Minty Fresh Explained

Minty Fresh
Founder:	Jim Powers, Anthony Musiala
Genre:	Rock
Country:	U.S.
Location:	Chicago, Illinois

Minty Fresh is a Chicago-based record label, founded in 1993 by Jim Powers with Anthony Musiala.^[1] The label is known for launching the careers of Veruca Salt.^[2] They also gave the Swedish band The Cardigans their first US release^[3] and released the debut single by Liz Phair.^[4] Minty Fresh also owns the Mini Fresh label which produces children's music.^{[5] [6]}

Artists

• All India Radio
• The Aluminum Group^[7]
• Lindsay Anderson
• Astrid Swan
• Axe Riverboy
• Bark Bark Disco
• Beangrowers
• Bettie Serveert
• The Cardigans
• The Children's Hour
• Andrew Deadman
• Desperate Journalist
• Doktor Kosmos
• Drew Andrews
• Every Good Boy
• Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
• Firefox AK
• Floraline
• Fonda
• Friend + Doktor Kosmos
• Fugu
• The Hit Parade
• HushPuppies
• Husky Rescue
• Ivy
• Kahimi Karie
• Klee
• Komeda^[8]
• The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group
• Light FM
• The Living Blue
• Liz Phair^[4]
• Love Jones
• Mastretta
• Melony
• Mike Scott
• Miou Miou
• Musique Le Pop
• The Orange Peels
• Papas Fritas
• The Poems
• Prototypes
• Ralph's World
• Sepiatone
• Sarah Shannon
• Sébastien Schuller
• Sleep Thieves
• Soy Un Caballo
• Stump The Host
• Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
• The Sugarplastic
• Tahiti 80
• Trost
• Veruca Salt^[2]
• The Waterboys^[9]
• White Shoes & The Couples Company
• Zeshan B

See also

• List of record labels

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: McAllister. Colleen. BreakThru Radio Airs Special Minty Fresh Records Showcase. BreakThru Radio. September 25, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071215133153/http://prweb.com/releases/2007/9/prweb556181.htm. dead. December 15, 2007. June 3, 2011.
2. News: DeRogatis. Jim. Jim DeRogatis. The Making of a Sensation. Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 1994. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106044954/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4258461.html. dead. November 6, 2012.
3. News: Kot. Greg. Greg Kot. SUBVERSIVE SWEDES THE CARDIGANS WILL CHANGE YOUR IDEA OF SCANDINAVIAN POP. Chicago Tribune. April 4, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106225448/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11380630.html?dids=11380630:11380630&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Apr+04,+1997&author=Greg+Kot.&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=SUBVERSIVE+SWEDES++THE+CARDIGANS+WILL+CHANGE+YOUR+IDEA+OF+SCANDINAVIAN+POP&pqatl=google. dead. November 6, 2012. After releasing "Life," a critically acclaimed stateside debut in 1995 on Chicago-based Minty Fresh. June 3, 2011.
4. News: Rothschild. David. RETRO POPSTERS HOPE SUPER MODEL HAS LEGS. Chicago Tribune. August 27, 1993. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106231020/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24211305.html?dids=24211305:24211305&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+27,+1993&author=David+Rothschild.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=RETRO+POPSTERS+HOPE+SUPER+MODEL+HAS+LEGS&pqatl=google. dead. November 6, 2012. June 3, 2011.
5. News: Pogrebin. Robin. Robin Pogrebin. Not All Sunshine for Teensy Set's Troubadour. New York Times. September 18, 2002. June 3, 2011.
6. News: Edelstein. David. David Edelstein. Nursery School of Rock. New York Times. January 30, 2005. June 3, 2011.
7. News: Margasak . Peter . A Minty Fresh Start - Aluminum Group/Sweetness and Bite . . August 6, 1998 . June 3, 2011.
8. News: SIEGLER . DYLAN . Komeda makes a go of it . . . June 17, 1998 . A North of No South compilation including a Komeda song was picked up by Minty Fresh talent rep Jim Powers during a trip to Japan . June 3, 2011.
9. News: Tortorici . Frank . Mike Scott . . December 14, 1998 . June 3, 2011.