- Slaughter Joe
Slaughter Joe aka Joe Foster (born Joseph James Foster) is a musical artist, record producer, historian, and former child actor.
Along with
Alan McGee and Dick Green, he had formedCreation Records in 1983. He set up theKaleidoscope Sound label in the mid-1980s, and Creation's subsidiary labelRev-Ola Records in the early 1990s. McGee, Foster and Green were also in the bandBiff Bang Pow . Foster was a member ofThe Television Personalities and had played in numerous other bands. Besides using the moniker of "Slaughter Joe", he has recorded under "Slaughter" and "The Slaughter King"Musical History
As Slaughter Joe and the Modern Folk Quintet, he released "All Around My Hobby Horse's Head" in 1986 on Kaleidoscope Sound. In 1990, saw the release "Pied Piper of Feedback" on Creation Records. In 2003, he put out "Zé Do Caixão" which is a compilation of his past work on Rev-Ola featuring Dave Musker (ex-
Television Personalities andThe Jasmine Minks ), Tony Barber (ex-Buzzcocks ) and Francis Sweeney (fromThe June Brides ). The tracks were remastered from the original tapescite web | url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/revola/artists/slaughterjoe.htm | title= Slaughter Joe's Page on Rev-Ola Records' website] .Production Work
Foster is noted for producing the
The Jesus and Mary Chain 's debut single, 'Upside Down' in 1984, Primal Scream's "All Fall Down" single in 1985, and My Bloody Valentine's "The New Record by My Bloody Valentine " Ep in 1986, which was also his first release on Kaleidoscope Sound. He also produced records for the X-Men,The Jasmine Minks , The Loft, Felt,The Sea Urchins , The Bounty Hunters, Dave Kusworth,18 Wheeler ,Razorcuts ,I, Ludicrous , Captain Soul among others cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Joe+Foster | title= Joe Foster entry at Discog.com] .Rev-Ola Records
Foster formed
Rev-Ola Records , which primarily re-issues cult records by the likes ofFred Neil andYma Sumac . He continues to run the label, which is currently a part of theCherry Red group. He has recently worked with and has released records byEugene Kelly , BMX Bandits, Norman Blake,The Fine Arts Showcase ,Zoe , Control Freak,The Cake ,Roger Nicholls and a Small Circle of Friends ,Evie Sands ,The Wondermints ,The Ecstasy of St. Theresa ,The Telescopes andThe Brian Jonestown Massacre andRichard Olsen cite web | url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/revola/artists.htm | title= Artists on Rev-Ola Records] .References
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