Radioactive Records was an American

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. It was formed as a joint venture between

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Gary Kurfirst (who managed such acts as the

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and Deborah Harry) and

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, and it is now out of business. Its catalogue is now owned by

Geffen Records Geffen Records (formerly The David Geffen Company from 1980 to 1992 and Geffen Records Inc. from 1993 to 2004) is an American record label, founded in late 1980 by David Geffen. Originally a music subsidiary of the company known as Geffen Pi ...

and licensed through

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. Acts on the label included

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, Black Grape, the

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, and Angelfish ( Shirley Manson—Manson joined

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courtesy of Gary Kurfirst). The band Pray TV from

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, Australia, and British group Cooler Than Jesus (featuring Simon White, who later played in Brit-pop band

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) were also signed by the label in the early 1990s. Radioactive released the original

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for the nineteenth

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film, ''

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'', as well as the single of the title track, which was a massive hit throughout Europe. In 1997, Kurfirst formed a related label, Radiouniverse, as a joint venture with

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. It debuted with albums from Radio Iodine and Dig, bands that were formerly signed to Radioactive. Other acts signed to the label included The Devlins and Tyzle Fly. The Ramones catalogue, which was distributed by

EMI EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...

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around the world except US and Canada, is owned by

Parlophone Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 1923 as the Parloph ...

(division of

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) except US and Canada, where it is owned by Geffen and UMe.

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