Foundations Forum
Artist Song Label
Animal Bag Spirits of Grass Mercury Records
Wool Kill The Crow London Records
Carcass Embodiment Earache / Columbia Records
Drown Transparent Elektra Records
Bourbon Lies Love Me One More Time -
Reason Being The Vibe -
Metal Sky Craz Hot Girl Tonight -
Vertical After Stab the Cheese Undergrowth Records
Bullets 4 Breakfast Extreme Hostile Intent Coldwar Records
Arsinal The Window -
Mystic Force Divinity Within ( Reach for Tomorrow ) -
Ramrod Listen ... As I Die -
Foundations Forum '94
Foundations Forum '94 took place at the Burbank Hilton Hotel in LA from September 7–9 , 1994 . The special address was given by Ted Nugent and Mercury Records provided a launch party at the Palace in Hollywood featuring performances by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones , Animal Bag , Shootyz Groove , Downset and Kerbdog . Bands showcasing this year included Bile , Biohazard , Bruce Dickinson , Downset , Dream Theater , Drown , Fates Warning , Korn , Machine Head , Yngwie Malmsteen , Monster Voodoo Machine , My Head , Overkill , Wickerman , Wool , Dead Orchestra , Engines of Aggression , Juster , Wood , Paradise Lost , Planet Hate , Po ' Boy Swing , Pushmonkey , Raven , Blackthorne and Vertical After . Panel Moderator Commercial Radio Sue Naramore ( Geffen Records ) College Radio Sharon Joffe ( Arista Records ) Independent Labels Tom Lipsky ( CMC International ) International 'Europe : Independent Route to Success ' Andy Black ( Music For Nations ) Management Workshop Jim Pitulski ( Round Table Entertainment ) Grammy Professional Forum National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Retail Focus Group Bob Cahill ( EMI Records ) 'Is There Life After Death ? ' Frank Dancsecs ( Ace 's Records ) Publishing Workshop Dexter Moore ( BMI ) Maximising Video Exposure Souxsie Crawford ( Bohemia Afterdark ) Guitar Clinic Yngwie Malmsteen College Radio 101 Chainsaw ( Mechanic Records ) Consumer focus Group Dyana Kass ( Hollywood Records ) Linnea Nann ( Warner Bros. Records ) More War Stories Dee Snider Free Legal Advice Joseph Serling ( Serling Rooks & Ungar ) Marketing Jayne Simon ( Geffen Records ) Press Katherine Turman ( RIP Magazine ) Emerging Radio Technologies Susan Greenwood ( MCA Records ) Pick Brian 's Brain Brian Slagel ( Metal Blade ) Women 's Opportunities Gerri Miller ( Metal Edge Magazine ) Touring Andy Gould ( Concrete Management ) Underground Press Jerry Rutherford ( CuriousGoods ) Engineering Workshop Freddie Piro ( Ocean Studio ) A & R Panel Brian Slagel ( Metal Blade ) Legal Workshop Joseph Serling ( Serling , Rooks & Ungar ) Artist Panel Vanessa Warwick ( MTV Europe ) Foundations Forum '94 CD Sampler – CD 1 Artist Song Label White Zombie Children of the Grave Columbia Records Fates Warning Outside Looking In Metal Blade Records Monster Magnet Negasonic Teenage Warhead A & M Records C.O.C Broken Man Columbia Records Gilby Clarke Cure Me ... Or Kill Me Virgin Records Machine Head Davidian Roadrunner Records David La Duke Satisfaction ( A Stones Tribute ) SB Discs and Tapes Silence Sound of the Rain CEG Records Joey Vera Laughing in the Light Metal Blade Records Mobius Filling My Shoes – Mary 's Magnet Number Nine – Paradise Lost True Belief Music For Nations Hate Face Skin – Foundations Forum '94 CD Sampler – CD 2
Foundations Forum was the first exclusively heavy metal music industry convention, held annually from 1988-1997 in Los Angeles. The convention was set up by Concrete Marketing who had in January 1988 created the first industry trade magazine for the heavy metal world - Foundations. Realizing there was little or no attention or focus on this growing market, and having seen the far reaching distribution of the trade magazine, they decided to put together an annual meeting, bringing together key industry personnel, vendors and artists (and in later forums fans as well) offering advice on surviving the industry, discussing the changing climate of the scene and business, and allowing people to network. Executive Director Bob Chiappardi summed up the purpose of the Forum, 
The way heavy metal is growing, we want to be careful not to have it blow out. By sitting down and talking about the genre, the good and the bad points, having the indies interacting with the majors, it makes for a healthy industry in general. The forums usually invited a keynote speaker who would open the event and touch on important themes for the weekend ahead. There would be panels and workshops made up of industry personnel particular to the theme who would discuss contemporary issues and answer questions. There were also plenty of performances all weekend of the best signed and unsigned talent the heavy metal world had to offer, over the years including bands like Judas Priest, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Extreme, Ozzy Osbourne and Prong. CD Samplers of signed and unsigned artists were distributed to each forum attendee