tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post5869612747265700649..comments2024-03-28T03:22:26.514-04:00Comments on Metal Inquisition: Metal Inquisition History Lesson: I Was In The Wild Rags Street Teamchristbutcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17916062727853004825noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-7214404868157471222022-08-12T10:19:54.542-04:002022-08-12T10:19:54.542-04:00I remember ordering tons of cassettes and CDS from...I remember ordering tons of cassettes and CDS from Wild Rags in the early 90s. Always got what I ordered in quick fashion. Subscribed to the newsletter as well and always received those.Chris Bridgesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-61093100511530618732022-03-17T20:49:22.502-04:002022-03-17T20:49:22.502-04:00Para aquellos que sufren de ansiedad y depresión, ...Para aquellos que sufren de ansiedad y depresión, los animales suelen ser de gran ayuda para afrontar el día y las dificultades que se encuentran a diario, en especial los <a title="perros de servicio" href="https://palabrasperrunas.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/perros-de-servicio-contra-la-ansiedad-y-la-depresion/" rel="nofollow">perros de servicio</a>. Esto es cierto tanto para adultos como para niños.<br />Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238673289218429452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-69344394592968811682022-02-08T00:51:34.253-05:002022-02-08T00:51:34.253-05:00Growing up I met him a few times in his store and ...Growing up I met him a few times in his store and the last time I saw him was at a concert at Soma San Diego when it was located downtown. Kreator, Morbid Angel, Unleashed from Sweden, the LA band Sadistic Intent played there too he gave me a couple wild rags records T-shirts printed "the smallest but heaviest record label" Early 90s he sent releases for review regularly, featured my zine Thrashikus in his newsletter which sold out. Hellwitch is an amazing band he released. Unfortunately things went south between him and Hellwitch, Nuclear Death, some other bands. I think the rip-off stuff is coming mostly from bands with recordings released on his label.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-87420110040758029612021-10-31T14:54:53.676-04:002021-10-31T14:54:53.676-04:00his ugly picture is on the internet. Dick scratche...his ugly picture is on the internet. Dick scratched my record . He did not like us high school kids. blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634735846710093029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-83410956480271713272021-09-12T14:18:44.790-04:002021-09-12T14:18:44.790-04:00Steve O'Bannon probably wasn't even his re...Steve O'Bannon probably wasn't even his real name. Total asswad douchebag lying thief. <br />Richard was a dick as well. He didn't do anything that didn't benefit him. CONSTANTLY lied about what bands sounded like just to get me to buy shitty records that were a waste of money. Nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617971956449098224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-30192699722597337312019-05-26T07:10:43.499-04:002019-05-26T07:10:43.499-04:00I miss shops like Wild Rags, British Imports, and ...I miss shops like Wild Rags, British Imports, and La Casa De Candles... Those days are long gone. Those were fun places to shop at. As I mentioned earlier about some of my shopping experiences at Wild Rags, I know what its like to do business with annoying customers (working as a cashier so many years) so now I understand maybe that’s why Richard was the way he was, but his place had all kinds of kick ass stuff to buy. Stage clothing, albums, shirts, posters, you name it (there’s no more shops of that sort around here, all online now). I do remember these rockstar figurines he used to sell, you had to paint them yourself and post a photo of a face onto the movable head. British Imports had the sickest selection of leather accessories too. Lord I miss the 80s...Dave La Roxxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-63918808283779878702018-01-01T11:08:59.381-05:002018-01-01T11:08:59.381-05:00Hi...
Could you please email me at - draugaldrahn@...Hi...<br />Could you please email me at - draugaldrahn@gmail.com. I'm interested to get a full story about your experience with Wild Rags Recs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13433865614701558592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-91104348489870936652017-12-08T09:51:47.289-05:002017-12-08T09:51:47.289-05:00I published a zine in the late 80's, early 90&...I published a zine in the late 80's, early 90's (East Coast) and I too got the "care packages" from Richard, loaded with records, flyers, zines, etc. Most record labels at the time were very selective about who they sent promos to, especially zines as there were dozens of crappy, short-lived publications for every one that had some quality, longevity, and decent circulation. For a zine editor, getting on a label’s promo list was a huge deal. I can imagine labels paid thousands of dollars in postal fees mailing hundreds of promo records (vinyl) to magazines and fanzines all across the globe. The marketing budget for each release must have been substantial. Richard pretty much sent his stuff to anyone that would listen. Most of the glossy publications didn’t take him seriously, so he relied on ‘zines to help get the word out about his releases… as well as the street team kids and what not. It was pretty brilliant marketing on his part. He knew his audience and he knew how to get the word out. In a lot of ways, he capitalized more than anyone at the time on the pre-internet network of tape traders and mail order fans. That of course left the door wide open for scrutiny. For every botched order, there was some kid ranting about how much WRR sucked and that they were “rip offs”.