Refuge Records

Refuge Records
Founded	1980 (1980)
Founder	Greg Nelson, Jack Hafer, Ray Nenow
Genre	Contemporary Christian music
Country of origin	United States

Refuge Records was a contemporary Christian music record label founded in 1980 by Greg Nelson, Jack Hafer and Ray Nenow.^[1]

One imprint of Refuge was Pure Metal Records, although Star Song Communications bought out that branch in 1990.^[2] The label had Doug Mann, future founder of R.E.X. Records, as an employee.^[3]

Artists

Edin-Ådahl
Daniel Amos (Vox Humana in 1984)
Daniel Band
Bride
The Choir (Shades of Grey ep)
Robin Crow
Jerusalem (Dancing on the Head of the Serpent in 1988)
Joe English (Held Accountable in 1982)
Tommy Funderburk group known as "The Front"
Larry Howard (Shout and Sanctified Blues.)
Phil Madeira (Citizen of Heaven in 1986)
Newsboys (Read All About It in 1988)
In 3D (No Glasses Needed 1985)

References

^ Thompson, John J. (2000). Raised by Wolves: The Story of Christian Rock & Roll. Toronto, ON: ECW Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-55022-421-4.
^ Van Pelt, Doug (August 1989). "On the Beat / Metal". CCM Magazine. 13 (2): 20. ISSN 1524-7848.
^ Mann, Doug (October 16, 2016). "Doug Mann, founder of R.E.X. Records (Part One)". Interviewed by Trav Turner and Bruce Fitzhugh. As the Story Grows. Retrieved October 24, 2016.