Restless Records

Restless Records was created in 1986 by Enigma Records and primarily released alternative, metal and punk records. Restless also licensed and released records from Bar/None Records, Metal Blade Records and Mute Records.

In 1991, Restless and a number of Enigma Records titles were acquired by Bill Hein and Joe Regis. In 1992, Restless acquired the Twin/Tone Records label and classic titles by such artists as The Replacements, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks and Ween.

In 1993, Restless co-founded Alternative Distribution Alliance with Warner Brothers Music Group to handle its distribution and certain titles released by Warner Bros., Elektra Records, Atlantic Records, their affiliates and Sub Pop Records. In 1997, Restless was acquired by New Regency Productions, where it was a subsidiary of until 2001 when it was sold back to Hein and Regis in 2001 Restless entered into a distribution deal with Ryko Distribution which led to a sale to Ryko Corp. Ryko was later acquired by Warner Music Group in 2006.