Bob Biggs, the 74-year-old founder of Los Angeles independent label Slash Records, died on Saturday morning due to complications from his long battle suffering from Lewy body dementia, according to Slash’s former publicist Susan Clary. He is survived by his wife, Kim, and his son, Monty.
A visual artist born in Whittier, California, Biggs worked with punk rock magazine Slash, published by Steve Samiof, Melanie Nissen, Claude Bessy and Philomena, in 1997 before founding Slash Records in 1978, an independent label that originally specialized in local Los Angeles punk rock bands and launched the careers of seminal bands Germs and X.
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A visual artist born in Whittier, California, Biggs worked with punk rock magazine Slash, published by Steve Samiof, Melanie Nissen, Claude Bessy and Philomena, in 1997 before founding Slash Records in 1978, an independent label that originally specialized in local Los Angeles punk rock bands and launched the careers of seminal bands Germs and X.
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- 10/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Bob Biggs, the 74-year-old founder of Los Angeles independent label Slash Records, died on Saturday morning due to complications from his long battle suffering from Lewy body dementia, according to Slash’s former publicist Susan Clary. He is survived by his wife, Kim, and his son, Monty.
A visual artist born in Whittier, California, Biggs worked with punk rock magazine Slash, published by Steve Samiof, Melanie Nissen, Claude Bessy and Philomena, in 1997 before founding Slash Records in 1978, an independent label that originally specialized in local Los Angeles punk rock bands and launched the careers of seminal bands Germs and X.
In ...
A visual artist born in Whittier, California, Biggs worked with punk rock magazine Slash, published by Steve Samiof, Melanie Nissen, Claude Bessy and Philomena, in 1997 before founding Slash Records in 1978, an independent label that originally specialized in local Los Angeles punk rock bands and launched the careers of seminal bands Germs and X.
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- 10/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bob Biggs, who founded one of the most influential punk rock labels of the 20th century, died in Tehachapi, Calif. after a long illness, according to his former publicist. He was 74.
Biggs founded the Los Angeles-based Slash Records label in 1978 by issuing the “Lexicon Devil” 7-inch by The Germs. There followed a string of notable recordings issued by the label, including X, Dream Syndicate, Faith No More, The Blasters, Violent Femmes, Fear, The Germs, L7, and Los Lobos.
Biggs was the head of the company until its end in 1996. It was one of the most successful independent record labels of the era, eventually being acquired by Warner Music Group, with which it had a longtime distribution deal.
Originally started as an offshoot of a punk rock fan magazine, which stopped in 1980 as its founding members drifted into other projects, Slash was sold to London Records in 1986. In 2000, after a series of corporate mergers,...
Biggs founded the Los Angeles-based Slash Records label in 1978 by issuing the “Lexicon Devil” 7-inch by The Germs. There followed a string of notable recordings issued by the label, including X, Dream Syndicate, Faith No More, The Blasters, Violent Femmes, Fear, The Germs, L7, and Los Lobos.
Biggs was the head of the company until its end in 1996. It was one of the most successful independent record labels of the era, eventually being acquired by Warner Music Group, with which it had a longtime distribution deal.
Originally started as an offshoot of a punk rock fan magazine, which stopped in 1980 as its founding members drifted into other projects, Slash was sold to London Records in 1986. In 2000, after a series of corporate mergers,...
- 10/17/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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