Bob Biggs, founder of iconic LA independent label Slash Records, dies at 74
Bob Biggs, a larger-than-life Los Angeles entrepreneur and painter who harnessed the energy of the Los Angeles punk scene to create the essential independent label Slash Records, died on Saturday, due to complications from Lewy body dementia. He was 74.
His death was confirmed by his wife, Kim Champagne Biggs.
Founded in 1978 as an extension of a successful punk magazine, Slash delivered to the national stage bands including X, Los Lobos, Germs, the Blasters, Misfits, Violent Femmes, Faith No More, L7 and dozens more.
Hardly a stereotypical punk himself - he preferred a nice pair of shorts to bondage jeans - Biggs sensed that what was occurring at Hollywood clubs such as the Masque and the Whisky A Go Go marked the beginning of something special that might resonate beyond Southern California.
"From the beginning, our aim was to take music with specific cultural value
