Pixies frontman Frank Black has launched his own record label, explaining he originally came up with the plan as “more traditional record companies find it a little overwhelming that I come up with another record every nine months.”
Quoted in the The Guardian, Black joked that he “…wasn’t planning to start up my own record label, but I hope I get invited to some really intense high-end parties.”
Black also insisted he doesn’t believe launching a record label in the current musical climate will present any different challenges than it has done at any other time in the past, with the only change being a slightly reduced budget to work with.
“Running a label today isn’t that different than at any other time,” he continued. “There’s less money floating around, but I think it’s a good thing. I think it’s more honest. It just puts the pressure on everybody to be good. Some of these record companies need to just stop fucking around and being such asses.”
Black’s label will be called The Bureau, though he has said no new Pixies material will be issued through his company, as the band will either “do something really traditional, with a big old record company, or something a lot more radical.”