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Vertigo Records artists

  • MetallicaIn late 1981, a Danish drummer named Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in The Recycler newspaper. The ad read "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to…
  • Black SabbathIn 1968, four musicians met in the industrial city of Birmingham to form a heavy blues rock band. Guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward had previously…
  • Dire StraitsIn 1977, four men gathered in a kitchen in Deptford, south east London to form a band that would change the sound of rock music.
  • KraftwerkIn 1970, two students named Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter met at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. They began playing together as part of a…