Music Labels

The labels that would be candidates for the management of Funnel would be those of which who have helped produce bands such as - No Doubt who signed a "big" recording contract with Interscope Records in 1991, they are an American rock band from California, They formed in early 86 and attempted to create a ska-pop sound, their first album, No Doubt(1992), failed to take off and make an impression on the world. However their second album Tragic Kingdom went on to launch the new ska revival of the 1990s.

Patti Smith who was signed with Sony BMG music group. She is an American songwriter and a poet and in 1975 with her debut album 'Horses' became a big player in the New York Punk circle, she is now seen as 'the godmother of punk'. Her unique technique was mixing 'beat poetry' with generic 'three-chord' rock/punk. She is seen as a highly influential artist of the 70's (heard in the sound of 'Funnel') and has worked with other artists such as Bruce Springstein and has been nominated for a Grammy award for 'Best female vocal rock performance'. 

Here are the links to the two music labels that i have said to be the likely companies to take on our focus band - 

http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/artists/

http://www.interscope.com/artists/default.aspx

It is apparent through listening to the music of Funnel that the writers of the songs has been influenced by these two bands or music from the same genre, there is also a resemblance with the distinctive voice of Joe Hesketh - Funnel. 

Lewis Holgate