Distort Entertainment

Distort Entertainment
Founded	2002 (2002)
Founder	Greg Below
Genre	hardcore punk
Country of origin	Canada
Location	Toronto, Ontario
Official Website	teamdistort.com

Distort Entertainment is a Canadian independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada^[1]. The label specializes in hardcore punk bands such as Alexisonfire and Cancer Bats and metal bands such as Johnny Truant, but also represents lighter music with its sister division (Distort Light) such as Bend Sinister.

History

Formed by Greg Below, (concert promoter and owner of Distort Productions) and Mitch Joel, (music journalist and publicist) in early 2002, Distort began by producing New Jersey's Step Kings' third release, 3 The Hard Way. The label's slogan "Listen Harder" was soon formed and showed Distort's specialization in heavy music.

In 2002, Below's full time employment as a studio manager with EMI publishing Canada later helped to jump start Distort by opening the door to a distribution partnership with EMI Music Canada. Although Distort is admired for its independence in the industry, it wanted to be associated with the well respected quality for which EMI had become known.^[2]

Now quite established, Distort Entertainment is a well-known Canadian label, and back some of the most respected bands in the heavy music industry.

Artists/bands represented

• A Textbook Tragedy
• Alexisonfire
• Architects
• Bend Sinister
• The Bronx
• The Bled
• Cancer Bats
• Comeback Kid
• Dead and Divine
• Damn 13
• The End
• Johnny Truant
• Lower Than Atlantis
• Savannah
• Shaped by Fate
• Bury Tomorrow - Canadian Distribution
• Straight Reads The Line

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. ^ Distort Entertainment Location
2. ^ http://metal-rules.com/interviews/distortent.htm Metal Rules Interview With Mitch Joel

External links

• Official Distort Webpage
• Official Myspace site

Music of Canada portal