Rastacore Records

Rastacore Records was an independent record label founded and operated by Mike Briggs (3). Briggs had previously operated Arcatones and Playhouse Productions, which garnered notoriety for releasing and questionably licensed Mr. Bungle demo tape in 1991. Due to the negative feedback from the band, Briggs changed the name of his record label to Rastacore Records and released a demo tape by his own band Agent 86 (2). Many years later, Briggs re-released Mr. Bungle's demo tape through Rastacore Records, this time on compact disc. As opposed to the Playhouse Productions cassette tape (which was mainly distributed through mail-order), the compact disc version featured a barcode and was distributed through major record stores. With the assistance of Warner Brothers Records, Mr. Bungle once again put a stop to the sell of this release.