Sydney band Crash Politics were the first band signed to rooArt, which released their debut album Mothers' Intention. The label's second signing was The Hummingbirds , who had released four singles on their previous label Phantom Records, with their debut LP loveBUZZ being one of the first hit albums for rooArt.[2]
rooArt releases were distributed by PolyGram until 1991,[3] then by Warner Music Australia, until 1995 when the label switched to the independent Shock Records label to manage its marketing and distribution. In October 1996, on the eve of You Am I's triumph at the ARIA Awards, it was announced that BMG Australia had purchased rooArt for A$5 million.[4]
Subsequently, other releases were released by BMG on the Ra imprint, including several from Augie March.
rooart, australian, independent, record, label, founded, 1988, inxs, then, manager, chris, murphy, label, roster, included, several, well, known, australian, bands, artists, such, crow, ratcat, screaming, jets, wendy, matthews, hummingbirds, trilobites, amanda. rooArt was an Australian independent record label founded in 1988 by INXS s then manager Chris Murphy The label s roster included several well known Australian bands and artists such as Crow Ratcat Screaming Jets You Am I Wendy Matthews The Hummingbirds The Trilobites and Amanda Brown Other bands which made early or first releases on the rooArt label included Hipslingers The Last Metro The Lab The Fauves Bellicose and Custard rooArt released a series of three compilation albums of new or then unsigned acts called Youngblood A number of acts released on the compilations went on to record their own albums including Tall Tales and True The Trilobites and Martha s Vineyard 1 rooArtParent companyBMG bought in 1996 Founded1988FounderChris MurphyDistributor s PolyGram 1988 1991 Warner Music Australia 1991 1995 Shock Records 1995 1996 GenreRock VariousCountry of originAustraliaSydney band Crash Politics were the first band signed to rooArt which released their debut album Mothers Intention The label s second signing was The Hummingbirds who had released four singles on their previous label Phantom Records with their debut LP loveBUZZ being one of the first hit albums for rooArt 2 The label had a sub branch called Ra Records whose focus was on alternative rock You Am I Augie March The Mark Of Cain The Mandelbrot Set band and Buffalo Tom were signed to this It also had a section called rooArt Jazz which released an album by Free Spirits in 1990 rooArt releases were distributed by PolyGram until 1991 3 then by Warner Music Australia until 1995 when the label switched to the independent Shock Records label to manage its marketing and distribution In October 1996 on the eve of You Am I s triumph at the ARIA Awards it was announced that BMG Australia had purchased rooArt for A 5 million 4 Subsequently other releases were released by BMG on the Ra imprint including several from Augie March Contents 1 Artists 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksArtists editThe Screaming Jets Wendy Matthews You Am I The Hummingbirds Ratcat Absent Friends Weddings Parties Anything James Reyne Custard Martha s Vineyard The Trilobites Amanda BrownSee also editList of record labelsReferences edit Mathieson Craig 2001 The sell in how the music business seduced alternative rock Sydney Allen amp Unwin ISBN 1 86508 412 3 Walker Clinton 1996 The secret history of Australian independent music 1977 1991 Sydney Pan Macmillan ISBN 0 7329 0883 3 Duffy Thom November 1994 Business is Boomeranging Billboard 106 46 65 Duffy Thom March 1997 Australia s You Am I Takes Global Stance With Warners Billboard 109 11 62 External links editRooArt at Discogs com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RooArt amp oldid 1205205616, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
