The Militia Group
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| The Militia Group | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Location | Long Beach, California |
| Official website | Official site |
The Militia Group is an independent artist development company based in Long Beach, California and has been home to a diverse number of artists from all over the world.
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[edit] History
The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. Both Pearson and Rory Felton had previous experience with independent labels and artists; Pearson working at Tooth & Nail Records in Seattle, WA and Rory Felton co-operating Arise Records in Kansas. Arise released titles including first The Juliana Theory release, Dawson High, Tijuana Crime Scene, The National Arobat, Reflector and Recess Theory. In 2000, Chad Pearson teamed up with Rory Felton to turn the agency into an independent record label based out of Huntington Beach, CA. By January 2001, the label had signed Rufio, The Lyndsay Diaries, Tora! Tora! Torrance!, Veronica, and Noise Ratchet. Within the next year Copeland, The Rocket Summer, The Beautiful Mistake, and Acceptance joined the fold.
By 2002, the label had sold its first 100,000 albums with its first release: Rufio's 'Perhaps, I Suppose...', and was operating out of offices in Anaheim, CA. By 2004, as the label had grown extensively, operations moved from Anaheim, CA to Garden Grove, CA. In early 2007, Pearson left TMG to start a company called P is for Panda. Spring 2007 saw the move to Long Beach, CA offices. By 2008, Militia had sold over 1,400,000 albums. A press release in January 2009 stated that new releases would come this year from The Appleseed Cast, We Shot The Moon, The Summer Set, Rufio, The Jealous Sound, The Urgency, and more.
[edit] Distribution
Distribution is handled on a territory by territory basis by:
United States: Razor & Tie RED Distribution
Canada: SonyBMG
Japan: Militia JPN
Australia & New Zealand: Militia AUS Taperjean
Korea: Ales Music
Taiwan: White Wabbit
Germany / Austria / Switzerland: Hart Distribution
The Netherlands: Sonic Rendezvous
France: Nocturne
UK: Plastic Head
Scandinavia Bad Taste Records
[edit] Roster
[edit] Current Artists
- The Appleseed Cast
- Backseat Goodbye
- Brandtson
- Chase Pagan
- Denison Witmer
- Driving East
- Everybody Else
- The Jealous Sound
- Jill Cunniff
- Juliette and the Licks
- Lakes
- Let Go
- Lovedrug
- Mercy Mercedes
- Mobile
- The New Frontiers
- One for the Team
- Quietdrive
- The Panic Division
- Sights and Sounds
- The Summer Set
- Tahiti 80
- We Shot the Moon
[edit] Former Artists
- Acceptance (Disbanded 2006)
- Anadivine
- The Beautiful Mistake (On hiatus)
- Big Collapse
- Blueprint Car Crash
- Cartel (Active, currently on Wind-up Records)
- Class of 98
- Controlling the Famous (Disbanded 2007)
- Copeland (Active, currently with Tooth & Nail Records)
- Fielding
- The Holy Fire (Active)
- The Lyndsay Diaries
- Man Alive (Active, currently on B& Recordings)
- Noise Ratchet
- The Rocket Summer (Active, currently with Island Def Jam Records)
- Reeve Oliver (Active, currently on Apple Danish Records)
- Ronnie Day (Active, currently on Simplify Music)
- Rufio (Active, currently without a label)
- Tora! Tora! Torrance!
- Umbrellas (Active, currently without a label)
- Veronica
[edit] See also
- List of record labels
- P is for Panda
- Beatrix Clothing - Rory Felton & Matt Maust (Cold War Kids) clothing line
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Myspace page
- Beatrix Clothing site
- Photos of Rory's recent social service and research trip to Haiti. [1]
