Blackhouse Records
| Blackhouse Records | |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Scott Rozell, Tony Shields |
| Distributor(s) | Alliance Distribution (US) Cobraside Distribution (US),Cargo Records (UK) Universal Music Group (Digital) |
| Genre | Punk, rap, hardcore punk, alternative rock, heavy metal, trap, ambient, experimental, spoken word, blues, hip hop |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
| Official website |
blackhouserecordsinc |
Blackhouse Records is a Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based independent record label founded by Moral Crux and Scatterbox drummer Scott Rozell and Tony Shields. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in 2001 for the purpose of selling Scatterbox records, but has evolved into a moderate-sized independent record label. Throughout the 2000s most of the bands on Blackhouse were punk and pop punk groups, while there are many heavy metal and rap acts signed to the label as well. Sister label Totally Fucked signed noise rock and grindcore bands.
History
Early years
Scott Rozell and Tony Shields formed Blackhouse Records as a vehicle for releases by the band Scatterbox, featuring brothers Tom and Ryan white as well as Rozell. It soon became a vehicle for the releases of various local and regional Northwest artists.
In 2008, Blackhouse re-issued a (at the time out-of-print) spoken word release The Birth of Tragedy Magazine's FEAR POWER GOD, originally released by CFY Records (a Bay Area record label run by Oxbow frontman, Eugene S. Robinson) in the 1980s on CD format. Before this release, the compilation had never been released on the compact disc format. The album featured spoken word pieces by Henry Rollins, Charles Manson, Anton LaVey, Lydia Lunch, Allen Ginsberg, and Jello Biafra. The album was well-received, gaining the label more attention in the press and distribution world, landing them an exclusive distribution deal with the now-defunct Lumberjack/Mordam Records, a subsidiary of the Warner Music Group. The relationship was short lived due to financial woes with Lumberjack/Mordam, which caused the company to close operations.[1][2]
Change in style
In 2013, the label started to stray from its traditional punk rock genre by signing metal and hip-hop acts such as Slug Christ, The Drip, The Colourflies, Rot Monger, ZAN, Lord Narf, Ras Kass, Coodie Breeze, Absurdist, Prison Religion, Cold Blooded, and Nobodies.
Blackhouse went into a non-exclusive manufacturing and distribution agreement with rapper Father and his imprint, Awful Records in 2016, with the label releasing Who's Gonna Get F***ed First? and Young Hot Ebony in early 2017. This was the first time either album had been released on physical format.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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References
- ↑ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/records-fear-power-god. Missing or empty
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|title=(help) - ↑ http://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-cold-blooded-forever-war/
- ↑ https://www.punknews.org/labels/blackhouse
- ↑ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/records-fear-power-god
- ↑ http://www.cobraside.com/catalog/
- ↑ http://citrusrap.com/blog/2016/08/18/nobodies-stay-dirty-ep/
- ↑ https://www.inlander.com/spokane/art-of-the-deal/Content?oid=2872140