Playhouse Productions

Playhouse Productions was an independent record label founded and operated by Mike Briggs (3). Briggs had originally gotten permission to release Mr. Bungle's second demo tape, Bowel Of Chiley, in 1987 through his former record label Arcatones, but failed to put it out. It was only after the band was signed to Warner Brothers Records and gained considerable fame that Briggs finally released the demo, initially on cassette tape through Playhouse Productions in 1991. By this time Mr. Bungle was legally able to put a stop to the sell of this demo because their original agreement was superseded by signing with a major record label. Briggs ultimately changed the name of his record label again to Rastacore Records and later re-released Bowel Of Chiley in 1997 on compact disc.