Panacea Records is an independent American

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founded by Bill Ray and

Paul Trust Paul Trust is an American songwriter and record producer, who has worked with recording artists such as MNQN, Starset, Morgan Wallen, Say Anything (band), Say Anything, Diecast (band), Diecast, endo (band), Endo, List of Epic Records artists, Jess ...

in 1993. The label has a primary focus on rock music but has branched out into electronic and country music as well. Panacea Records has released music by artists including

Morgan Wallen Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country singer and songwriter. He competed in the sixth season of ''The Voice'', originally as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team. After being eliminated ...

Atom Smash Atom Smash is a Miami, Florida-based hard rock band consisting of Serg Gabriel Sanchez (vocals), Mark "Taco" Annino (drums), Luke "Cowboy" Rice (guitar, vocals) and "Crazy" Dave Carrey (bass) Formerly signed to Jive Records. History The group f ...

, Endo, and Sunday Driver.

History

Panacea Records was founded in 1993 by Bill Ray and Paul Trust. Operating primarily out of South Florida, Panacea Records has signed numerous local bands such as Al's Not Well, Endo, and Sunday Driver to record contracts. The band

was formed by Sergio Sanchez with the assistance of Panacea Records in 2007. Atom Smash was able to record and release both the ''Sacrifice'' and ''Kill Me'' EPs under Panacea Records before they eventually signed with

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. In 2014 the country music singer

met Sergio Sanchez while the former was on ''

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''. Sanchez then introduced Wallen to Bill Ray and

of Panacea Records who signed the country music singer in 2015. In the same year, Wallen and Panacea recorded and released the EP ''

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'' and Wallen's debut single " Spin You Around". "Spin You Around" has since been streamed over 20 million times on

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, over 4 million times on

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and over 40 million times worldwide as of July 31, 2020.

Artists signed by Panacea Records

* Al's Not Well * Endo * Sunday Driver *

* Morgan Wallen

References

{{Authority control American record labels Record labels established in 1993 1993 establishments in Florida