Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Factory Records essentials There really is no other record label in history quite like Factory Records. Formed in Manchester in ...

The onetime base of Manchester, England label Factory Records is to re-open as a live music venue and club entitled FAC 251 - the Factory. By Richard Smirke The onetime base of Manchester, England ...

Legendary record company Factory Records is celebrating its 40th anniversary with two box-sets and two major exhibitions devoted to the label. The first box-set, ‘Use Hearing Protection’, compiles the ...

Johnny Marr, one-time guitarist for the Smiths, has said the story of the band being turned down by Factory Records is "a crock of shit". Factory, run by Tony Wilson and the subject of Michael ...

Founded in 1978 by television host Tony Wilson and actor-turned-artist-manager Alan Erasmus, Factory Records is one of the most influential record labels in modern rock history. With the irreverent ...

It’s 40 years since Rough Trade, Mute and Factory Records used an anti-industry attitude to give a voice to the likes of Joy Division and Depeche Mode. The labels’ founders recall why they had to rip ...

An exhibition at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum celebrates the early years of Factory Records, and features rarely seen photographs and works from designers including Peter Saville and Ben ...

Tony Wilson, the cofounder of iconic Manchester label Factory Records (Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, A Certain Ratio, more), died in 2007 after a battle with cancer. He left a final request: ...

On Monday 23rd November 1992, Factory Records – the Manchester home to New Order and Happy Mondays and owners of the Haçienda club – went into administration with debts of over £2m. The downfall of ...

Tony Wilson, the Factory Records founder portrayed in the film “24 Hour Party People” who put Manchester, England, on the map as “Madchester” with such acts as Joy Division, the Happy Mondays and New ...