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Biography
Infobox record label| name = The Militia Group| image =| image_bg =| founded = 1998| genre =| country = United States|USA | location = Long Beach, California | url = http://www.themilitiagroup.com/ Official site The Militia Group is an independent record company based in Long Beach, California .
History
The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes , Craig's Brother , Dogwood , twothirtyeight , Acceptance (band)|Acceptance , and Element 101 . Rory Felton and Chad Pearson partnered in 2000 to turn the booking agency into a record company. Both Pearson and Rory Felton had previous experience with independent labels and artists; Pearson working at Tooth & Nail Records in Seattle, WA and Rory Felton co-operating Arise Records in Kansas City. Arise released titles including first The Juliana Theory release, Dawson High, Tijuana Crime Scene, The National Arobat, Reflector and Recess Theory. In 2000, Chad Pearson teamed up with Rory Felton to turn the agency into an independent record label based out of Huntington Beach, CA. By January 2001, the label had signed Rufio , The Lyndsay Diaries , Tora& #33; Tora& #33; Torrance! , Veronica , and Noise Ratchet . Within the next year Copeland (band)|Copeland , The Rocket Summer , The Beautiful Mistake , and Acceptance (band)|Acceptance joined the fold.
By 2002, the label had sold its first 100,000 albums with its first release: Rufio 's ' Perhaps, I Suppose... ', and was operating out of offices in Anaheim, CA. By 2004, as the label moved operations from Anaheim, CA to Garden Grove, CA. In early 2007, Pearson left TMG to start a company called P is for Panda. 2007 saw albums released by Denison Witmer, The New Frontiers , Chase Pagan, and We Shot The Moon. By 2008, the label had sold over 1,400,000 albums.
The label may be best known for developing the artist Cartel, for whom The Militia Group released 'The Ransom EP' and 'Chroma.' The 'Chroma' title has sold over 1,030,000 singles, 255,000 albums (according to Soundscan) and was acquired by Sony Music's Epic Records.
The last few years also saw releases from France's Tahiti 80, Juliette and The Licks (featuring actress Juliette Lewis), Everybody Else, Driving East and The Summer Set.
Distribution
Distribution is handled on a territory by territory basis by:
United States: Razor & Tie RED Distribution
Canada: SonyBMG
Japan: Militia JPN
Australia & New Zealand: Militia AUS Taperjean
Korea: Ales Music
Taiwan: White Wabbit
Germany / Austria / Switzerland: Hart Distribution
DEFAULTSORT:Militia Group Category:American independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 1998 Category:Alternative rock record labels
