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Fiction Records

2010-11-18T00:01:24Z

Fiction:

'''Fiction Records''' was a label created by Cary Baker, a Chicago music journalist (Creem, Trouser Press, Chicago Reader, Bomp!, Illinois Entertainer) in [[1977]]. It was launched in Baker's college apartment in DeKalb, IL and later moved to East Rogers Park. The first 45 was by Bun E. Carlos' friends Rockford powerpop band The Names ("Why Can't It Be" b/w "Baby You're a Fool"). [[Wazmo Nariz]] released both a single ("Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout") and an EP (The EP) on Fiction. (Wazmo was soon picked up first by Stiff Records U.K. and then signed to I.R.S. Records, joining Skafish as the label's first U.S. artist.) L.A. band Tremors featuring Bomp! Records employee Dave Roeder released a Fiction single ("Tonight's My Night"). Finally, Larry Rand broke the powerpop orientation with his solo folk/comedy "Skokie Blues" b/w "Dust Up His Nose," which received airplay on WXRT. Fiction also distributed a lo-fi indie single by a Joliet singer/pianist named Chris Tolin. When Baker walked into [[Wax Trax]] in [[1981]] to be told by Jim Nash that Nash really dug the new Cure single (on an unrelated British label called Fiction), Baker decided it was time to shift gears. He returned to journalism, and in [[1984]] moved to Los Angeles to work for I.R.S. Records. Today he operates [http://www.conqueroo.com Conqueroo.]

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Fiction Records

2010-11-18T00:00:57Z

Fiction:

'''Fiction Records''' was a label created by Cary Baker, a Chicago music journalist (Creem, Trouser Press, Chicago Reader, Bomp!, Illinois Entertainer) in [[1977]]. It was launched in Baker's college apartment in DeKalb, IL and later moved to East Rogers Park. The first 45 was by Bun E. Carlos' friends Rockford powerpop band The Names ("Why Can't It Be" b/w "Baby You're a Fool"). [[Wazmo Nariz]] released both a single ("Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout") and an EP (The EP) on Fiction. (Wazmo was soon picked up first by Stiff Records U.K. and then signed to I.R.S. Records, joining Skafish as I.R.S.'s first U.S. artist.) L.A. band Tremors featuring Bomp! Records employee Dave Roeder released a Fiction single ("Tonight's My Night"). Finally, Larry Rand broke the powerpop orientation with his solo folk/comedy "Skokie Blues" b/w "Dust Up His Nose," which received airplay on WXRT. Fiction also distributed a lo-fi indie single by a Joliet singer/pianist named Chris Tolin. When Baker walked into [[Wax Trax]] in [[1981]] to be told by Jim Nash that Nash really dug the new Cure single (on an unrelated British label called Fiction), Baker decided it was time to shift gears. He returned to journalism, and in [[1984]] moved to Los Angeles to work for I.R.S. Records. Today he operates [http://www.conqueroo.com Conqueroo.]

[[Category:Record Labels]]
[[Category:Dekalb]]

Fiction Records

2010-11-17T23:53:05Z

Fiction:

'''Fiction Records''' was a label created by Cary Baker, a Chicago music journalist (Creem, Trouser Press, Chicago Reader, Bomp!, Illinois Entertainer) in [[1977]]. It was launched in Baker's college apartment in DeKalb, IL and later moved to East Rogers Park. The first 45 was by Bun E. Carlos' friends Rockford powerpop band The Names ("Why Can't It Be" b/w "Baby You're a Fool"). [[Wazmo Nariz]] released both a single ("Tele-tele-telephone" b/w "Gadabout") and an EP (The EP) on Fiction. L.A. band Tremors featuring Bomp! Records employee Dave Roeder released a single ("Tonight's My Night"). Finally, Larry Rand broke the powerpop orientation with his solo folk/comedy "Skokie Blues" b/w "Dust Up His Nose," which received airplay at the time on WXRT. Fiction also distributed a lo-fi indie single by a Joliet singer/pianist named Chris Tolin. When Baker walked into [[Wax Trax]] in [[1981]] to be told by Jim Nash that Nash really dug the new Cure single (on an unrelated British label called Fiction), Baker decided it was time to shift gears. He returned to journalism, and in [[1984]] moved to Los Angeles to work for I.R.S. Records. Today he operates [http://www.conqueroo.com Conqueroo.]

[[Category:Record Labels]]
[[Category:Dekalb]]

Fiction Records

2010-11-17T23:52:25Z

Fiction:

'''Fiction Records''' was a label created by Cary Baker, a Chicago music journalist (Creem, Trouser Press, Chicago Reader, Bomp!, Illinois Entertainer) in [[1977]]. It was launched in Baker's college apartment in DeKalb, IL and later moved to East Rogers Park. The first 45 was by Bun E. Carlos' friends Rockford powerpop band The Names ("Why Can't It Be" b/w "Baby You're a Fool"). [[Wazmo Nariz]] released both a single ("Tele-tele-telephone"/"Gadabout") and an EP (The EP) on Fiction. L.A. band Tremors featuring Bomp! Records employee Dave Roeder released a single ("Tonight's My Night"). Finally, Larry Rand broke the powerpop orientation with his solo folk/comedy "Skokie Blues" b/w "Dust Up His Nose," which received airplay at the time on WXRT. Fiction also distributed a lo-fi indie single by a Joliet singer/pianist named Chris Tolin. When Baker walked into [[Wax Trax]] in [[1981]] to be told by Jim Nash that Nash really dug the new Cure single (on an unrelated British label called Fiction), Baker decided it was time to shift gears. He returned to journalism, and in [[1984]] moved to Los Angeles to work for I.R.S. Records. Today he operates [http://www.conqueroo.com Conqueroo.]

[[Category:Record Labels]]
[[Category:Dekalb]]