Roswell Records

Roswell Records is an imprint of RCA Records,[1] founded in 1995 by Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. As of 2004, it is based in New York, NY.[2] It was named after the UFO incident that occurred in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Grohl chose the name because of his interest in UFOs, despite never having been to Roswell.[3] The label was originally set up by Capitol Records as a holding company to retain the rights to Grohl's post-Nirvana music.[4][2] Roswell's first release was the Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album in 1995. The gun on the album's cover is partly intended as a reference to the outer space theme associated with the names of both Roswell Records and the Foo Fighters.[4][5] As of 2015, Grohl is president of Roswell Records, which still owns and licenses all of the Foo Fighters' music.[6] The imprint also has a film subsidiary, Roswell Films, which distributed Grohl's 2013 documentary film Sound City.[7]

References
  1. "Foo Fighters perform under different name, remain badass". Alternative Press. 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  2. "Foo Fighters". Contemporary Musicians. 2004. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  3. "Foo Fighters, spaceships and aliens--oh my!". Chicago Tribune. 2005-06-21. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  4. Wilkinson, Carl (2011-04-10). "Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2018-07-16. When he formed Foo Fighters, Grohl set up Roswell Records as a holding company for the band's entire music catalogue, which is then licensed to a record company for a six- to seven-year period at a time.
  5. Childers, Chad (2017-07-04). "23 Years Ago: Foo Fighters Emerge With Debut Album". Loudwire. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  6. Snider, Mike (2015-07-06). "Not even broken bones can stop Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  7. Rolling Stone (2012-05-01). "Dave Grohl Reveals Details on 'Sound City' Documentary". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-07-16.


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