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Fire Records
Founded1986
FounderJohnny Waller, Clive Solomon
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon
Official websitewww.firerecords.com

Fire Records is a British independent record label headquartered in London, England, with offices in Washington, D.C. and Japan. The label was founded by music journalist Johnny Waller and Clive Solomon in 1985 and released early records from Pulp, Teenage Fanclub (on subsidiary label Paperhouse), Spacemen 3 (formerly on Glass Records), Blue Aeroplanes, Lives of Angels and others. In the early 1990s, the label was home to Neutral Milk Hotel, The Lemonheads, Built to Spill, Urge Overkill and others. After slowing down, the label was taken over in the late 1990s by current label head James Nicholls, and has released records by Guided By Voices, Giant Sand, Pere Ubu, Mission of Burma, Wooden Wand, Opossom, Blank Realm, and Surf City.[1]

Current roster

"Fire Embers" re-issue series

Associated artists

includes artists taking part in the James Joyce Chamber Music project or the labels Keep Mother 10" improvised series

Past artists

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Daily Rind | Tag Archive | james nicholls". Dailyrindblog.com. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Fire Records". Fire Records. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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