Slash Records is a record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and punk rock bands.

The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los Angeles-based fanzine, Slash. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a seven-inch single from The Germs in 1978. A full album from that band was released the next year, and X's Los Angeles followed in 1980. Until 1981, the label was distributed through Jem; when that company went bankrupt, Slash entered into a distribution deal with Warner Bros., a move that was among the first collaborations between a self-started indie and a major label. During the time of this arrangement, the label released albums by prominent Los Angeles punk and Rock and roll bands, including Fear, The Blasters, L7 and Los Lobos.

The label flourished even after the magazine stopped in 1980. A subsidiary, Ruby Records, was started in 1981; Ruby released albums by The Misfits, Dream Syndicate, and The Gun Club. By the mid-1980s, Slash had branched out into other parts of the country, signing such acts as Violent Femmes and BoDeans (both from Wisconsin) and releasing albums by Robyn Hitchcock and Burning Spear.

The label was sold to London Records in 1986. From 1982 until 1996, releases from Slash Records were distributed in the United States by Warner Bros. Records, and elsewhere by Mercury Records.

Universal Music Group (the owner of American Decca) acquired PolyGram, which owned London Records, in 2000 and closed Slash as an active label. When London Records president Roger Ames moved to the Warner Music Group, he retained the rights to London and Slash, and the back catalogue of Slash was acquired by Warner. In 2003, Ames relicensed the use of the name Slash back to Bob Biggs, who then relaunched the label.^[1][2]

Notable artists[link]

• The Blasters
• BoDeans
• Bonnie Hayes with the Wild Combo
• Burning Spear
• Dream Syndicate
• Failure
• Faith No More
• Fear
• Field Trip
• The Germs
• GRADUATION DAY
• Grant Lee Buffalo
• Green on Red
• Gun Bunnies
• The Gun Club
• Imperial Teen
• L7
• Los Lobos
• The Misfits
• The Plugz
• Rammstein
• Rank and File
• Soul Coughing
• Steel Pole Bath Tub
• Tribe
• Violent Femmes
• X

See also[link]

• List of record labels

References[link]

Complete Slash discography http://www.discogs.com/label/Slash+Records

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Andrew Stockdale
Stockdale performing with Wolfmother on 5 May 2007 at the Beale Street Music Festival.
Background information
Birth name	Andrew James Stockdale
Born	(1976-07-20) 20 July 1976 (age 35) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres	Hard rock, neo-psychedelia, stoner rock, heavy metal
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Modular, Universal, Interscope, Island
Associated acts	Wolfmother, Beck, Slash
Website	wolfmother.com

Andrew James Stockdale (born 20 July 1976) is an Australian hard rock musician, he is the lead singer, lead guitarist and the only mainstay member of the rock band, Wolfmother which formed in 2000. He has a very high vocal range. In 2007, alongside his Wolfmother band mates, he won 'Songwriter of the Year' at the APRA Awards. Aside from his work with Wolfmother, Stockdale was featured on the 2010 single, "By the Sword", by United States based musician Slash.

Early life[link]

Andrew James Stockdale was born on 20 July 1976. His father was an artist who "drew all night on newspapers and sketch pads" and his mother is a former ballet dancer.^[1] Stockdale was raised in Ashgrove, Brisbane and educated at Ashgrove State School, Wimbeldon Middle School, The Gap State High School and Kelvin Grove State High School.^[1] He briefly lived in Wimbledon Village, London as a child.^[2]

Styles and method[link]

Stockdale's influences are most commonly cited among late-sixties and early-seventies hard rock and heavy metal guitarists. Vocally compared to a "cross between Robert Plant and Ozzy Osbourne" by Allmusic,^[3] his guitar antics and stage persona are commonly traced to Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, while his style can often be compared to progressive rockers like Pink Floyd.^{[citation needed]}

Equipment[link]

Stockdale plays Gibson guitars, primarily a 1972 SG standard with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece in vintage sunburst. He has also been seen using a 1961 Reissue Gibson SG. Other times he uses a Gibson Dot Studio ES-335, a white Gibson Flying V and an alpine white Gibson EDS-1275 with golden hardware. For the recording of the Wolfmother album he used a borrowed Gibson ES-355 through a 1960s Marshall. When playing live, he uses a Vox AC30 and a Marshall JMP. In the past Stockdale has been noted to use Orange amplifiers and cabinets. Stockdale also states to use a Fender Stratocaster, though he prefers the Gibson guitars.^{[citation needed]} In recent times he has also started using a Hohner Blues Master Harmonica microphone for some vocals.

Stockdale's current pedalboard consists of a Boss TU-2, Radial Tone Bone, Fulltone Clyde wah, a Fulltone Supa-Trem, an Electro-Harmonix Microsynth, an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser, an AC booster, and a Digitech Whammy I (locked into place and set for a high octave.) All are patched into a true bypass looper/switcher array and are powered by a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2+.

Awards and nominations[link]

APRA Awards[link]

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).^[4]

Discography[link]

Wolfmother[link]

• Wolfmother EP
• Wolfmother
• Dimensions EP
• Cosmic Egg

Guest appearances[link]

• Slash — Slash on "By the Sword".
• Beck's Record Club — Songs of Leonard Cohen
• RocKwiz, shown on SBS on 3 October 2009. He played the Wolfmother song "New Moon Rising", then the Stevie Nicks/Don Henley song, "Leather and Lace" as a duet with Holiday Sidewinder from Bridezilla.

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} Dalton, Trent (9 February 2007). "Howl at the Moon". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers (News Corporation). http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/howl-at-the-moon/story-e6frer7x-1111112960561. Retrieved 29 September 2011. 
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Allmusic.com
4. ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
5. ^ "2007 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/apraawards/musicawards/history/2007Winners.aspx. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
6. ^ "Nominations for Song of the Year - 2007". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/Nominations/NominationsforSongoftheYear2007.aspx. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 

1. ^ Browne, Sally, "On Wolf Patrol", The Courier Mail, 23 April 2006.

External links[link]

• Andrew Stockdale's photography website
• Andrew Stockdale on Twitter
• Wolfmother official website
• Wolfmother on Myspace
• Wolfmother label page
• Wolfmother discography at MusicBrainz