Blue Grape Music

Description

In 2022, industry veterans David Rath and Cees Wessels formed Blue Grape Music. The name will be familiar to rock music fans, as it was the merchandise company also launched by Wessels, who founded the venerable and esteemed record label Roadrunner Records in the '80s. Rath spent 21 years in the A&R department at Roadrunner, working on albums by a variety of RIAA-certified and culturally important acts, including but not limited to Slipknot, Korn, Turnstile, Gojira, Coheed and Cambria, White Reaper, Slash, Trivium, Dream Theater, and more. When the label changed management and ownership, Rath guided the company and oversaw the signings of bands like Young the Giant and Vance Joy. Ultimately, the Blue Grape executive team is powered by experience and a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-your-hands-dirty, by-any-means-necessary work ethic. Having recently announced the signing of White Reaper, Blue Grape's inaugural signing was the two-time Grammy nominee Code Orange and since then, the label has gone on to sign an array of rock, punk, metal and hardcore acts, that include Spiritual Cramp, Superheaven, Fugitive, GEL, Gridiron, DoFlame, Bike Routes, Silly Goose, GASKET, Flatwounds and Heavy//Hitter, with several new signing announcements expected this year. Blue Grape is distributed globally by The Orchard.

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