Factory Records

Factory Records was a Manchester-based record label, managed by Tony Wilson, which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, The Happy Mondays, James and (briefly) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Like the label 4AD, Factory Records used a creative team (most notably record producer Martin Hannett and graphic designer Peter Saville) which gave the label, and the artists recording for it, a particular sound and image.

The 2002 film 24 Hour Party People (see 2002 in film), is an allegedly fact-based satire about Factory Records' people and bands, and the infamous, often unsubstantiated anecdotes and stories surrounding them.

"The Haçienda" was a world-famous nightclub that was started as a Factory Records venture. It became a cultural hub in Manchester as the center of the emerging techno and acid house genres in the late eighties and early nineties. It closed in 1997, and has since been knocked down to make way for city centre apartments.

Bands on Factory Records:

• 52nd Street
• A Certain Ratio
• Abecedarians
• Ad Infinitum
• Anna Domino
• Biting Tongues
• Cabaret Voltaire
• Cath Carroll
• Crawling Chaos
• Distractions
• The Durutti Column
• Electronic_(band)
• ESG
• Fadela
• Happy Mondays
• James_(band)
• Jazz Defektors
• John Dowie
• Joy Division
• Kalima
• Kevin Hewick
• Life_(band
• Little Big Band
• Marcel King
• Miaow
• Minny Pops
• New Order
• Northside_(band)
• Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
• The Other Two
• The Pleasure Crew
• Quando Quango
• Railway Children
• Red Turns To
• Revenge_(band)
• Royal Family And The Poor
• Section 25
• Shark Vegas
• Stockholm Monsters
• Streetlife_(band)
• Swamp Children
• The Wake_(band)
• Tunnel Vision_(band)
• X-o-dus

See also: List of record labels

Weblinks

• Unofficial Factory Records Website
• Discography