Editing Slash Records (section)

{{Short description|American record label}}
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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Slash Records
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| parent      = [[PolyGram]] (1996–2000)<br />[[Warner Music Group]] (2000-present)
| founded     = 1978  <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} -->
| founder     = Bob Biggs
| fate        = 
| defunct     = 2000
| status      = Dormant
| distributor = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]/[[Warner Records]] (United States/Canada)<br />[[London Records]] (1986–2000; international)<br />[[Rhino Entertainment Company]] (reissues)
| genre       = {{hlist|[[Punk rock]]|[[indie rock]]|[[alternative rock]]}}
| country     = United States
| location    = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
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'''Slash Records''' was an American [[record label]] originally specializing in local [[punk rock]] bands, active from 1978 to 2000. It was notable as one of the first and most successful [[independent record labels]] in [[alternative rock|alternative music]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-21-ca-8629-story.html|title=SLASH RECORDS : After the Punk Revolution|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 21, 1987}}</ref> before its eventual acquisition by [[Warner Music Group]].