by Zach Shaw | Oct 27, 2011 | Label Moves
Though the record industry as a whole is going through a rough time, EMI has especially experienced its fair share of trouble. That’s why it’s no surprise that Citigroup Bank is anxious to sell the famed label less than a year after acquiring it from equity firm Terra...
by Zach Shaw | Oct 11, 2011 | Label Moves
Just a day after entering the studio to record a new album, Shadows Fall announced that they have signed a new multi album recording deal with Razor & Tie in North America. This may comes as a bit of a surprise for fans since the band’s last album Retribution was...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 28, 2011 | Label Moves
After lots of speculation, it was finally confirmed that Rex Brown was no longer in Down. And now, thanks to another announcement made today, we see that Kill Devil Hill, the band also featuring drummer Vinny Appice, guitarist Mark Zavon (Ratt, W.A.S.P., 40 Cycle Hum)...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 19, 2011 | Label Moves, Legal Woes
Last week, it was revealed that the offices of Interscope Records were allegedly being used as a front for cocaine distribution. The DEA found records showing that James Rosemond (manager of Interscope artist The Game) was shipping road cases stuffed with kilos of...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 15, 2011 | Label Moves, That's Unfortunate
This almost sounds too ridiculous to be true, but according to The Smoking Gun, a nationwide cocaine ring was recently broken up that involved using pickups and deliveries from Interscope Records. The Department of Justice gave defense lawyers shipping records...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 8, 2011 | Label Moves
As you may know, record labels and musicians are preparing to battle it out over copyright laws concerning ownership over albums. This all pertains to a U.S. copyright law that was amended in 1976, giving artists the right to regain rights to their work after 35...