Slaughter Joe
| Joe Foster | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joseph James Foster Ruiz |
| Also known as | Slaughter Joe |
| Born |
9 August 1960 Bloomsbury, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, record label owner |
| Instruments | Vocals, multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | Creation Records, Rev-Ola, Kaleidoscope Sound, PoppyDisc |
| Associated acts | The Television Personalities, Biff Bang Pow |
Joe Foster (born Joseph James Foster Ruiz, 9 August 1960), often known as Slaughter Joe, is an English musician and record producer.
Along with Alan McGee and Dick Green, he formed Creation Records in 1983. He set up the Kaleidoscope Sound label in the mid-1980s, and Creation's subsidiary label Rev-Ola Records in the early 1990s. McGee, Foster and Green were also in the band Biff Bang Pow.
Along with school friends at The London Oratory School Edward Ball, Dan Treacy, and John and Gerard Bennett, Foster was a founding member of The Television Personalities. He went on to play in Biff Bang Pow.
He had two UK Independent Chart hits in the mid-1980s with "I'll Follow You Down" (no. 11, 1985) and "She's So Out of Touch" (no. 22, 1986).
As Slaughter Joe and the Modern Folk Quintet, he released All Around My Hobby Horse's Head in 1986 on Kaleidoscope Sound. In 1990, saw the release Pied Piper of Feedback on Creation Records. In 2003, he put out Zé Do Caixão which is a compilation of his past work on Rev-Ola featuring Dave Musker (ex-Television Personalities and The Jasmine Minks), Tony Barber (ex-Buzzcocks) and Francis Sweeney (from The June Brides).
Foster is noted for producing The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, and My Bloody Valentine . He also produced records for many others, including the X-Men, The Jasmine Minks, The Loft, Felt, The Sea Urchins, The Bounty Hunters, Dave Kusworth, 18 Wheeler, Razorcuts, I, Ludicrous, Captain Soul, and The Creation.
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