Rat Cage was an independent record label from New York City. Rat Cage was founded by Donna Lee Parsons.[1][2] It was run out of a record shop of the same name.[3]

The Beastie Boys worked with until they switched to Def Jam in 1984. Most notably, the Beastie Boys' debut EP Polly Wog Stew was released on the label.[3][4]

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", EP)
  • 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)

References edit

  1. ^ Browning, Bil (2024-04-04). "Beastie Boys paid for trans woman's gender-affirming surgery". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  2. ^ Brannon, Norman (2024-04-02). "True Trans Soul Rebel". Anti-Matter. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. ^ a b Dunn, Thom (April 4, 2024). "The forgotten trans history of the first Beastie Boys record". BoingBoing.
  4. ^ Diamond, Michael; Horovitz, Adam (2018-10-30). Beastie Boys Book. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8129-9554-1.

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