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- Bob Biggs was an artist who became involved in the 1970s with an L.A. punk rock magazine called Slash. He then founded the record label in 1978 and it became home to such seminal L.A. bands as The Germs, X, The Blasters and Los Lobos. Biggs would soon branch out of L.A. to add bands such as Violent Femmes, Dream Syndicate and Faith No More.
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Oct 19, 2020 · Bob Biggs, a larger-than-life Los Angeles entrepreneur and painter who harnessed the energy of the Los Angeles punk scene to create the essential independent label Slash Records, died on...
Oct 19, 2020 · Bob Biggs, the 74-year-old founder of Los Angeles independent label Slash Records, died on Saturday morning (Oct. 17) due to complications from his long battle suffering from Lewy body...
Oct 18, 2020 · Slash Records Leader Bob Biggs Dies at 74; Label Brought Los Lobos, X, Violent Femmes to Fame. By Chris Morris. Bob Biggs, who led the upstart Los Angeles punk rock label Slash...
Slash Records; Parent company: Independent (1978–1996) PolyGram (1996–2000) Warner Music Group (2000-present) Founded: 1978: Founder: Bob Biggs: Defunct: 2000: Status: Dormant: Distributor(s) Reprise/Warner Records (United States/Canada) London Records (1986–2000; international) Rhino Entertainment Company (reissues) Genre
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Oct 17, 2020 · October 17, 2020 4:02pm. Randy Haecker/Facebook. Bob Biggs, who founded one of the most influential punk rock labels of the 20th century, died in Tehachapi, Calif. after a long illness,...
Oct 29, 2020 · Oct. 29, 2020. Bob Biggs, who sensed opportunity in the Mohawk-filled mosh pits of the Los Angeles punk movement in the late 1970s and founded Slash Records, which became one of the most...
Oct 17, 2020 · October 17, 2020. Bob Biggs, who helped put Los Angeles punk on the map with his independent label Slash Records, has died, according to Deadline. He was 74. Biggs launched Slash Records...
