle Jerks, Joe Satriani, Scatterbrain, Scott Henderson, Sick of it All, Steve Vai, Stuart Hamm, Robyn Hitchcock, Dark Angel, They Eat Their Own, Lucy's Fur Coat and Forbidden among others. Death was an influential American Death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death Exodus is an American Thrash metal band formed in 1980 in San Francisco, California by guitarist Gary Holt, current Metallica Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder front man guitarist and songwriter Dave Mustaine. The Circle Jerks are a Hardcore punk band formed circa 1979 in Hermosa Beach California. Joseph "Satch" Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury New York, U Scatterbrain may refer to Scatterbrain (band Scatterbrain (comics Scatterbrain (book, by Larry Niven Scott Henderson (born August 26, 1954, West Palm Beach, Florida) is a highly acclaimed fusion and Blues guitarist best Sick of It All ( SOIA) is a New York hardcore band formed by brothers Lou Koller (vocals and Pete Koller ( Guitar) Armand Steven "Steve" Siro Vai (born June 6 1960 in Carle Place New York) is an American Instrumental rock Guitarist Stuart "Stu" Hamm (born February 8, 1960) is an American Bass guitar player known for his session and live work with numerous artists as Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is an English Singer-songwriter and guitarist Dark Angel was a Thrash metal band from Los Angeles. Their over-the-top style (extremely fast heavy and lengthy songs with lots of tempo changes lyrics and Lucy’s Fur Coat was a rock band that formed in 1992 in San Diego California, with rhythm guitarist and chief songwriter Mike Santos on lead vocals Forbidden is a Thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area, part of the Bay Area thrash scene most popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s From the late 80s into the early 90s, they had plenty of success from releasing this type of music. In 1990, new management took over the label and they began to sign on more urban acts. From 1985 to 1990, they had many platinum and multi-platinum releases from the many artists that were signed to the label, despite this, they still decided to get into the rising hip hop scene. There is even on in Austin, Texas, USA.
Hip Hop Power
After making the decision to tap into the urban market, they would discover and sign Chicago rapper, Common and quickly release his debut album in 1992. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr (born March 13 1972) better known by his Stage name Common (and previously known as Common Sense) is an In 1992, they struck a deal with Fat Joe and his Terror Squad label. Joseph Cartagena, better known by his Stage name Fat Joe, is an American Rapper of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent and Terror Squad (formerly Terror Squad Entertainment) is a Hip hop and R&B record label founded by Fat Joe in The Bronx, New Also during this time they added Three 6 Mafia, Hussein Fatal, and even rapper Mac Mall from Vallejo, California to their growing hip hop roster. Three 6 Mafia (formerly Triple 6 Mafia) is an Academy-Award winning American Rap group originating from Memphis, Tennessee Hussein Fatal, born Bruce Washington in 1973 was raised in Montclair, New Jersey, living with his mother brother and four sisters Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Mac Mall, (born Jamal Rocker in Vallejo California) is a West Coast rapper who became known in the mid/late 1990s as one of the local artists bringing Vallejo (vəˈleɪoʊ or /vəˈleɪhoʊ/ in English /baˈjeho/ in the original Spanish) is the largest city in Solano County From this they also became a distributing label to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, Combat Records, Terror Squad Ent. and many rock and roll subsidiary labels. Eric Lynn Wright (September 7 1963 – March 26 1995 better known by the stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper, producer, and Record executive Ruthless Records, pronounced roofless records is an Imprint Record label formed by Gangsta rapper Eazy-E with partner Jerry Heller Combat Records was an Independent record label from New York City. Terror Squad (formerly Terror Squad Entertainment) is a Hip hop and R&B record label founded by Fat Joe in The Bronx, New From all of these artists, they released many popular albums from their artists and had nearly 200 acts signed to the label. With so many artists and sub-labels, they formed a distributor named RED Distribution, which still contains Relativity and all of its associated labels. RED - An Artist Development Company (formerly R elativity E ntertainment D istribution is a Sony Music Entertainment -owned sales and marketing
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