Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.
The first Factory Records office, 86 Palatine Road in West Didsbury, Manchester.
The Haçienda's interior before opening
The new Haçienda apartments in 2007
The top of Wilson's gravestone, designed by Peter Saville and Ben Kelly.
An independent record label is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented by trade associations in their country or region, which in turn are represented by the international trade body, the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN).
MF DOOM, one of the pioneering artists of the underground hip hop scene, whose success helped bring attention to independent hip hop releases and influenced many musicians.