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One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and... Flux of Pink Indians in 1986. Success continued with Kitchens of Distinction, the Sugarcubes, Sneaker Pimps, The Shamen, Skunk Anansie, Björk, Chumbawamba, and Alabama 3. In 1990 One Little Indian created several autonomous satellite labels including Clean-up Records, Elemental Records, Partisan Records, Fat Cat Records—all of which had success, with artists such as Sneaker Pimps, Alabama 3 , and Sigur Rós. In 1997 and 2001, One Little Indian also acquired some of the old Rough Trade Records and Nude Records labels, and the rights to several albums previously released by spinART Records. In 2009, after a 45-year partnership with EMI, Paul McCartney decided to end all ties with them and move his entire collection of solo material to One Little Indian Records, giving them the rights to repackage and re-release some of his most prized records.
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Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and in the... United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity and machismo. The first heavy metal bands, such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, eventually attracted large audiences, though many were critically reviled , a status common throughout the history of the genre. In the mid-1970s Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal such as Iron Maiden followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as "metalheads" or "headbangers".
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