# Revolver Music > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Revolver_Music > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Revolver_Music.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_Music > Source revision: 1303946785 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Not to be confused with [Revolver Records](/source/Revolver_Records). **Revolver Music** was a British record label. It was created by Paul Birch in 1979 as a [guitar](/source/Guitar) music label. Its sister labels are [FM Records](/source/FM_Records) and [Heavy Metal Records](/source/Heavy_Metal_Records). ## History Revolver is best known for signing the [Manchester](/source/Manchester) band [the Stone Roses](/source/The_Stone_Roses), who released the "[Sally Cinnamon](/source/Sally_Cinnamon)" EP with Revolver under the **Black Records** imprint prior to reneging on their contract and moving to [Silvertone](/source/Silvertone_Records_(1980)) (part of the Zomba Group).[1][2] The Black Records label was a division of FM-Revolver that was initially created as an indie imprint to promote the Stone Roses, and later used for releases by [Crazyhead](/source/Crazyhead), [the Pleasureheads](/source/The_Pleasureheads) and [the Wild Flowers](/source/The_Wild_Flowers) amongst others. Revolver also signed artists such as [UK Subs](/source/UK_Subs) and [the Vibrators](/source/The_Vibrators), also releasing the first eponymous album by [Jane's Addiction](/source/Jane's_Addiction) in the UK.[3] Other artists released on Revolver include: - [Ausgang](/source/Ausgang) - [Bruce Cockburn](/source/Bruce_Cockburn) - [Be-Bop Deluxe](/source/Be-Bop_Deluxe) - [Karen Lawrence](/source/Karen_Lawrence_(singer-songwriter)) - [The Plasmatics](/source/The_Plasmatics) - [Francis X and the Bushmen](/source/Francis_X_and_the_Bushmen) - [Jayne County](/source/Jayne_County) (aka [Wayne County](/source/Wayne_County_%26_the_Electric_Chairs) - Tyla (From [Dogs D'Amour](/source/Dogs_D'Amour)) - [Peat Moss](/source/Peat_Moss) - [54-40](/source/54-40_(band)) - [Vain](/source/Vain_(band)) - [Tonic](/source/Tonic_(band)) - [Norman Connors](/source/Norman_Connors) - [Rose Royce](/source/Rose_Royce) - [Biomechanical](/source/Biomechanical_(band)) - [Babe Ruth Band](/source/Babe_Ruth_(band)) - [Madisuns](/source/Madisuns) - The OneThree ([Alex Lusty](/source/Alex_Lusty) and [Boz Boorer](/source/Boz_Boorer)) - Greenhaus - Elucidate Revolver is distributed by [Music Video Distributors](/source/Music_Video_Distributors) in the US and Canada, [Plastic Head Distribution](/source/Plastic_Head_Distribution) throughout the UK and Europe, and [Victor Entertainment](/source/Victor_Entertainment) in Japan. ## FM Records **FM Records** and Revolver Records were two labels in common ownership that came together to form **FM Revolver** (also **FM-Revolver Records**) in the 1980s. The FM label presented itself as FM Records, FM Coast to Coast, FM Dance and FM Revolver. The [label](/source/Record_label) was distributed by BMG Ariola Munich and in the UK by [BMG](/source/Bertelsmann_Music_Group) until 1991, from 1991 to 2000 by Sony Music Entertainment, from 2000 to 2009 by [Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group) and 2009 onwards by Plastic Head. The FM Label is best known for signing rock acts like [Magnum](/source/Magnum_(band)) which it established with the 1985 release "On a Storyteller's Night". It released several back catalogue albums belonging to the [Jet Records](/source/Jet_Records) label under license, the compilation album "[Mirador](/source/Mirador_(Magnum_album))" and box set "[Foundation](/source/Foundation_(box_set))". Other FM artists included [Adam Bomb](/source/Adam_Bomb_(musician)), [Asia](/source/Asia_(band)), [Atom Seed](/source/Atom_Seed), [Babe Ruth](/source/Babe_Ruth_(band)), [Cloven Hoof](/source/Cloven_Hoof_(band)), Dark Star, [Jack Green](/source/Jack_Green_(musician)), [James Young](/source/James_Young_(American_musician)), [King Kobra](/source/King_Kobra), Lisa Dominique, [the Macc Lads](/source/The_Macc_Lads), Marino, Multi-story, Pet Hate, [Rough Trade](/source/Rough_Trade_(band)), [Sofia Rotaru](/source/Sofia_Rotaru), [Steve Gaines](/source/Steve_Gaines), Tobruk, Torino, Tradia, [UFO](/source/UFO_(band)), [White Sister](/source/White_Sister_(band)) and [Wrathchild](/source/Wrathchild). Its Jazz releases notably include Alvin Davis; other signings include [Sister Sledge](/source/Sister_Sledge), Cecilia Ray and Val Grant to its FM Dance imprint. FM Records today continues under the Revolver label. ## Heavy Metal Records **Heavy Metal Records** is the sister label to Revolver Records. Starting out in 1978, Heavy Metal Records came before Revolver. Revolver Records only came about due to HMR's success, where the label wanted to branch out and explore diverse types of guitar music.[citation needed] HMR has operated-under the following labels: Heavy Metal Records, Heavy Metal America, Heavy Metal Worldwide. ## References 1. [NME – 17 March 1990](http://www.pdmcauley.co.uk/NMEMar90.htm). Pdmcauley.co.uk (17 March 1990). Retrieved 2012-05-28. 1. ["Record label photograph – The Stone Roses: "Sally Cinnamon""](http://www.john-squire.com/discography/tsr/sallycinnamon_uk_12/sally_detail_a.jpg). John-squire.com. Retrieved 2013-03-02. 1. [Entertainment and Leisure](http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-gigs-middlesbrough/2004/01/23/soundspin-84229-13849194/). Gazettelive.co.uk (11 August 2009). Retrieved 2012-05-28. ## External links - [FM Revolver](http://fmrevolverrecords.com) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Revolver Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_Music) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_Music?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.