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Load Records is an American noise/experimental independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. “Load Records might possibly in possession of the world’s most challenging record roster,” writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pit. “Rounded out by some of the most uncompromising noise/avant-garde/experimental artists in all of music’s sordid underbelly, Load has always prided itself on remaining outside of common taste and maybe even common sense.”[1]

Load Records was started by Ben McOsker in order to put a 7-inch record out for the band Boss Fuel. The label quickly became the most prominent source for noise music coming out of Providence, Rhode Island - loosely functioning in the same way that Sub Pop served grunge out of Seattle in the early ’90s. “Ben McOsker got into the business of running a label on a whim,” said Stylus Magazine, “and now, after more than ten years of operation, Load Records has become one of the preeminent names in noise music. By signing acts like Lightning Bolt, Sightings and Noxagt, McOsker has expanded the notions of noise and helped bring numerous Providence bands to the ears of discerning listeners.”[2] Some claim McOsker has released some of the most exciting noise/experimental music of the early ’00s, including music from Lightning Bolt, Neon Hunk, Metalux, Noxagt, and Friends Forever.
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