Fierce Panda Records
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Fierce Panda Records is a London-based independent record label, with its first release in February 1994. It also produced a small number of releases that year by now famous artists such as Ash, The Bluetones, Baby Bird and Supergrass. Fierce Panda is also credited with releases by Coldplay, Astronaut, Seafood, Art Brut, Embrace, Kenickie, The Blackout (band), Keane, Death Cab for Cutie, The Polyphonic Spree, Boy Kill Boy and Shitdisco.
In the autumn of 1997, Fierce Panda formed the sub-label Rabid Badger Records to release more dance oriented music, and in spring 1998 the sub-label Livid Meerkat for post-rock music.
Fierce Panda is especially known for compilation albums and EPs, whose titles are mainly puns, often in-jokes. In 2006 they announced their decision to cease production of one-off singles, concentrating instead on long-term projects and full-length albums.
Their Wibbling Rivalry single, an interview with Oasis' Liam and Noel Gallagher, holds the record for the highest-charting interview single, reaching #52 in November 1995.
Fierce Panda's highest-charting single was 'Modern Art' by Art Brut, which reached 41, missing out on the Top 40 by a mere two sales.
[edit] See also
- List of record labels
- List of independent UK record labels
- Fierce Panda Records compilations
- List of bands signed to Fierce Panda Records
