Reach Out International Records, is a New York City-based record label founded in 1979 by Neil Cooper.
ROIR was founded the same year that the Sony Walkman launched, and initially, the label exclusively distributed its releases in cassette format. Much of the label's catalog is now available in CD and LP formats.
ROIR released its first cassette, by James Chance and the Contortions, in 1981. In 1982, ROIR released the compilation album New York Thrash, documenting the hardcore punk scene in the New York metropolitan area. It has since become a definitive album in the genre. Soon after ROIR released the Bad Brains seminal self-titled album.
Most of ROIR's early catalog consists of punk rock and no wave releases by artists such as Suicide, Glenn Branca, and Lydia Lunch. The label later branched out into other genres including hardcore punk, reggae, ska, psychedelia and dub.
Current artists we are working with include but not limited to:
Bad Brains,
Bad Cop,
10 Ft. Ganja Plant,
Univox,
Dub Trio,
Dufus,
Legendary Pink Dots,
Flipper,
Mekons,
New York Dolls,
Television,
Bush Tetras,
Bush Chemists,
Dr. Israel,
Ras Michael,
Mad Professor,
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