1970
- Punk/Rock/Reggie were popular in the 70's
- They started as a record shop in 1976 called rough trade in west London, which was founded by Geoff Travis
- In 1978 became an official record company
- One of their signed acts Stiff little fingers was their first big success as they became 14th in the charts.
- They began to start recording pop songs starting with Scritty Politty, which wasnt very successful.
- Robert Wyatt a former member of Scitty Politty became popular as he was a veteran from the Falkland wars and that is what he sung about.
- In 1982 they bought an accountant, he told them they would have to dispose of the shop, which they then did to be later bought by some of there staff members it still open today.
- They signed the smiths in 1983, they had a 4 album contract.
- Rough Tade became international.
- The Smiths then left Rough Trade then the band itself split up.
- In December 1990 Rough trade was halted
- In March 1991 Rough Trade axed 2 out of 3 staff and admin, then the company went bust
- In 1992 Geoff Travis and Janet Lee started Rough Trade again without the rights to the name
- Pulp was there first success once offically reopened in 1993, Common People was 2nd in the charts in 1995, Then they had there 20th anniversary of the shop
- The Strokes Re kick started Rough Trade, The Strokes became the record companies biggest signing since the smiths.
- In 2001 they signed the Libertines
- Duffy has been with Rough Trade for 4 years under contract, Eventually they were rewarded with their first ever top of the charts with Duffy.
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