Beggars Banquet is an English record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin. In 1977, spurred by the prevailing DIY aesthetics of the British punk rock movement (then at the height of its popularity), they decided to join the fray as an independent label and release records under the Beggars Banquet imprint. The first band on the label was English punk group The Lurkers; the first ever release on the label was The Lurkers' punk classic Shadow/Love Story 7" single. Later in the decade and into the early '80s, hits with Tubeway Army and Gary Numan secured the label's future. Two daughter labels, Situation Two and 4AD Records, were launched to release artists like The Charlatans, The Pixies, The Cocteau Twins, M/A/R/R/S and others. Another subsidiary, XL Records, boasts with dance artists such as The Prodigy and Basement Jaxx. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The Lurkers were a late 70s British punk rock group from West London, notable for being the first group ever on Beggars Banquet Records. ... Tubeway Army (1977-1979) were a London-based punk/new wave band formed by Gary Webb. ... Gary Numan Gary Numan (b. ... Situation Two, aka Situation 2, began life in 1981 as an off shoot of the larger Beggars Banquet label. ... The British indie rock record label 4AD Records was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records. ... The Charlatans could refer to two bands The Charlatans, a United States band The Charlatans, a British band, sometimes known in the US as Charlatans UK This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the band named Pixies. ... Cocteau Twins were an influential and prolific British band formed in 1980, their music becoming nearly synonymous with their record label 4AD. Their trademark sound of layered, ethereal guitar and indecipherable vocals inspired the 1990s shoegazing genre, which included numerous bands such as Lush, Slowdive, Pale Saints, and My Bloody... MARRS (or M/A/R/R/S or M|A|R|R|S) was a one-off recording act from 1987 whose sole release was the single Pump Up The Volume, which was a UK number one hit and a significant milestone in the development of British house music and... XL Records was launched by Beggars Banquet Records to distribute its rave and dance music. ... The Prodigy today. ... Basement Jaxx are a critically acclaimed UK house music duo comprised of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe that rose to popularity in the late 1990s. ...

Mantra Records, Mo'Wax Records, Locked On Records and Wiija Records are also part of Beggars Group. Mantra Records is a subsidiary of Beggars Banquet Records. ... MoWax Records is a subsidiary of Beggars Banquet Records. ... Locked On Records is a subsidiary of Beggars Banquet Records. ... Wiija Records is a subsidiary of Beggars Banquet Records. ...

See also

• List of record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...

External link

• Official site