Rocketown Records
Rocketown Records was an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. In the fall of 1995, met with Don Donahue, A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss creation of the label. In 1996, Word Records bought a minority share of the company.
Rocketown Records
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- 1996
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- United States
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Rocketown Records was an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. In the fall of 1995, met with Don Donahue, A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss creation of the label. In 1996, Word Records bought a minority share of the company.
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In 2006, Rocketown started the RKT Music imprint label to concentrate on a younger demographic. The first album released was Lifegiver by Hyper Static Union as a partnership between Rocketown and the Christian rock band Third Day. Hyper Static Union was signed to a production deal with Third Day's Consuming Fire Productions. Additional releases by RKT include Learning to Lose by the Turning and High Flight Society.
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• Alathea (active, currently independent) • Christine Dente • Ronnie Freeman • Shaun Groves (active, currently independent) • High Flight Society • Hyper Static Union (active, with Amplitude Media) • Geoff Moore • Reuben Morgan (active, current worship pastor of Hillsong Church) • Michael Olson (active) • Michael W. Smith • Out of the Grey (on hiatus) • Ginny Owens (active) • Chris Rice (active) • George Rowe III • Taylor Sorensen • The Swift (disbanded in 2006) • The Turning • Watermark (inactive) • Wilshire
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