Attic Records was a Canadian

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

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''Toronto Star'' - Toronto, Ont. By Peter Howell Jan 7, 1995 Page: J.12 founded in 1974 by Alexander Mair and Tom Williams. The label was known for developing Canadian talent, including

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, Lee Aaron, Maestro Fresh Wes, The Nylons, Teenage Head, and Triumph. The company was also active in distributing international acts not affiliated with a major label, most successfully with

Jennifer Warnes Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter who has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet " Up Where We Belong", and in 1987 fo ...

"Weird Al" Yankovic Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing Comedy music, comedy songs that often Parody music, parody specific songs by contempo ...

Katrina and the Waves Katrina and the Waves were a British Rock music, rock band formed in Cambridge in 1981, widely known for their 1985 hit "Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves song), Walking on Sunshine". They won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the ...

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. Attic Records ceased to exist as an independent company in 1999, when it was bought by a consortium headed by Allan Gregg and merged with TMP (The Music Publisher) and Oasis Entertainment Distribution to form The Song Corporation. The Attic label briefly continued to exist as a subsidiary of The Song Corporation, but within months of its acquisition, the label name was changed to "Song Recordings". The Song Corporation filed for bankruptcy in May 2001. Attic's Canadian catalog and masters are now owned by

Unidisc Music Unidisc Music is a Canadian independent record label. The label is known for releasing rare music, that was made between the mid-1960s and late 1980s. Genres include rock music, rock, electronic music, electronic, funk, Soul music, soul, hip hop ...

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Aaron Carter Aaron Charles Carter (December 7, 1987November 5, 2022) was an American singer and rapper. He came to fame as a teen pop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among preteen and teenage audiences during the first years of th ...

* Adrian Zmed *

* Lee Aaron *Blind Vengeance *Body Electric * The Bop Cats * Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass * Coal Chamber * Sara Craig *

(Canada only, 1997–99) * Downchild Blues Band * Shirley Eikhard * Fludd * The Frantics * Fun Factory * Patsy Gallant *

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* Goddo * Hagood Hardy * Haywire * House of Pain * The Irish Rovers *Jazmin *Jennifer Warnes * Jerry Cantrell * Michaele Jordana *

Junkie XL Tom Holkenborg (born 8 December 1967), also known as Junkie XL, is a Dutch composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, producer, and engineer. Originally known for his trance productions, he has moved to producing electronica and big beat music and fil ...

*Judas Priest * Kamahl *

*Ken Tobias *

Killer Dwarfs Killer Dwarfs (stylized as KiLLeR DWaRfS) is a Canadian hard rock band that formed in late 1981 in Oshawa, Ontario, and enjoyed moderate success in their native Canada in the 1980s. The band is known for its offbeat sense of humour (all band m ...

* Klaatu * Life of Agony * The Lincolns founded by Prakash John * Lio *M-Appeal * Machine Head * MacLean & MacLean * Maestro Fresh Wes *

Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. Kilmister was the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band a ...

* Dutch Mason * Belinda Metz *Digital Underground * Elton Motello * The Nylons * The Orb * The Bopcats * Plastic Bertrand * Queen of the Stones Age *Raggadeath *

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*Rita Coolidge *Ron Nigrini *Run DMC * Annie Ryan *

Secret Service A secret service is a government agency, intelligence agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data. The tasks and powers of a secret service can vary greatly from one country to another. For i ...

* Sepultura * Skee-lo * Slipknot *

The Soft Boys The Soft Boys were an English rock band led by guitarist Robyn Hitchcock. The band formed in 1976 in Cambridge, England and released two albums before disbanding in 1981. Though the Soft Boys’ initial career was brief, their style of psyched ...

* Soulfly * Teenage Head *

George Thorogood George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Al ...

* Ken Tobias * Toyah * Triumph *Type O Negative * Wayne County & the Electric Chairs *

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* Jesse Winchester * Rick Worrall *

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