The Record Company
| The Record Company | |
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From left to right: Chris Vos, Alex Stiff, Marc Cazorla | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Concord |
| Website |
www |
| Members |
Chris Vos Alex Stiff Marc Cazorla |
The Record Company is an American power trio rock band formed in Los Angeles. The members are Chris Vos (guitar, lead vocals), Alex Stiff (bass, backing vocals), and Mark Cazorla (drums, backing vocals). Their music is influenced by blues musicians like John Lee Hooker,[1] early punk bands like The Stooges, and rock bands like The Rolling Stones. Their sound incorporates slide guitar, distorted bass, a Ludwig drum kit and the vocals of Chris Vos, who grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm.
The three-man group started in late 2011, hanging up old microphones and recording live in the bass player's living room in Los Feliz, California. The Record Company have since played concert halls across North America, opening for acts as diverse as John Mayer, B.B. King, Social Distortion, Buddy Guy, Grace Potter, and Trombone Shorty. The band toured Europe supporting Blackberry Smoke in late 2015.
Their first full-length album Give It Back to You was released on Concord Records on February 12, 2016. Its lead single "Off the Ground" reached #1 on the US Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart.[2] The band has received critical acclaim from Entertainment Weekly,[3] Paste,[4] The Huffington Post,[5] and Rolling Stone.[6]
Rolling Stone also included The Record Company in their April 2016 list of "10 New Artists You Need to Know."[7]
Give It Back to You was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album in the 2017 Grammy Awards, losing to The Last Days of Oakland by Fantastic Negrito.[8]
Band members
- Chris Vos – vocals, guitars, lap steel, pedal steel, harmonica
- Alex Stiff – bass, guitars, piano, vocals
- Marc Cazorla – drums, piano, vocals
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. [9] |
US Rock [10] |
US Alt. [11] | |
Give It Back to You
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5 | 23 | 17 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Alternative Songs [2] |
Mainstream Rock Songs [12] |
Rock Airplay [13] | ||||
| "Off the Ground" | 2016 | 1 | 26 | 30 | Give It Back to You | |
| "Rita Mae Young" | 12 | — | — | |||
| "On the Move"[14] | — | — | — | |||
| "Baby I'm Broken"[15] | 2017 | 6 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
- Vinyl singles and EPs
- "Don't Let Me Get Lonely"/"Born Unnamed" vinyl 7" single self-released March 2012
- "This Crooked City"/"Tallahassee Lassie" vinyl 7" single released May 2012 by Turntable Kitchen
- Superdead EP – released July 17, 2012
- Covers EP – released November 28, 2012
- Feels So Good EP – released November 19, 2013
- Feels So Good EP Vinyl Edition (Kill/Hurt Records). Limited edition 180-gram gold vinyl featuring 3 unreleased extended length tracks, released March 24, 2014
Appearances in media
- Their cover of The O'Jays' "Love Train" was featured in a 2012 Coors Light commercial
- "Feels So Good" was featured in USA's Suits in S3E05 (August 13, 2013)
- "Ain't Love Warm" was featured in USA's Suits in S3E05 (August 13, 2013) and S3E10 (September 17, 2013)
- "Feels So Good" featured in the theatrical trailer for Last Vegas (2013)
- "Baby I'm Broken" was featured in CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in Season 14, Episode 15: "Love for Sale" (February 19, 2014)
- "Rita Mae Young" featured in the BBC America show Orphan Black S2E04 - "Governed as It Were by Chance" (May 10, 2014)
- "Off the Ground" appears in a Miller Lite commercial, March 2015
- "Don't Let Me Get Lonely", "Feels So Good", and "In the Mood for You" featured in Showtime's Shameless
- "I Want Change" featured in ABC's Nashville
- On March 7, 2016 The Record Company appeared on Conan, performing "Off The Ground" from their album Give It Back to You.
- On May 20, 2017 The Record Company appeared on CBS_This_Morning, performing "Off The Ground" and "Baby I'm Broken" from their album Give It Back to You.
References
- ↑ 5:29 PM ET. "The Record Company On World Cafe : World Cafe". NPR. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- 1 2 "The Record Company - Chart History - Adult Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "The Record Company debut soul scorcher 'Feels So Good'". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ Miller, Joshua M. (March 22, 2016). "The Record Company: The Best of What's Next". www.pastemagazine.com/. Paste Magazine. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ↑ L, Jason; Arts, ry; Writer, Music (2016-02-08). "Chris Vos: From Behind the Six String | Huffington Post". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ "Hear the Record Company's Bluesy 'Hard Day Coming Down'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ "10 New Artists You Need to Know: April 2016". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑ "The Record Company - Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "The Record Company - Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "The Record Company - Chart History - Alternative Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "The Record Company - Chart History - Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "The Record Company - Chart History - Rock Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "The Record Company Perform 'On The Move' - YouTube".
The band makes their Late Show debut and perform the latest single off their album 'Give It Back To You.'
- ↑ Concord Music Group (2017-03-15), The Record Company: Baby I'm Broken, retrieved 2017-03-25