“This is for the artists who don’t fit in and never wanted to”: Slipknot’s Sid Wilson has launched his own record label

Slipknot’s Sid Wilson has just launched his own label, the delightfully-named Vomit Face Records.

With a roster featuring Lil Bushwick, J57, DEAD X HEDZ, Rome Fortune, Ricardo Grimm and Mars Black, as well as Sid himself, the DJ declares, “Vomit Face Records is about tearing down the walls. This is for the artists who don’t fit in and never wanted to. It’s rebels in motion that unapologetically stand out. It’s to celebrate imperfection, people making real art out of the mess in a world that rewards fake. It’s where the sound, hard work and spirit collide and no-one can tell you how to look or feel.

“Real art isn’t pretty, it should stir something slightly uncomfortable and break down those walls to create something new inside of you. It’s a place for the misfits to have a voice and a place to make their own.”

The first release for Vomit Face comes from the aforementioned Lil Bushwick with his new single Take It Back, which was co-produced by Sid alongside DJ Lethal.

“Bushwick Bill and I had made a promise to each other to make an album,” reveals Sid. “After several roadblocks in scheduling, Bill sadly, and unfortunately, passed away due to illness most were unaware of.

“In meeting his son and discovering that he too was a music artist, I made a promise to the spirit of the great Bushwick, that I would fulfil our pact by producing an album for his son. We did just that, and through the help of a dear friend DJ Lethal, we were able to add an unreleased track of Bill’s, and I’m proud to say, we made the impossible possible for this iconic hip-hop lineage of father and son.”

“Being able to collaborate with my pops six years after his passing brings me a different type of joy,” continues Lil Bushwick. “Hearing his voice again speaking life and expressing himself just as I remembered takes me back to the simpler times. I know he’d be proud of how I approached each verse my own way. He was always big on being yourself and I’ll forever be that. Long live Chuckwick 4L.”

Check out Take It Back below:

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