I.R.S.
From Your Subculture Soundtrack, the music encyclopedia
Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA
Founded: 1979
Founded by: Miles Copeland
Link: History
Genre(s):
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[edit] Active Roster
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[edit] Inactive Roster
- R.E.M.
- The Go-Gos
- The Fleshtones
- Oingo Boingo
- Over The Rhine
- The Buzzcocks
- The Alarm
- Wall of Voodoo
- General Public
- Stewart Copeland
- William Orbit
- Alarm
- Alley Cats
- American Girls
- Angel & The Reruns
- Angst
- Animal Logic
- Adam Ant
- Anti-Nowhere League
- B Team
- Bad Brains
- Bad Posture
- Balancing Act
- Bangles
- Adrian Belew
- Kate Bush
- Camper Van Beethoven
- Circle Jerks
- Concrete Blonde
- Consolidated
- Jayne County
- Cramps
- Cult
- dada (band)
- Daisies
- Dead Kennedys
- Damned
- the dBs
- Demented Youth
- D.O.A.
- Dread Zeppelin
- Drywall
- English Beat
- Everything But The Girl
- Fine Young Cannibals
- Flat Duo Jets
- Flipper
- Gene Loves Jezebel
- General Public
- Genitorturers
- Gonads
- The Gun Club
- H Factor
- Hindu Love Gods
- Jools Holland
- Derek Holt
- Steve Howe
- Human Hands
- Human Switchboard
- Humans
- Ice-T
- Impatient Youth
- Janes Addiction
- Kilkenny Kats
- Kindred Spirit
- King Sunny Ade
- Leather Nun
- Nils Lofgren
- Lords Of The New Church
- Los Olvidados
- Love And Rockets
- Love Tractor
- M.D.C.
- Kirsty MacColl
- Magazine
- Howard Devoto
- Marillion
- MC 900 Ft Jesus
- Monks Of Doom
- Monochrome Set
- Bob Mould
- Mojo Nixon
- Gary Numan
- Ozric Tentacles
- Astor Piazzolla
- Police
- Iggy Pop
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Stan Ridgway
- Root Boy Slim & The Sex Change Band
- 7Seconds
- Sham 69
- Shampoo
- Shivkumar Sharma
- Shok Paris
- Show Of Hands
- Silent Movies
- Siouxsie & The Banshees
- Single Gun Theory
- Slaughterhouse 5
- Squeeze
- T.S.O.L.
- Danny Tenaglia
- Three O'Clock
- Throbbing Gristle
- Timbuk3
- UXB
- Tom Verlaine
- Thomas "Fats" Waller
- Jane Wiedlin
- Wishbone Ash
- The Wrecks
- The Wrens
[edit] Key Releases
- David Lynch / Peter Ivers / Alvin Splet - Eraserhead
- Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad
- Wall Of Voodoo - Call Of The West
[edit] Biography
Founded by the brother of Police drummer Stewart Copeland, I.R.S. (or International Record Syndicate) was one of the biggest and most known indie labels of the punk/new wave era. They often distributed records from overseas labels as well and had a good reach, thanks to their deal with A&M (and later MCA). In 1994, EMI bought them, and closed the label in 1996.