<br /><br />I think pretty much anyone who did any kind of business with him at all during that period knew about his "reputation" or had received one of the anti- WRR flyers as the folks who hated him were just as active in the underground trading scene/ network as he was. I can’t really speak to that as I was never ripped off or had any negative dealings with him, but it wasn’t uncommon in that era for any band on any label to feel ripped off to some degree by their labels for one reason or another. Richard C was an easy target.<br /><br />Much later I also ran a record label, so I understand the complexities of working with artists and accounting, paying bands etc. I don’t know what kind of contracts he had with his bands (if any), but it’s likely his accounting practices were messy especially if he was allegedly “cheating” the IRS. I can’t say to what extent he may or may not have been cheating the bands he worked with… I never dealt with him in that capacity. He did a lot of barter deals for merchandise and advertising. He was giving away a ton of merch and spending a lot of money in postage fees to get the word out. All of that stuff is tricky to account for. I can certainly see how a band selling a few hundred or thousand records would get pissed that they weren’t seeing any money as he was spending a ton and probably not accounting for all of it. The reality is, most of his releases probably lost money and the store floated him, allowing him to stay in business. <br /><br />Anyway, it’s difficult to tell if Richard’s intentions were good. He answered pretty much every piece of mail he got and made nice with his fans. He even picked up the phone and randomly called me a couple of times to talk about my zine, his label, the rumors, and just shoot the shit about music. Maybe he was a good marketer and salesman and was a pro at exploitation, or maybe he was just a huge fan that was trying to do his best in a hard business. Everyone seems to have an opinion on that.<br /><br />I lost touch with him in the early 90’s when I stopped publishing my zine, and was surprised to see how active he still was for several years well into the late 90’s. Bands would still work with him, regardless of his rep and he clearly put out some highly influential stuff. He was way ahead of the game and saw something in many bands that most labels at the time would take a pass on. I do believe the guy deserves some credit for that. <br /><br />I do know some folks who new him personally or had met him and thought he was a clown. I just never experienced it, personally, but I never met the guy face to face either. Adamhttps://www.discogs.com/label/30082-Wild-Rags-Recordsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-24492461027356184582017-08-10T12:53:58.164-04:002017-08-10T12:53:58.164-04:00Hello everybody...
I'm Ason from Malaysia and ...Hello everybody...<br />I'm Ason from Malaysia and doing my zine called ' Ultimate Darkness '. I want to make a section discussing about Wild Rags Recs for my upcoming issue which will be release in nov or dec 2017. I welcome everyone to submit their stories ( Positive or negative ) about Wild Rags Recs to my email at = draugaldrahn@gmail.com<br />Please state your name and place/country. <br />Thanks and cheers from Asia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13433865614701558592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-48683326347909625382015-09-09T01:42:09.458-04:002015-09-09T01:42:09.458-04:00Man, how "wild" to find this thread on R...Man, how "wild" to find this thread on Richard C and Wild Rags! Here's my humble bit on that scene. I am actually from Huntsville, Alabama but spent summers during my teen years in the late 1980's in SoCal where my mother lived (San Fernando Valley). I even moved there semi-permanently in 1991 after high school. I have since returned to Alabama long ago, but anyway... I was a huge metalhead back then and loved visiting there because I had access to so much great heavy music there I couldn't find in Bama. Saw many great shows at the Santa Monica Civic (Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, VoiVod, Danzig, Exodus, etc) during that time. I actually learned about Wild Rags when a friend of mine's band Humanicide from Alabama signed on with WRR. So the next time I was in SoCal I made a point to visit the store in person. I took a freakin' RTD bus from Van Nuys all the way to Montebello on a few occasions and spoke with Richard C every time. He was always cool with me and usually sent me home with a few demos from all over the world. I would bring him copies of bands from back home as well in the hopes he might give them a shot. He sent me his catalogs in the mail and I was always surprised that the clothing line didn't match the music he released. I understand why now. Funny thing, I became a late blooming musician myself and played in a handful of bands in Alabama ranging from Southern rock to metal to rockabilly. A good friend of mine and drummer in a couple of those bands with me named Brian Ridley once gave me a copy of his teenage death metal band's cd and whaddaya know! It was on Wild Rags Records! The band was Necrotomy from Texas by the way. I knew that Richard had rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way