Rough Trade Records, now a member of the RIAA[1], began as an independent record label, based in London, England. It grew out of the Rough Trade Shop, founded by Geoff Travis in West London in 1976. The record label was set up in 1978 and also went into the distribution business. It became independent from the shop in 1982. It then went bankrupt in 1991, ruining quite a few smaller record labels that they owed money to. Rough Trade was relaunched in 2000. Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The RIAA Logo. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Rough Trade on 130 Talbot Road The Rough Trade Shop is an independent music store in the Portobello district of West London, England. ... Satellite image of the inner part of West London Ayad Dibis is the best in West London. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... See also: 1970s in music. ...

Rough Trade specialised primarily in European post-punk and other alternative rock of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the late 1980s Rough Trade branched out by issuing an eponymous album by Lucinda Williams. Other early signings included Young Marble Giants and Scritti Politti (the latter resigned to the label in the mid 2000s). Geoff Travis later launched Blanco y Negro Records in partnership with Warner Bros. Records. This article is about the continent. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and country music singer and songwriter. ... Young Marble Giants were a Cardiff post-punk musical trio formed in 1978. ... Scritti Politti are a Welsh musical band. ... Blanco y Negro Records was established in 1983 by Geoff Travis once he left his previous record label, Rough Trade Records. ... Warner Bros. ...

Rough Trade was formerly an independently owned entity — a partnership between Mr. Travis, Jeanette Lee, (a former member of PiL), and minority partners, Sanctuary Records, as a part of the Zomba Music Group until June 11, 2002 when BMG bought out this business. PIL could mean Python Imaging Library PlantageNet Internet Limited In India, Public interest litigation Public Image Limited - a band Portland Interscholastic League This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Zomba Music Group was started in 1977 by Clive Calder as a book publishing venture and moved into the recording business in 1981 as Zomba Recording Corporation. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann. ...

Since its re-birth, Rough Trade has released albums by high-charting artists such as The Strokes, The Libertines, Babyshambles, and Belle & Sebastian. The Strokes are an American rock band formed in 1998 that rose to fame in the early 2000s as a leading group in the garage rock revival. ... This article is about the band The Libertines. ... This article is about the band Babyshambles. ... Belle & Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. ...

A 192-page illustrated history of Rough Trade, written by Rob Young of The Wire, was published in September 2006 by the UK-based company Black Dog Publishing. Labels Unlimited is a series of books designed to give an illustrated overview of influential record labels. ... Rob Young is an author, journalist and is currently editor-at-large of The Wire, a British based experimental music magazine. ... The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, often nicknamed the chinstrokers bible. It was founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray, and concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music. ...

Artists

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See also

• Rough Trade Distribution
• Rough Trade Shop
• List of record labels
• RIAA members

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External links

• Official website