I.R.S. Records was a major American record label founded by Miles Copeland III and Jay Boberg in 1979. I.R.S. produced some of the most popular bands of...

independent record label Hib-Tone. It was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, their first release on I.R.S. Records. Over the course of the decade, R.E.M...

group toured extensively around the world during their tenure with I.R.S. Records. The nucleus of Dread Zeppelin, bassist Put-Mon (Gary Putman), drummer...

is the fifth studio album by American rock band R.E.M., released on September 1, 1987, by I.R.S. Records. It was their first album to be co-produced by...

that created the label. R&S Records has had several subsidiaries, most notably Apollo Records, which was reactivated in 2009. R&S and its subsidiaries include...

I.R.S. No Speak was an instrumental-only imprint of the I.R.S. Records record label, founded by Miles Copeland III in January 1988. Inspired by the success...

The album Animal Logic was released in 1989 on I.R.S. Records in North America, and Virgin Records in other territories. A promotional video for "Spy...

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering...

(named for the C. S. Lewis book of the same title) and Patience in 1992. Later in 1992, Over the Rhine signed with label giant I.R.S. Records, and their first...

started I.R.S. Records, Illegal became its distributor in UK and Europe. It continued its operations until 1988, when it merged its operations with I.R.S. Deptford...

I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 is a compilation album by American band R.E.M. It features songs from the band's years at I.R.S...

alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 9, 1984, by I.R.S. Records. Produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, the album was recorded at Reflection Sound...

Look up IRS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. IRS is the United States Internal Revenue Service. IRS may also refer to: I.R.S. Records "I.R.S.", a song...

radio success. The band signed to I.R.S. Records for the release of the Chronic Town EP one year later. In 1983, R.E.M. released its debut album, Murmur...

reissued on CD in 1990 by I.R.S. Records in the U.S, and in 2012 by Edsel Records in the UK and Shout! Factory in the U.S. The "Beat Girl" icon seen...

recording industry A&R representatives to help land a contract. The effort paid off, as the record caught the attention of I.R.S. Records, who released a revised...

released in 1991. The band found a new label home with Grand Slamm/I.R.S. Records for Poetic Justice, released in 1992, with Darrin DeLatte (bass guitar)...

R.E.M. Singles Collected is a compilation album from R.E.M. released in Europe by I.R.S. Records in 1994. The album includes the A-side and B-sides of...

World" to radio and media, but another setback came as the label folded. I.R.S. Records picked up distribution and reissued the EP. After Zilinskas left the...

vocals on Bowie's Low. "Artistically, I really like those two records, The Idiot and Lust for Life," Pop said. "But I was personally just miserable… David...

photography Juanita Rogers – back cover painting R. O. Scarelli – packaging B. Slay – illustrations Notes † I.R.S. Vintage Years edition, with bonus tracks ††...

Bros. Records in 1988 after an eighteen-year deal and after Vertigo Records had also dropped them. He met Miles Copeland, who owned I.R.S. Records at the...

first two albums. Let's Active toured with R.E.M., which led to a recording contract with I.R.S. Records. Although Let's Active was not commercially...

Black Sabbath were dropped by both Vertigo Records and Warner Bros. Records, and signed with I.R.S. Records. The band took time off in 1988, returning...

album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 12, 1983, by I.R.S. Records. The album was recorded at Reflection Studios in Charlotte,...

alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released on June 10, 1985, through I.R.S. Records. It was the band's first album recorded outside of the U.S., with sessions...

Public and were rapidly signed to Virgin Records in the UK and I.R.S. Records in North America. The band recorded and released the album All the Rage in...

the Cramps. It was released in May 1981 on I.R.S. Records. It was engineered by Paul McKenna and recorded in January 1981 at A&M Studios. It was self-produced...

Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 is a 2014 compilation album featuring songs released by alternative rock band R.E.M. during their time on I.R.S. Records. In addition...

released by Warner Bros. The Best of R.E.M., however, was released by the band's previous record label, I.R.S. Records, and only includes tracks from their...