Roswell Records is an Americanrecord label founded byDave Grohl in 1995 for his bandFoo Fighters. It is currently an imprint ofRCA Records and is based inNew York City.^[1][2][3]

The label was originally set up byCapitol Records as aholding company to retain the rights to Grohl's post-Nirvana music, its name a reference to theRoswell incident.^[4][2] Roswell's first release was the Foo Fighters'self-titled debut album in 1995. The gun on the album's cover is partly intended as a reference to theouter space theme associated with the names of both Roswell Records and the Foo Fighters.^[4][5]

In July 1999, both Foo Fighters and Roswell left Capitol and signed withRCA Records at the height of the band's popularity.^[6] It was one of the most high-profile artist signings of the year and shifted thedistribution rights of Foo Fighters-owned media from Capitol to RCA for their next studio album,There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999). Since then, every Foo Fighters album released under the Roswell label has been distributed by RCA.

In 2012, the imprint formed the film subsidiaryRoswell Films, which co-produced and co-distributed Grohl'sdirectorial debut documentary filmSound City (2013).^[7] The film discusses the historic importance ofSound City Studios and its Neve 8028 console to the world of rock music, along with other recording genres.Sound City debuted on January 18, 2013, to overwhelmingly positive reviews with a100% on Rotten Tomatoes.^[8] After the success ofSound City, Grohl expressed interest toBillboard of doing another production.^[9] According to Grohl,

After makingSound City, I realized that the pairing of music and documentary works well because the stories give substance and depth to the song, which makes for a stronger emotional connection. So I thought, ‘I want to do this again, but instead of just walking into a studio and telling its story, I want to travel across America and tell its story.^[10]

On May 15, 2014, it was announced that theFoo Fighters'eighth album would be released in the fall of 2014, and that the band would commemorate the album and their 20th anniversary with a television miniseries.^[11] Each song on the new album was recorded in a different city, featuring "local legends" on each song and lyrics inspired by the "experiences, interviews and personalities that became part of the process." It was later announced the series to be titled,Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways and was set to broadcast onHBO on October 17, 2014.^[12][13] With each of the eight episodes is presented as an exploration of the musical history of a different American city through a series of interviews by Grohl. The group is also shown incorporating what they learned from the interviews into the writing and recording of a new song in or near that city. The series received equal acclaim toSound City with the series receiving four nominations at the67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards and ultimately winning two of the four.^[14]

In February 2021, it was announced that Grohl would be producing and directing a documentarystreaming television series, based on the autobiographical novelFrom Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars by his mother Virginia Grohl.^[15] The series,From Cradle to Stage premiered exclusively onParamount+ on May 6, 2021, airing six episodes. In April 2021, it was announced Grohl directed a documentaryWhat Drives Us, on van touring. It was released on April 30, 2021, on the Coda Collection viaAmazon Prime.^[16] In November 2021, it was reported that a film starring the Foo Fighters, titledStudio 666 was shot in secret with filming taking place in the same house the band recorded their albumMedicine at Midnight.^[17] Nearing the end of filming in early 2020, production was shut down due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Production resumed in Los Angeles months later, becoming one of the first films to do so during the pandemic.^[18]

On December 2, 2021, a sneak peek trailer was uploaded to the band's YouTube channel.^[19] The official trailer was announced through the band's Twitter on January 10, and was released on January 11.^[20][21][22] The film was released theatrically on February 25, 2022, byOpen Road Films.^[23]

Roswell Films has received numerous nominations and awards for their productions.

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