| Record company founded in 1966 by Seymour Stein, who was 24 at the time. First acts included Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack.
"Took a chance" on punk by signing the Ramones. Signed a distribution deal with Time Warner in '76 and was assimilated by the Borg in '80.
Home to such as:13th Floor Elevators,Dead Boys,Echo and the Bunnymen,Ginger Baker,Madonna,Ministry,Replacements,Talking Heads,Voidoids. | 