supposedly, but Ridley didn't seem to have much negative to say really. I haven't talked to my friends from Humanicide in many many years, but don't recall them saying anything bad other than the whole operation was very low budget. But now I'm a small business owner myself and it's how I live. I can sympathize with Richard and I can appreciate his dedication and enthusiasm for the music and bands he loved. My store is actually a boutique style craft beer store and I feel the same about the small breweries I work with and promote at my store. So regardless of where Richard may be these days and despite all the negativity that has been heaped on him over the years, I hope he is doing well. Really fun taking the trip down memory lane.Damonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08323367760233458178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-54949058014824499182015-08-01T16:00:02.932-04:002015-08-01T16:00:02.932-04:00Wild Rags was a sweet record store and I remember ...Wild Rags was a sweet record store and I remember many occasions visiting the store with my brother and friends. I remember Richard not being the most pleasant guy to deal with but his store was second to none. I remember the day it closed and seeing the auction sign out front, was a very sad day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-81953155183020766932015-01-05T02:19:19.176-05:002015-01-05T02:19:19.176-05:00I dealt with Richard C for many years. He was alwa...I dealt with Richard C for many years. He was always upfront and sent some great promos and WILD RAGS samplers along with his fanzine. He was mostly into DEATH METAL, Grindcore etc... However, I'd see fair reviews of Melodic Power Metal in his magazine. I discovered a lot of great bands through Richard C. He never once ripped me off nor any of my Metalhead friends. Always wondered what happened to him. Hope he is well and listening to METAL wherever he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-59973856417750157782013-08-17T01:33:27.019-04:002013-08-17T01:33:27.019-04:00I used to drive there every week in the early 90&#...I used to drive there every week in the early 90's. Anyways one time I asked Richard if I could use the restroom. He says yeah and tells me where it is. So I go back there and man, I've never seen so many boxes in my life. I asked him if he knew what was in there and he says "fuck no". He gets one and opens it and it's brand new copies of metallica 6 1/2 years ep. Now this was in metallica's prime of their popularity. I just laughed. But man do I miss that place! Btw dark realm sucks and they always sucked. Their selection was always weak compared to wild ragsSonomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512942447419566695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-9408996988267402602013-06-23T05:38:36.076-04:002013-06-23T05:38:36.076-04:00Woah! I'm really loving the template/theme of ...Woah! I'm really loving the template/theme of this blog. It's simple, yet effective. A lot of times it's challenging to get that "perfect balance" between user friendliness and appearance. I must say you've done a amazing job with this. Additionally, the blog loads extremely fast for me on Safari. Outstanding Blog! <br /><a href="http://bulldogpupp.com/" rel="nofollow"> <strong><b>bulldogpupp</b></strong></a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-54961937031434051252012-12-11T20:43:44.778-05:002012-12-11T20:43:44.778-05:00Growing up in ELA and Montebello, I spent a lot of...Growing up in ELA and Montebello, I spent a lot of time there. Spent a lot of money there as well. I was able to get what I was looking for back then without having to go all the way to Hollywood. He had cool punk videos, most of them with very shitty quality. For the time, they were cool! Richard was a Dick. He had an attitude problem. I only seen him act tuff with the kids. Any grown man would have kick his ass. I wonder if he had any friends, he was always at the shows by himself. I still have the "Necrophagia", "Bloodcum", and "Preacher" albums from the "Wild Rags HARDCORE DEMO SERIES". I paid $5 for them at time. Good memories.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-76287302047455507982012-11-30T03:05:58.459-05:002012-11-30T03:05:58.459-05:00I grew up in Montebello, I spent a lot of money in...I grew up in Montebello, I spent a lot of money in the late 80s/90s at his store. I wasn't into the death metal stuff, I would go for the latest Flipside and Maximum Rock And Roll... I loved his video rentals, all the old Target videos. Sometimes we would go in just to look, I was there a lot, and I never had an issue with him, he was always cool to me... Although everyone at MHS called him a dick, no one ever said why. I think it was just popular to call him a dick. RIP Wild Rags.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-78269398014129363312012-10-26T22:47:39.401-04:002012-10-26T22:47:39.401-04:00My boyfriend and I used to spend a lot of time at ...My boyfriend and I used to spend a lot of time at Wild Rags, looking through the demos, fanzines, vinyl and attending signings (VoiVod, Dark Angel, Destruction). I ended up working there for a short time in '88, or maybe it was '89. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Jesus Tovar, aka Jose de Jesus Tovar (Chuy) please comment. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-78296493234823481972012-08-27T10:46:26.119-04:002012-08-27T10:46:26.119-04:00WE BOUGHT TON OF STUFF FROM THE WILD RAGS AUCTION ...WE BOUGHT TON OF STUFF FROM THE WILD RAGS AUCTION IN 1998 AND ALL OF THEM FOR SALE ON OUR WEBSITE.