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The Record Company

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Years active
  
2011–present

Labels
  
Concord

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Origin
  
Los Angeles, California, United States

Genres
  
Rock and roll rock blues rock

Website
  
www.therecordcompany.net

Members
  
Chris Vos Alex Stiff Marc Cazorla

Albums
  
Give It Back To You, Superdead, Feels So Good

Profiles

The record company off the ground official music video


The Record Company is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles. Their music is influenced by blues musicians like John Lee Hooker, early punk bands like The Stooges, and rock bands like The Rolling Stones. Their sound incorporates slide guitar, distorted bass, a Ludwig drum kit and the vocals of Chris Vos, who grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm.

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The three-man group started in late 2011, hanging up old microphones and recording live in the bass player's living room in Los Feliz, California. The Record Company have since played concert halls across North America, opening for acts as diverse as B.B. King, Social Distortion, Buddy Guy, Grace Potter, and Trombone Shorty. The band toured Europe supporting Blackberry Smoke in late 2015.

Their first full-length album Give It Back to You was released on Concord Records on February 12, 2016. Its lead single "Off the Ground" reached #1 on the US Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart. The band has received critical acclaim from Entertainment Weekly, Paste, The Huffington Post, and Rolling Stone.

Rolling Stone also included The Record Company in their April 2016 list of "10 New Artists You Need to Know."

Give It Back to You was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album in the 2017 Grammy Awards, losing to The Last Days of Oakland by Fantastic Negrito.

The record company rita mae young official music video


Band members

  • Chris Vos – vocals, guitars, lap steel, pedal steel, harmonica
  • Alex Stiff – bass, guitars, piano, vocals
  • Marc Cazorla – drums, piano, vocals
  • Singles

    Vinyl singles and EPs
  • "Don't Let Me Get Lonely"/"Born Unnamed" vinyl 7" single self-released March 2012
  • "This Crooked City"/"Tallahassee Lassie" vinyl 7" single released May 2012 by Turntable Kitchen
  • Superdead EP – released July 17, 2012
  • Covers EP – released November 28, 2012
  • Feels So Good EP – released November 19, 2013
  • Feels So Good EP Vinyl Edition (Kill/Hurt Records). Limited edition 180-gram gold vinyl featuring 3 unreleased extended length tracks, released March 24, 2014
  • Appearances in media

  • Their cover of The O'Jays' "Love Train" was featured in a 2012 Coors Light commercial
  • "Feels So Good" was featured in USA's Suits in S3E05 (August 13, 2013)
  • "Ain't Love Warm" was featured in USA's Suits in S3E05 (August 13, 2013) and S3E10 (September 17, 2013)
  • "Feels So Good" featured in the theatrical trailer for Last Vegas (2013)
  • "Baby I'm Broken" was featured in CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in Season 14, Episode 15: "Love for Sale" (February 19, 2014)
  • "Rita Mae Young" featured in the BBC America show Orphan Black S2E04 - "Governed as It Were by Chance" (May 10, 2014)
  • "Off the Ground" appears in a Miller Lite commercial, March 2015
  • "Don't Let Me Get Lonely", "Feels So Good", and "In the Mood for You" featured in Showtime's Shameless
  • "I Want Change" featured in ABC's Nashville
  • On March 7, 2016 The Record Company appeared on Conan, performing "Off The Ground" from their album Give It Back to You.
  • Songs

    Rita Mae YoungGive It Back To You · 2016
    Off The GroundGive It Back To You · 2016
    Feels So GoodGive It Back To You · 2016

    References

    The Record Company Wikipedia