Roswell Records

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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]

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  1. ^ "Foo Fighters perform under different name, remain badass". Alternative Press. September 11, 2014. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Foo Fighters". Contemporary Musicians. 2004. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Foo Fighters, spaceships and aliens--oh my!". Chicago Tribune. June 21, 2005. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Wilkinson, Carl (April 10, 2011). "Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018. 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 (July 4, 2017). "23 Years Ago: Foo Fighters Emerge With Debut Album". Loudwire. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Snider, Mike (July 6, 2015). "Not even broken bones can stop Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  7. ^ Rolling Stone (May 1, 2012). "Dave Grohl Reveals Details on 'Sound City' Documentary". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.


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