Ripple Music
Ripple Music is a California-based independent record label founded in 2010 by Todd Severin and John Rancik. The company encompasses a record label, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a Distribution for independent heavy metal bands (Heavy Ripples Distro).[1]
History
Ripple Music, the record label, evolved out of the highly successful music site, The Ripple Effect, which Severin and Rancik launched in October 2007. Baring a tagline of "The Best Music You're Not Listening To," the Ripple Effect concentrated on in-depth, expertly written (often humorous) music reviews of new, lost classic, and unheralded artists. Early in their existence, Severin (a former radio DJ) and Rancik (former lead singer of San Diego punk/metal cross-over band, Blind Justice) concentrated on reviews from their own extensive record collections. But within a short period of time, the Ripple Effect had gained significant recognition within the industry and the format expanded to include new reviews, interviews, streaming songs, video uploads, legal downloads, and previews/sneak peeks. Within a year, The Ripple Effect was ranked as one of the top music sites in the world by GuitarWorld Magazine and several other music sites. Most recently, The Ripple Effect was awarded the Recommended Reading Medal by Jemmsite, the home of Ibanez Guitars.
As the Ripple Effect's popularity grew, a radio show was added which was originally produced by Chris James Ripple Radio, on blogtalkradio.com. Shortly, Ripple Radio was recognized as one of the featured radio shows at blogtalkradio.com, and guests such as Marky Ramone, Fee Waybill, and Cy Curnin, amongst others, stopped by to chat with Severin (Racer) and Rancik (Pope JTE).
As both fronts of the Ripple enterprise continued to grow, Severin and Rancik were approached by legendary protometal heroes, JPT Scare Band, with the proposition of releasing several previously unheard JPT tracks. With that inspiration, Ripple Music, the record label was born. Shortly thereafter, several bands signed with Ripple Music, including two legendary 1970's protometal icons, Poobah and Iron Claw, plus newer, rising acts, Tripdavon, Fen, Modern Day Moonshine, and Kevin Beadles.[2]
In 2010, the company debuted its initial releases "Acid Blues is the White Man's Burden" by JPT Scare Band, a re-issue of "Let Me In," the 1972 early metal classic by Poobah, and "Trails Out of Gloom," an album of dark, mysterious modern prog rock from Vancouver's Fen. Additionally, "You Can't Argue With Water," an album of rootsy americana rock from award-winning songwriter, Kevin Beadles came out on The Ripple Label. All titles were sold through international distribution and the Ripple Music website. [3][4] Ripple Music released albums in vinyl, colored double vinyl, CD, and digital formats. Due to the high quality of Ripple Music's initial releases, the label garnered immediate national media attention. [4]
Popular Titles
- Chron Goblin - Backwater
- Mothership - Self-titled
- War Cloud - Self-titled
- Witchers Creed - Awakened from the tomb...
- Devil to Pay - Fate is Your Muse
- Earthen Grave - Self-titled
- Leaf Hound - Live in Japan
- JPT Scare Band - Acid Blues is the White Man's Burden
- JPT Scare Band - Acid Acetate Excursion and Rape of the Titan's Sirens Double LP
- Poobah - Let Me In
- Poobah - US rock
- Fen - Trails out of Gloom
- Fen - Of Losing Interest
- Trucker Diablo - Devil Rhythm
- Trucker Diablo - Songs of Iron
- Vokonis - The Sunken Djinn [1]
- Stone Axe - Stone Axe I
- Stone Axe - Stone Axe II
- Stone Axe - Captured Live at Roadburn
- Mos Generator - Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition
- Mos Generator - Nomads
- Ape Machine - Mangled by the Machine
- Grifter - Grifter
- C.F.A. - Managed by the Devil, Brought to you by the Grace of God
- Iron Claw - A Different Game
- Mighty High - Legalize Tres Bags
- Modern Day Moonshine - Refuge
- Horseburner - The Thief
Additional Titles - 7" Singles
- Grand Atlantic/Sky Parade - Sensitive Type b/w I Should Be Coming Up
- Stone Axe/Mighty High - Metal Damage/Don't Panic, It's Organic
- Heavy Ripples 2x7" - Stoner Axe, Grifter, Mighty High, Sun Gods in Exile
- Vokonis 7" - The Sunken Djinn/Olde One (Live)[2]
Ripple Music Artists
- JPT Scare Band
- Poobah
- Leaf Hound
- Mothership
- Switchblade Jesus
- War Cloud
- Witchers Creed
- Volume IV
- Weed is Weed
- Stubb
- Stone Axe
- The Necromancers
- Mos Generator
- Chron Goblin
- Grifter
- Devil to Pay
- C.F.A.
- Ape Machine
- White Light Cemetery
- Kingnomad
- Sweat Lodge
- ZED
- Blackwulf
- Aver
- Bonehawk
- DoctoR DooM
- Vokonis
- Geezer
- Space Probe Taurus
- White Dynomite
- Fire Down Below
- Plainride
- Horseburner
See also
List of record labels