RED Distribution
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RED Distribution is a Sony BMG-owned independent record distributor that handles releases for some 42 record labels. The leading "indie" distributor in the US, RED distributes for labels including Fat Wreck Chords, Trustkill Records, The Militia Group, and Victory Records, its top-selling label. Recent successful RED acts include the bands Los Lonely Boys and Switchfoot, who were later promoted to Sony BMG's major labels.
RED Distribution was founded in 1979 as a heavy metal music distributor called Important Record Distributors, which originally released Metallica's first two LPs in the US. It became Red Distribution by the '90s.