<br /><br />http://WWW.PCRPROINC.COM<br /><br />WE HAVE T SHORTS, CDS , CASSETTES ETC.<br /><br />ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC SITTING THERE FROM THAT ERA..<br />WE JUST STARTED SELLING THEM IN 2012 AND THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING IN STORAGE SINCE 1998.PCRhttp://www.pcrproinc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-23985314800463755572012-07-31T18:45:14.745-04:002012-07-31T18:45:14.745-04:00I started listening to death, black and doom metal...I started listening to death, black and doom metal back in the mid nineties and got in touch with Ricardo Campos in the transition of the XX to the XXI century.<br /><br />I am from Portugal (Europa) and even here he was really famous as a rip-off. All metalheads advised me not to get in touch with him. Anyway I realy wanted those THERGOTHON and UNHOLY demo tapes, two milestones releases in funeral doom metal from Finland.<br /><br />He was really nice in all our short snail mail correspondence. I got those two tapes really cheap and he sent lots of flyers, catalogues, free zines and CDs as a bonus. Of course the layout of the catalogue and releases wasn't as good as NUCLEAR BLAST, MUSIC FOR NATIONS or DISPLEASED! Of course everything was kind of cheesy around the WILD RAGS name and concept. But that was so genuine and trult underground!!<br /><br />I am really glad that I found this topic because all this info was a missing piece in a very obscure puzzle that was my teenage years, long before internet when the only way to get music was throuh my MOURNFUL TAPE TRADING and NEVOAS RADIO SHOW. <br /><br />Thank you very much to all of you. And respect to Richard C. wherever you are!João Gama Marqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998848172638240151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-20419782473388675732012-07-25T01:55:36.536-04:002012-07-25T01:55:36.536-04:00Mis respetos a Richard c. donde quiera que este.Mis respetos a Richard c. donde quiera que este.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-66889469124476783742012-07-06T04:19:25.584-04:002012-07-06T04:19:25.584-04:00I would like to know where he is too. I just want ...I would like to know where he is too. I just want to say hi. I did a one page (front and back thing) called Amy's Newsletter from 1992-1997. It was kinda like a fanzine. I wrote about bands and 'zines and swapped ads and stuff like that. I had tons of pen pals back in those days. I forget originally how I came into contact with Wild Rags but I'm thinking maybe it was from an ad in the Rolling Stone classifieds or something. Anyway it was Richard C and a guy named Mark from Rock Fetish in FL who helped me make all of my copies of my newsletter and I would send them some for free to hand out as well. Richard always sent me big priority mail envelopes full of promo cd's stickers and 'zines. Once I asked for a photo of him (because we were pen pals) and the one he sent me, he is wearing sunglasses. I always thought perhaps he just was shy or wanted to seem mysterious. It's funny, I still have that photo and until tonight I never knew what he looked like (without shades I mean). I happened to find a photo tonight while I was searching the web. Funny the things you wake up thinking about in the early morning hours. Also Richard used to call me to talk a little sometimes. The time I remember most was one Valentine's Day, my little brother had answered the phone...then he yelled "Amy, the president's on the phone" and it was Richard. I still get a kick out of that one. Anyway I have no idea if anyone was ever ripped off or whatever but he was always a cool guy to me and I wish him only the best wherever he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-55084032748875054152012-06-22T23:19:15.376-04:002012-06-22T23:19:15.376-04:00So do you know where he is? Is he well?So do you know where he is? Is he well?Aidanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-64957376497961592142012-06-22T17:16:15.365-04:002012-06-22T17:16:15.365-04:00I worked at this place for the last few years it w...I worked at this place for the last few years it was open i can tell you richard didnt ripp off people but he did ripp off the IRS big time by not paying his taxes, he was a straight forward NO BULLSHIT dude who most likely said he wasnt richard back in the day because he was verry popular not because he ripped people off and as far as the group of people makin the flyers look at the guys from dark realm who are also the guys from Ritual. They always had beef with rags and richard. He would be straight forward with you, if you walked in to his store and asked for something he WOULD have it and expect you to buy it if you made him pull it out, consumers are morons and he treated them as such. and no he is not in mexico. which in fact btw isnt his home country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-55963903186716541002012-05-03T12:19:07.017-04:002012-05-03T12:19:07.017-04:00Wild Rags releases kick total ass!!! Loved everyth...Wild Rags releases kick total ass!!! Loved everything I got from them- long live metal !!! HailsLuciferushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960590140299192364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273126442475794090.post-56351351079879428212012-03-08T14:47:03.726-05:002012-03-08T14:47:03.726-05:00Off-topic, but that daughter of his is an arrogant...Off-topic, but that daughter of his is an arrogant, dumb, fat piece of trash. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.Niconoreply@blogger.com