Rust Nashville

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Rust Nashville is a recording company founded by Ken Cooper in 1998 originally to promote his band Vertigogo. It was originally based out of Northeast Ohio, most notably Cleveland before its move to Nashville, Tennessee in 2005. It currently features notable country artists such as Aaron Tippin^[1] and Blackhawk, as well as up and coming artist Shane Owens.

1 Origins
2 Present Day
3 References
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Origins

Ken Cooper started Rust Records as a way to promote his band rock band Vertigogo. Upon the band's major label signing to Atlantic Records and change of the band's name to Sinomatic due to infringement upon a recording group from France, Rust Records again went onto the back burner. Shortly after the release of Sinomatic's debut album however, the band fell apart in early 2002 and was subsequently dropped by their label.

Ken Cooper returned to his roots, once again thinking about his recording company in early 2003. The first release on the label was a rock band called Dear Violet, once again with Ken Cooper as the frontman. The band released only one album on the label before Ken Cooper decided to dedicate himself full-time to the record label. It released many independent alternative and rock artists and had a distribution deal with Universal Records.

[edit] Present Day

In 2005, Rust Records made the move from Cleveland, OH to Nashville, TN where the company made a major change: it switched genres from rock & roll to country. In 2005, the band signed emerging artists The Povertyneck Hillbillies (who left the label in January 2007) and Shane Owens. In 2006 Rust signed a partnership agreement with Aaron Tippin to release his work in partnership with his startup label Nippit Records and trio Blackhawk (band), who came over after being dropped from Arista Records.