Geoff Travis

Inspired by the City Lights Bookshop in San Francisco, Geoff Travis opened the legendary Rough Trade Shop in 1976. Within a year the shop had become a hub for the burgeoning DIY punk culture. The Rough Trade label was born in 1978 and, in the time since, has been home for the likes of The Fall, The Smiths, Scritti Politti, Robert Wyatt, The Strokes, The Libertines, British Sea Power, Antony and the Johnsons and Jarvis Cocker. Geoff continues to run the label and is still hands on in helping to get the music he loves exposed to the wider public.

www.roughtraderecords.com