Earache Hits 20 Years Of Age
February 7, 2007, 17 years ago
Earache.com is reporting:
You may/may not be aware but 2007 marks Earache's 20th Anniversary. 2O years of total noise and its still coming...to mark the anniversary we have a number of interesting things coming up:
1. The 'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion' box set in April - 6 CD Set with over 100 tracks for a cheap price
2. The 'Earache: Extreme Metal Racing' PS2 game now released - Earache is the only label with a PS2 game dedicated to it.
3. The Napalm Death 'Scum' dual disc release in March - THE pivotal Earache release and the one that in many ways started the label on the path to notoriety and legendary status
4. Sanctuary are issuing a special compilation 'Grind Your Mind' In recognition of the genre packed with Earache artists.
5. The 'Choosing Death' book - still being reprinted, the definitive story of Earache and how the label invented grindcore and influenced Death Metal.
“Certainly its shocked me” says Dan Tobin, Label Manager “looking back at the variety of names that we have championed in the past, often taking a chance on a band years before they became fashionable or influential - but a roll call does read like a who's who of extreme and alternative music."
