• ROIR (pronounced "roar"), or Reachout International Records, is a New York City-based independent record label founded in 1979 by Neil Cooper. ROIR was...
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  • Bad Brains (also known as The Yellow Tape or Attitude: The ROIR Sessions) is the first album released by American hardcore punk/reggae band Bad Brains...
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    The Raincoats (category ROIR artists)
    Kitchen arts space in New York. The Kitchen Tapes was released on cassette by ROIR in 1983. The Raincoats recorded Moving in 1984. Tired of constant touring...
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  • (1930–2001) was the founder and head of independent US cassette and record label ROIR. Born in Philadelphia, Cooper attended Amherst College and graduated from...
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    also released several solo albums for a number of record labels, including ROIR and Puu. His style varies widely from release to release, from harsh and...
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  • 10 Foot Ganja Plant (category ROIR artists)
    tracks) [ROIR, 2007] Bush Rock [ROIR, 2009] Essential 10 Ft Ganja Plant [ROIR, 2009] 10 Deadly Shots, Vol. 1 [ROIR, 2010] Shake Up The Place [ROIR, 2011]...
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  • Following is a list of musical artists appearing on the ROIR record label, also known as Reach Out International Records, the New York City-based record...
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    James Chance (category ROIR artists)
    (Invisible, France 1980) Live in New York (ROIR cassette, 1981) Soul Exorcism (ROIR cassette, 1991) Lost Chance (ROIR 1995, recorded 1981) Molotov Cocktail...
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    Bad Brains (category ROIR artists)
    buzz started happening." Their self-titled debut album was released on the ROIR label, originally on cassette only, in 1982, followed in 1983 by Rock for...
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    (1978, Radar Records) Funhunt: Live at CBGB's & Max's 1978 and 1979 (1989, ROIR) Gone to Hell (2008, Vinyl Japan) Destiny Street Repaired (2009, Insound)...
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  • Bush Tetras (category ROIR artists)
    issued by ROIR. Kennedy and Pop left in 1983, replaced briefly by bassist Bob Albertson and drummer Don Christensen, but the band soon broke up. ROIR issued...
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    Beastie Boys (category ROIR artists)
    Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981. The group was composed of Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar)...
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    Live at CBGB's and Max's 1978 and 1979 (1990, ROIR) Gone to Hell (2008, Vinyl Japan) R.I.P. (1984, ROIR) Across the Years box set (1991, Soyo Records)...
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  • Dubplate Selection Volume 1 (1995) A&O/Greensleeves Sound System Dub (1995) ROIR (compilation) Tree Of Life (1996) A&O096 Voice In The Wilderness (1996) Greensleeves...
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  • radio program. Two tracks from Polly Wog Stew also appeared on the 1982 ROIR cassette compilation New York Thrash. John Berry – guitar Michael Diamond –...
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    Children (1984, self-released) Ecstasy and Vendetta Over New York (1984, ROIR) No. 20 Nightland (Performance USA 83) (1986, Arkham) Play with Children...
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  • The Dictators (category ROIR artists)
    Anthrax. The members of the band began reuniting occasionally and in 1981, ROIR released the cassette-only Fuck 'Em If They Can't Take a Joke produced by...
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  • history of NYHC. The two bands would be featured in cassette-only label ROIR's 3rd (Stimulators) and 4th ever releases. Both are featured on that label's...
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  • (1989), ROIR Mediator (1992), High Times Spiritual Roots (1999), VP Lion Country (1999), Roots & Culture A Weh Dem a Go Do Wid It (2003), ROIR Try Love...
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  • The Fleshtones (category ROIR artists)
    Connection CD. Timeline Blast Off! [recorded in 1978] (1982) (ROIR) cassette + CD (ROIR) 1990 + CD (ROIR/Fr. Danceteria) 1993 + CD (Red Star) 1997 + LP (Sp. Munster)...
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  • The Blow-Up (category ROIR live albums)
    up. It contains covers of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and "Satisfaction". ROIR allegedly acquired the recording from the fan who had bootlegged the band's...
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  • The Three Johns (category ROIR artists)
    Everything (1988, T.I.M/Caroline Records) No. 19 Deathrocker Scrapbook (1988, ROIR) Eat Your Sons (1990, Low Noise/Tupelo Recording Company) "English White...
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    Television (band) (category ROIR artists)
    (Elektra) (1978) #7 UK Television (Capitol) (1992) Live albums The Blow-Up (ROIR) (1982) Live at the Academy, 1992 (Ohoo Music) (2003) Live at the Old Waldorf...
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  • tracks, it also included some home recordings and live material. In 2004 ROIR released Another Nail in the {Remodeled} Coffin, a reissue of the 1989 album...
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  • ROIR Dub Sessions is a compilation album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on November 18, 2003 by ROIR. Adapted from the ROIR Dub Sessions liner...
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  • (Island Empire, 2016) Live at Sunsplash (Synergy, 1984) Stretching Out (ROIR, 1986) Recorded 1983 Ska Splash (Moon Ska Europe / Pressure Drop, 1999) Recorded...
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    Tentacles LP, 1981) featured the 45 version of "Pay to Cum" New York Thrash (ROIR cassette, 1982) featured the songs "Regulator" and "Big Takeover" from Bad...
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  • on ROIR. Wardrop also engineers the Jah Warrior releases. Strictly Dubwise (1994), Conscious Sounds/Universal Egg Dub Outernational (1996), ROIR Light...
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  • Half Alive (album) (category ROIR compilation albums)
    by Suicide, originally released on cassette only on September 9, 1981 by ROIR. It is composed of live recordings from 1978 and home and studio demos recorded...
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  • Producer Various Artists The End of Music (As We Know It) LP, CD, cassette ROIR/Danceteria Liner notes Pussy Galore/Black Snakes Split 7" Supernatural Organization...
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