Rat Cage Records
Rat Cage was an independent punk record label founded by Donna Lee Parsons in New York City. It was run out of a record store of the same name. The label is best known for releasing the Beastie Boys’ debut EP, Polly Wog Stew, as well as their first hip-hop release, the maxi-single Cooky Puss.
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Rat Cage was an independent punk record label founded by Donna Lee Parsons in New York City. It was run out of a record store of the same name. The label is best known for releasing the Beastie Boys’ debut EP, Polly Wog Stew, as well as their first hip-hop release, the maxi-single Cooky Puss.
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Some of its other notable signees included Agnostic Front and Heart Attack. Donna Parsons is also credited with designing the Bad Brains’ iconic “lighting bolt” cover featured on their self-titled LP. In 2002, Parsons came out as a trans woman; although they had long achieved worldwide fame, the Beastie Boys paid for her gender-affirming surgery. Knowing she wouldn’t accept such a donation, they sent her money under the guise of royalties for Polly Wog Stew. Parsons died a year later - on September 23rd, 2003 - of colon cancer. Rat Cage discography: • CT-001 Crucial T. - Darkened Days (7", EP) • MOTR 21 Beastie Boys - Polly Wog Stew EP (7") • MOTR 21C Beastie Boys - Polly Wog Stew EP (Cass) • MOTR 21CD Beastie Boys - Polly Wog Stew EP (CD) • MOTR 21T Beastie Boys - Polly Wog Stew EP (12") • MOTR 24 The Young And The Useless - Real Men Don't Floss (7", EP) • MOTR 25 Neos - Hassibah Gets The Martian Brain Squeeze (7", EP) • MOTR 26 Beastie Boys - Cooky Puss (12", Single) • MOTR 26 CD Beastie Boys - Cooky Puss (CD, Maxi) • MOTR 27 Heart Attack - Subliminal Seduction (12", EP) • MOTR 28 Rattus - Rattus (LP, Album) • MOTR 29 Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain (LP, Album) • MOTR 29C Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain (Cass) • MOTR 31 Virus - Dark Ages (12", EP)
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• Name — Rat Cage Records • Founder — Donna Lee Parsons • Country — United States • Location — New York City
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- 1.Browning, Bil. Beastie Boys paid for trans woman's gender-affirming surgery. LGBTQ Nation. 2024-04-04.
- 2.Brannon, Norman. True Trans Soul Rebel. Anti-Matter. 2024-04-02.
- 3.Dunn, Thom. The forgotten trans history of the first Beastie Boys record. BoingBoing. April 4, 2024.
- 4.Diamond, Michael. Beastie Boys Book. Random House Publishing Group. 2018-10-30. 978-0-8129-9554-1.
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