- The Militia Group
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The Militia Group Founded 1998 Country of origin USA Location Long Beach, California Official Website Official site The Militia Group is an independent record company based in Long Beach, California.
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History
The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. Rory Felton and Chad Pearson partnered in 2000 to turn the booking agency into a record company. Both Pearson and Rory Felton had previous experience with independent labels and artists; Pearson working at Tooth & Nail Records in Seattle, WA and Rory Felton co-operating Arise Records in Kansas City. Arise released titles including first The Juliana Theory release, Dawson High, Tijuana Crime Scene, The National Arobat, Reflector and Recess Theory. In 2000, Chad Pearson teamed up with Rory Felton to turn the agency into an independent record label based out of Huntington Beach, CA. By January 2001, the label had signed Rufio, The Lyndsay Diaries, Tora! Tora! Torrance!, Veronica, and Noise Ratchet. Within the next year Copeland, The Rocket Summer, The Beautiful Mistake, and Acceptance joined the fold.
By 2002, the label had sold its first 100,000 albums with its first release: Rufio's 'Perhaps, I Suppose...', and was operating out of offices in Anaheim, CA. By 2004, as the label moved operations from Anaheim, CA to Garden Grove, CA. In early 2007, Pearson left TMG to start a company called P is for Panda. 2007 saw albums released by Denison Witmer, The New Frontiers, Chase Pagan, and We Shot The Moon. By 2008, the label had sold over 1,400,000 albums.
The label may be best known for developing the artist Cartel, for whom The Militia Group released 'The Ransom EP' and 'Chroma.' The 'Chroma' title has sold over 1,030,000 singles, 255,000 albums (according to Soundscan) and was acquired by Sony Music's Epic Records.
The last few years also saw releases from France's Tahiti 80, Juliette and The Licks (featuring actress Juliette Lewis), Everybody Else, Driving East and The Summer Set.
Distribution
Distribution is handled on a territory by territory basis by:
United States: Razor & Tie RED Distribution
Canada: SonyBMG
Japan: Militia JPN
Australia & New Zealand: Militia AUS Taperjean
Korea: Ales Music
Taiwan: White Wabbit
Germany / Austria / Switzerland: Hart Distribution
The Netherlands: Sonic Rendezvous
France: Nocturne
UK: Plastic Head
Scandinavia Bad Taste RecordsRoster
Current Artists
- The Appleseed Cast
- Backseat Goodbye
- Brandtson
- Chase Pagan
- Denison Witmer
- Driving East
- The Jealous Sound
- Jill Cunniff
- Jonathan Jones
- Lakes
- Let Go
- Mercy Mercedes
- Mobile
- Rufio
- One for the Team
- Quietdrive
- The Panic Division
- Sights and Sounds
- Tahiti 80
- The Urgency
Former Artists
- Acceptance (Disbanded 2006)
- Anadivine
- The Beautiful Mistake (On hiatus)
- Big Collapse
- Blueprint Car Crash
- Cartel (Active, currently on Wind-up Records)
- The Class of 98 (Active, currently without a label)
- Controlling the Famous (Disbanded 2007)
- Copeland (Disbanded 2010)
- Everybody Else
- Fielding
- Juliette and the Licks (Disbanded 2009)
- The Holy Fire (Active)
- The Lyndsay Diaries
- Lovedrug
- Man Alive (Active, currently on B& Recordings)
- Noise Ratchet
- The New Frontiers (Inactive)
- The Rocket Summer (Active, currently with Island Def Jam Records)
- Reeve Oliver (Active, currently on Apple Danish Records)
- Ronnie Day (Active, currently on Simplify Music)
- The Summer Set (Active, currently on Razor and Tie Entertainment)
- Tora! Tora! Torrance!
- Umbrellas (Active, currently without a label)
- Veronica
- We Shot the Moon (Active, currently on Afternoon Records)
References
External links
Categories:- American independent record labels
- Record labels established in 1998
- Alternative rock record labels
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