Relativity Records
Relativity Records , often also Relativity for short , is an American music label . It was founded in 1985 by Barry Kobrin in New York City .
history
After Kobrin had founded an import company called Important Record Distributors (IRD) in 1979, he has devoted himself to independent activities since 1983 . From 1985 it became Relativity Records. With its sister label Combat Records , the two labels were strongly represented in the metal and hardcore area. The most famous bands included Death , Exodus , Megadeth , Napalm Death , Impellitteri , Corrosion of Conformity , Circle Jerks , Murphy's Law , Jet Red , Joe Satriani , Shotgun Messiah , Scatterbrain , Scott Henderson , Sick of It All , Steve Vai , Stuart Hamm , Tigertailz , Dark Angel , Lucy's Fur Coat and Forbidden .
In the early 1990s, the label strived more into the mainstream area. Even hip-hop was now more strongly represented. So were u. a. Common , Three 6 Mafia , Hussein Fatal , MOP , The Beatnuts and Mac Mall . 50 percent of the shares were held by Sony Music .
Eventually the label was renamed Relativity Entertainment Distribution and was taken over entirely by Sony in 2007. It now acts as a RED distribution .