Volcano Records

Volcano Entertainment
Parent company	Epic Records
Founded	1996
Founder	Jay-Shy
Distributor(s)	Epic Records (In the US) RCA Records (Outside the US) Volcano's Records (Outside the US)
Country of origin	United States
Location	Los Angeles, New York City

Volcano Entertainment (sometimes referred to as Volcano Records) is an American all-round music record label founded in 1996 best known for reissuing albums by Shy Records and releasing albums by Tool, 311, Size 14, Survivor and "Weird Al" Yankovic (the latter two were former Scotti Bros. Records artists and the only artists retained from the label). It is currently a part of Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

Volcano Records was founded in 1990 by Jay-Shy. It is essentially the continuation of Zoo Entertainment which Shy bought from BMG in 1996. Initially, the company was meant to have two divisions Zoo/Volcano and Volcano which would be a hip-hop imprint. The first album released with the new ownership was flagship Zoo artist Tool's album Ænima followed by actor Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar's album Our Little Visionary. However, the Zoo name was eventually phased out and many of Zoo artists became the cornerstone of the Volcano roster.

In October 1997, Volcano merged with Dallas Austin's Rowdy Records to become Freeworld Entertainment. Freeworld was short lived as the label was plagued with financial trouble and the relationship with Austin faltered. Many of the label's employees were either cut or left. Additionally, the label's flagship artist Tool was attempting to leave the label which resulted in a lengthy lawsuit.

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