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)
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- ^ Diamond, Michael; Horovitz, Adam (2018-10-30). Beastie Boys Book. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8129-9554-1.