Raw Energy Records

Raw Energy Records was a Canadian independent record label, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The music label was established in the late 1980s by founder entrepreneur and music journalist Graeme Boyce,"Toronto Label Taps Raw Energy". Billboard, May 7, 1994. initially to distribute the debut EP by King Apparatus, Loud Party. Prior to launching Raw Energy, Boyce was a staff writer for RPM.

The label subsequently released King Apparatus' full-length debut album in 1990; after selling over 5,000 copies of the album in just a handful of record stores in downtown Toronto, the label secured a national distribution deal with A&M Records. The company expanded over the years, and launched new divisions to manage growth, such as Raw Energy Promotions and Raw Energy Radio.

Canadian artists who released Raw Energy albums included King Apparatus, King Cobb Steelie, Dinner Is Ruined, Random Killing, Trunk, Marilyn's Vitamins, Five Knuckle Chuckle, Three Impotent Males, Throbbin‘ Hoods, Out of Hand, Cut Off, Double Standard, DNS, and Sectorseven. Raw Energy also released product from two U.S. acts, The Toasters and Rosie O'Shea. Grouped into the alternative genre, augmenting its roster of punk and ska, the label released a rap album from Top Secret and a noise album from Space City USA.

Discography BandRelease TitleFormat(s)DateAll Good ChildrenAll Good ChildrenCass/CD1992The ToastersNew York FeverCass/CD1992Various/CompilationOn The RoadCass/CD1993King ApparatusMarblesCass/CD1993King ApparatusHospital Waiting RoomCD/EP1993HazeBook of ShadowsCass/CD1993King Cobb SteelieKing Cobb SteelieCass/CD1993King Cobb SteelieYou Said A MouthfulCD/EP1993Top SecretIt Ain’t OverCass/CD1993Dinner Is RuinedLove Songs…Cass/CD1993Various/CompilationDead On The RoadCass/CD1993MundaneSeedCass/CD1993Random KillingThoughts of AggressionCass/CD1994Throbbin’ HoodsAmbushCass/CD1994SatanatrasEight Ate HateCass/CD1994Rosie O’SheaPracticing SilenceCass/CD1994Trigger HappyKillatron 2000Cass/CD1994Various/CompilationOn The Road in NYCCD1994Center Za DehumanizacijoOn The Red Screen7” Vinyl1994Five Knuckle ChuckleCharliee HorseCD1995TrunkBeaned Up PolkasCD1996Throbbin’ HoodsHot Live ActionCD1996Three Impotent MalesThree Impotent MalesCD1996Random KillingUrine The 90s NowCD1996Marilyn’s VitaminsIn These ShoesCD1996The TirekickersSmedicationCD1996Space City USAChromedCD1997JerseyNo Turning BackCD1997Out Of HandCanadian GothicCD1997Random KillingStrandedCD1997Five Knuckle ChuckleAll Hammed UpCD1997Toe To ToeTaoCD1997Various/CompilationOn The Road AgainCD1997TrunkThrowin’ The HornsCD1998Marilyn’s VitaminsPolitics On The Dance FloorCD1998CutoffMakin’ BreakfastCD1998Various/CompilationTwentybandcompCD1998Jersey/OutspanIn Friends We TrustCD/EP1998Marilyn’s VitaminsSqueegee Girl7” Vinyl1998Double StandardDig That TrashCD1999Various/CompilationOn The Road With a SnowboardCD1999Sector SevenAlong The WayCD1999DNSIdle TimeCD1999No ConnectionToe Tappin’ FunCD1999RacerAnalytical Observations Of UnnecessityCD1999Out Of HandReserectionCD1999Various/CompilationOn The Road To AmsterdamPromotional CD1999

Compilation albums

In 1993, Raw Energy released its first compilation, simply titled Raw Energy. Because of the cartoon drawing used on the cover, it quickly took on the name On the Road within the hardcore community. Raw Energy played on this to release a series of "On the Road" compilations, featuring unsigned and emerging Canadian punk, hardcore and alternative rock bands du jour. Some would end up signing with Raw Energy.

The series of "On the Road" compilations includes:

Raw Energy (aka On the Road, 1993) On the Road Again (1994) Dead on the Road: Songs Without Keyboards (1994) On the Road to New York City (1994) On the Road to Amsterdam (1999) On the Road... with a Snowboard (1999)

Other compilations include Twentybandcomp, co-released with Shock Records in Australia.

Track listing The Dinner Is Ruined, "Stuck Pig" Groovy Religion, "Wanda" hHead, "Collide" King Cobb Steelie, "One's a Heifer" The Imagineers, "This is Nevada Calling" Jale, "I Lied" Cottage Industry, "Theme from Superstar" Yeti, "The Crossing" Wooden Stars, "Hate Everyone" Wining Dining and Drilling, "Captain's a Wreck" Deadbeat Backbone, "Til I'm Gone" Eric's Trip, "Understanding" Change of Heart, "Stress Monkey"

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