Fiction Records
Chris Parry's label, the Cure's home for over two decades.
Fiction Records is a British label founded in 1978 by Chris Parry, a Polydor A&R man and the Cure's long-time manager. Now owned by Universal Music Group, it is best known as the Cure's label for more than 20 years.
Quick Facts
- Parent
- Universal Music Group
- Founded
- 1978
- Distributor
- Virgin Music Group
- Genre
- Post-punk, alternative rock
- Country
- United Kingdom
Lore & Background
Fiction began as part of Polydor, based at 97 Charlotte Street in London, alongside the publisher Fiction Songs. Its first UK number one album came in 1992 with the Cure's Wish, whose single "Friday I'm in Love" also topped Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Other acts on the label included Eat, the God Machine and Die Warzau.
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