Wild Rags Records
| Wild Rags Records | |
|---|---|
| Active years | 1987-1999 |
| founder | Ricardo Campos |
| Seat |
Montebello ,
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| Genre (s) | Death Metal , Grindcore |
Wild Rags Records was an American music label from California that was founded by Ricardo Campos in the late 1980s, and was particularly active in the 1990s. A record shop was also run under the same name. Campos had a reputation for being a “rip-off”, but his release policy in the area of Death Metal meant that bands of this genre could release their albums from around 1994, although other styles were in trend at the time. In parallel to the sound carriers, the label also published a monthly newsletter under the name "The Wild Rag".
An official end of the label was not announced, the continuous releases on Discogs end in 1999 - followed by one more in 2005 and two in 2014. In an interview with the online magazine metal-rules.com , Patrick Ranieri from Hellwitch reported that Ricardo Campos had tax debts with the US agency IRS and was sentenced to a prison term, but this may have evaded by fleeing to Mexico. At an auction of the goods, the band Sadistic Intent took over a substantial part of the warehouse and then opened their own record shop.
Publications (selection)
Albums
- 1988: Bloodlust - Terminal Velocity
- 1990: Arcane - Destination Unknown
- 1990: Blasphemy - Fallen Angel Of Doom ....
- 1990: Blood - Impulse To Destroy
- 1990: Dorsal Atlântica - Searching For The Light
- 1990: Gammacide - Victims Of Science
- 1990: Hellwitch - Syzygial Miscreancy
- 1990: Hexx - Watery Graves
- 1991: Morgion - Rabid Decay
- 1991: Nuclear Death - Carrion For Worm
- 1992: Impetigo - Horror Of The Zombies
- 1992: Order from Chaos - Stillbirth Machine
- 1992: Unholy - Trip To Depressive Autumn
- 1993: Misery - Astern Diabolus
- 1993: Mordicus - Wrathorn
- 1994: Emperor - Wrath of the Tyrant ( re-release , MC )
- 1994: Inverted - Revocation Of The Beast
- 1995: Behemoth - … From the Pagan Vastlands
- 1995: Funeral - Tristese
- 1996: Centinex - Malleus Maleficarum
EP
- 1989: Jersey Dogs - Don't Worry, Get Angry!
- 1990: Sadistic Intent - Impending Doom
- 1992: Necrophobic - The Call
- 1992: Sigh - Requiem For Fools
- 1994: Internal Bleeding - Perpetual Degradation
- 1995: Deeds of Flesh - Gradually Melted
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus: Metal Inquisition: Metal Inquisition History Lesson: I Was In The Wild Rags Street Team. In: metalinquisition.blogspot.de. February 27, 2008, accessed January 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Mike Abominator: Call from the Grave: Wild Rags Records (A True Story.) ( Memento December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: metalmaniacs.com . October 14, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Carlos Ramirez: Interview: Jason Netherton (Asphalt Graves, Misery Index, Dying Fetus). In: noecho.net. July 5, 2016, accessed January 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Jon Albjerg: Hellwitch: At Rest. In: bibzoom.dk. November 14, 2017, accessed January 7, 2018 (Danish).
- ↑ Mike Gunderloy: The Wild Rag is ... In: Factsheet Five . Issues 43-44, 1991, pp. 12 (English, full text / preview in the Google book search).
- ^ Luxi Lahtinen: Patrick Ranieri from the legendary Hellwitch ( Memento from September 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In: metal-rules.com . May 10, 2006 (English).