- Mojo Records
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Mojo Records Parent company Jive Founded 1995 Founder Jay Rifkin Status Inactive Distributor(s) BMG (2001-2004)
Universal (1996-2001)Genre Ska
Punk
Alternative rockCountry of origin United States Location Santa Monica, California Official Website Mojo at Zomba Label Group.com Mojo Records was a California-based record label founded in 1995 by producer Jay Rifkin. It became a joint venture with Universal Music Group in 1996 and then sold to the Zomba Group in 2001, who placed it under their subsidiary Jive Records.[1] The label has been largely inactive since Zomba was purchased and restructured under BMG in 2003, save for a few reissues of older material.
Artists and albums
- Admiral Twin (alternative rock)
- Mock Heroic (2000)
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies (rock/ska/swing)
- Zoot Suit Riot (1997)
- Soul Caddy (2000)
- The Ernies (alternative rock/ska punk)
- Meson Ray (1999)
- Factory 81 (Nu-metal)
- Mankind (1999)
- Goldfinger (ska punk/pop punk)
- Goldfinger (1996)
- Stomping Ground (2000)
- Foot in Mouth (2001)
- Open Your Eyes (2002)
- Best of Goldfinger (2005)
- Pilfers (ska/rock)
- Chawalaleng (1999)
- Reel Big Fish (ska punk)
- Turn the Radio Off (1996)
- Why Do They Rock So Hard? (1998)
- Cheer Up! (2002)
- Favorite Noise (2002)
- We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy (2005)
- Weston (pop punk)
- The Massed Albert Sounds (2000)
- White Hot Odyssey (glam rock)
- White Hot Odyssey (2004)
See also
References
Current labels Battery · F. Hammond Music · Fo Yo Soul · Jive · Jive Electro · LaFace · Mojo · New Life · Quiet Water · Verity · Volcano · SilvertoneFormer labels Air · Battery · Bruton · Conifer · EBUL · Form & Function · Internal Affairs · Jive Afrika · Jive House · Music for Nations · Pepper · Trademark · Violator · Worx · X-Over · Zed Beat · So So Def · GospoCentricNotable artists BatteryGS Boyz · TonéxJiveLaFaceSilvertoneSo So DefVolcanoTool · 'Weird Al' YankovicZomba GospelPersonnel Related Articles Categories:- American record labels
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- Admiral Twin (alternative rock)
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