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Encyclopedia > Zoo Records
Zoo Label:Uncaged, a 1995 compilation of Zoo releases.
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Zoo Label:Uncaged, a 1995 compilation of Zoo releases.

Zoo Records was a British independent record label formed by Bill Drummond and David Balfe in 1978. Zoo was launched in order to release the work of the perenially struggling Liverpool band, Big In Japan (the label's first release being the From Y To Z and Never Again EP). The label went on to release early work from The Teardrop Explodes and Echo & the Bunnymen. 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. ... Currently active as a writer and artist, Bill Drummond (born April 29, 1953) is best known as co-founder of The KLF, the avant-garde pop group of the late eighties, the K Foundation, its nineties avant-art media-manipulating successor, and for burning a million pounds in 1994. ... David Balfe (c. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... Big In Japans EP Big in Japan was a punk band that emerged from Liverpool in the late 1970s. ... The Teardrop Explodes (L to R) Alan Gill, Julian Cope, Gary Dwyer and David Balfe The Teardrop Explodes was a British New Wave/Neo-Psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. ... Echo & the Bunnymen is a British rock group formed in Liverpool in 1978. ...


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