Relativity Records C/D S/D?

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The other day I was looking at my until-recently-unplayable record collection and I saw that I owned a Thelonious Monster album, a Bleached Black album and Learn to Whap-A-Dang With The Raunch Hands, all on Relativity Records. My first question is: were these acts any good, or do I only own these records because back in the day I knew somebody who took an album cover photo or dated a band member or did PR for the label? Second question, what other acts were on Relativity?

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 22 April 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Defenstration was on Relativity, I think. The only reason I know of them is because it was Tyson from Chainsaw Kittens' first band.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 22 April 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

the beatnuts - intoxicated demons & street level
mad cobra, johnny p

― mucho, Friday, 22 April 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

robyn hitchcock was on or distributed by relativity for a while

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 22 April 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

Carried some Creation stuff for a while, also did the last rerelease of the last six T. Rex albums before the Edsel reissues.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 22 April 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

This is one of those indie superlabels (like Enigma) that means vastly differently things to different people; in the metal trenches, Relativity was huge. Maybe Thelonious Monster got the big push at New Music Seminar, but I have to believe the label's bread and butter was metal and hardcore bands signed through Combat:

Agent Steel
Agnostic Front
Accused
Megadeth
Impaler
Possessed
Raven
Forced Entry
GBH
Exodus
Dark Angel

Aw shoot, I ain't got all day...

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Friday, 22 April 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

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