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Volcano Entertainment Artists
:''The following is a list of bands or artists, past and present, who have had recordings released on the Volcano Entertainment imprint.'' Volcano Entertainment began in 1996 as a joint venture with Zoo Entertainment (record label), Zoo Entertainment. In 1997, after absorbing Zoo and its artists onto the Volcano imprint, it merged with Rowdy Records to become Freeworld Entertainment. That arrangement was short-lived and in early 1998 Freeworld Entertainment was bought by the then independent Zomba Group of Companies, Zomba Group who reestablished the Volcano Entertainment name. Artists *2 Skinnee J's *20 Fingers *311 (band), 311 *Akinyele (rapper), Akinyele *Gerald Alston *Artie the One Man Party *Bicycle *Box Set *Big Sister *James Brown *John Cafferty, John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band *CAKE (band), Cake *David Cassidy *Dixie Dregs *Cause and Effect (band), Cause & Effect *Dogstar (band), Dogstar *ELO Part II *Freddie Jackson *The Freddy Jones Band *Bruce Hampton, Fiji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volcano Entertainment
Volcano Entertainment (sometimes referred to as Volcano Records) is an American all-round music record label founded in 1996 which released albums by Tool, 311, Survivor and "Weird Al" Yankovic. (The latter two were former Scotti Bros. Records artists and the only artists retained from that label.) The Volcano Records catalog is owned by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. History Volcano Records was founded in 1996 by Kevin Czinger. It is essentially the continuation of Zoo Entertainment which Czinger bought from BMG in 1996. Initially, the company was meant to have two divisions ''Zoo/Volcano'' and ''Volcano'' which would be a hip-hop imprint.Jeffrey, Don. "Zoo Acquired by Start-Up Volcano; Firm Also Launches Hip-Hop Imprint" ''Billboard'' 108:34 (24 August 1996) The first album released with the new ownership was Tool's album ''Ænima'' followed by actor Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar's album '' Our Little Visionary''. However, the Zoo name was eventually ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
