Taste Media is a record label and production company that has featured the bands Muse and Shed Seven. Muse are a British rock band who blend many different genres of music together - combining classical, modern and even Latin themes into songs. ... Shed Seven were a Britpop band formed in York, England in 1990, comprising originally of Rick Witter (vocals), Joe Johnson (guitar and keyboards), Tom Gladwin (bass guitar) and Alan Leach (drums). ...
The company was formed by Dennis Smith, who owned the Sawmills recording studio in Cornwall, as an outlet for the new band Muse who had previously released a record on another label of his. Muse are a British rock band who blend many different genres of music together - combining classical, modern and even Latin themes into songs. ...
Whilst the recordings by Muse were licensed to Mushroom Records in the United Kingdom, with the label credit being split between Taste Media and Mushroom, later acts were released independently including Shed Seven's 1993 live album and single. A&E Records is a sub-unit of the Warner Music Group, which began life as Mushroom UK. This label was set up in 1993 by Korda Marshall, as an offshoot of the Australian label Mushroom Records, mainly to serve the UK with Australian musical imports. ...