Asylum

About Asylum

Asylum Records is an American record label founded in 1971 by agent-managers David Geffen and Elliot Roberts; it was taken over by the Warner Music Group in 1972 and merged with the Elektra Records label. Elektra/Asylum played a major role in the success of the so-called "West Coast" (country rock) genre of the early-mid 1970s, thanks to its stellar artist roster, which in this period included Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon and The Eagles. In the 1990s Asylum concentrated on country music, although it did not achieve the same level of success in this field. It was relaunched in the early 2000s, now geared primarily towards hip-hop music, although it has recently branched out into the heavy metal genre.

Website: www.asylumrecords.com