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6 unusual facts about Matador Records


18th Dye

Drone-heavy, fuzzed out debut LP Done, produced by Iain Burgess (Naked Raygun, Ministry, Big Black), was released in Germany in 1992 before the band gained a recording and distribution deal with US Independent label Matador Records in 1994, having been championed by Yo La Tengo.

Bullet LaVolta

The band broke up in 1992, the same year Matador Records issued an album of older recordings (mostly from 1987 and 1989) called The Gun Didn't Know I Was Loaded.

Iceage

In February 2013, they released their second album, You're Nothing, after signing with the high profile independent record label Matador Records.

Patrick Amory

In 1994 he left academia to work as general manager of Matador Records, one of the premier independent rock record labels of the 1990s.

Plastic Fang

Plastic Fang is the seventh official release by the American punk blues group The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, released on Matador in 2002.

The Chrome Cranks

They signed with PCP Entertainment, a label distributed by Matador Records.


Childish Prodigy

Produced by Vile, Jeff Zeigler and bandmate Adam Granduciel, Childish Prodigy was Vile's first album to be released on Matador Records, and was preceded by the EP, The Hunchback (2009), and the single, "He's Alright".

The Dirt of Luck

It was released in April 1995 on Matador Records and was produced by Adam Lasus (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Versus, Madder Rose, Clem Snide).

The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five

The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five was Pizzicato Five's third release in the United States under the label Matador Records.


see also

Everything Is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology

Everything Is Nice: The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology is a 3-disc compilation of Matador tracks from 1989 to 1999 from popular Matador artists such as Pavement, Modest Mouse, Mogwai and Cat Power.