A HISTORY OF VICIOUS – 1992 to 2022
Cool Timeline
1991 – The beginning
1991 - 3 Melbourne DJ's plant the seeds that become Vicious Vinyl.
1992 – The first releases
1992 January - The first releases on the label begin... Ground Level debut's with "God Intended"
1992 March – Eternal by Eternal
Carl Cox and Mark James collaborate under ETERNAL on release number 3 for Vicious.
1992 Sept- Vicious meets the USA
Vicious breaks out in the USA underground with our first releases into the huge US market....
1992 Nov – Eternal ‘Mind Odyssey’
1992 January - The first releases on the label begin... Ground Level debut's with "God Intended"
1993 – Dreams Of Heaven
Ground Level breakout with their seminal track 'Dreams Of Heaven"
1993 – Quench ‘Feel My Love’
Quench 'Feel My Love'
1994 – ‘Theme from Bubbleman’
Bubbleman 'Theme From Bubbleman'
1995 – The Original Pendulum
1995 - The original Pendulum emerge.
1996 – Dance Compilations
1996 - Dance House & Club Anthems, the clubbers compilation.
1997 – Pendulum ‘coma’
1997 - Pendulum win ARIA with Vicious remix of 'Coma'
1998 – Sgt Slick arrives
Sgt Slick arrives and wins ARIA Award for his debut release!
1998 – ‘Gotta Have Hope’
1998 - Blackout deliver with global club hit 'Gotta Have Hope'
1998 – ‘believe’ progressive hit
1998 - Ivan Gough's early co production 'Believe' makes global waves...
1999- Madison Avenue (oz)
1999- The birth of Madison Avenue as they debut in Australia
2000- Madison Avenue (UK)
2000 - Madison Avenue break globally, including the UK Number 1 on the pop chart
2000 – #1 in Australia
Madison Avenue hit number 1 in Australia with 'Who The Hell Are You'.
2000 – Madison Avenue Single 3
2000 - Three Top 10 Singles in a row as Madison Avenue continue to dominate the year!
2001 – The DJ Mix CD
2001 - DJ Mix compilations bring clubs to the record stores...
2001 – MA do it again
2001 - Madison Avenue hit again with 'Reminiscing"
2001 – One Love Club
2001 - One LOve the club opens and connects with the Melbourne dance music community and Vicious DJs
2001 – 16th Element ‘warp’
2001 - 16th Element drop on Vicious and sign to Subliminal and Loaded Records
2002 – Rogue Traders
2002 - Rogue Traders kick off their substantial career signing to Vicious.
2002 – MrTimothy
2002 - Vicious welcomes house music producer MrTimothy to the label.
2003- Vicious Urban J-Wess
2003 - Vicious offshoot Vicious Urban delivers with J-Wess "Bang This"
2003 – Rogue Traders Vs INXS
2003 - Rogue Traders Top 10 pop chart hit and ARIA winning collaboration with INXS drops
2004 – Vandalism kick off
2004 - Andy Van kicks off his new musical venture with Kam Denny - VANDALISM
2004 – ‘I AM Tha 1’
2004 -MrTimothy teams up with Inaya Day with a massive vocal tune
2004 – ‘Stand By Me’
2004 - MrTimothy and Inaya Day deliver another vocal house bomb.
2005 – dirty south
2005 - Dirty South signs with Vicious
2005 – Cabin Crew Hit
2005 - Cabin Crew crossover hit 'Star2Fall' lands on Vicious
2005 – vandalism
2005 - Vandalism cross over from clubs to the top 40 with 'Never Say Never'
2005 – dirty south arrives
2005 - Dirty South grows with his distinctive electro style
2006 – dirtySouth v evermore
2006 - Dirty South collaborates with Evermore and delivers the first of many anthems.
2007 – The Potbelleez
2007 - The Potbelleez sign to Vicious
2007 – ‘Dont Hold Back’
2007 - The Potbelleez score a massive hit with Vicious as their single 'Dont Hold Back' crosses over
2008 – ‘Are You With Me’ hit #2
2008 - Hit Number 2 for the Potbelleez with 'Are You With Me'
2008 – dirty south worldwide
2005 - Dirty South breaks through globally...
2008 – THAT Swedish kid…
2008 - Vicious' Andy Van meets Avicii for the first time.
2009 – Avicii & Vicious
2008 - Avicii's early releases with Vicious continue...
2009 – Dirty South & Axwell
2008 - Dirty South collaborates with Swedish superstar Axwell on 'Open Your Heart"
2009 – Angger Dimas Signs
2009 - Indonesia's Angger Dimas signs with Vicious Recordings
2010 – Avicii Meets Clubland
2008 - Avicii's connection with clubbers builds with more killer tunes
2010 – New Sub Label
2010 Vicious kick off new sub-label Vicious Bitch, now Be Rich Records.
2010- Avicii’s 1st Beatport #1
2010 - Avicii & Sebastien Drums hit number 1 on Beatport with their killer version of "My Feelings For You"
2010 – Vandalism party anthem
2010 Vandalism collaborates with Static Revenger for this EDM party starter!
2011 – Avicii’s star rises
2011 Avicii continues his global rise!
2011 – Angger, Aoki & Iggy
2011 Angger Dimas, Steve Aoki and Iggy Azalea drop 'Beatdown'
2011 – Avicii final vicious tunes
2011 Avicii 's final releases with Vicious before dropping the massive 'Levels' and genuine superstardom!
2011 – Tommie Sunshine
2011 USA's Tommie Sunshine teams up with Disco Fries for 'Don't Look Back' on Vicious
2011 – Andy & John on Avicii
2011 Vicious owners Andy and John discuss Avicii's legacy...
2012 – Peking Duk
2012 - Peking Duk hit number 1 on the Australian Club Chart
2013 – Peking Duk do it again
2013 Peking Duk's 2nd Club Chart number 1 see's the duo's popularity grow...
2014 – Peking duk get ‘high’
2014 - Peking Duk have a massive crossover hit with 'High' featuring Nicole Millar
2014 – Madison Ave anthem returns
2014 - Madison Avenue's 'Don't Call Me Baby' gets remixed for the first time since its original release.
2014 Peking Duk Hit again
2014 'Take Me Over' see's Peking Duk with another multi platinum hit.
2015- ‘say my name’
2015 - Peking Duk, now a household name in Australia, drop their final single with Be Rich / Vicious.
2016 – Brazil meets Vicious
2016 - EDM vibes from Australia to Brazil with FTampa.
2016 – Cover version pt1
2016 - Cover Versions deliver Pt 1 with Jolyon Petch & Livingstone
2016 – Cover Version Pt 2
2016 - Cover Version Pt 2 delivers as Perth's Mind Electric drops 'Praise You' on Vicious
2016 – Cover Version Pt 3
2016 - Cover Version Pt 3 with Queensland duo Rave Radio
2016 – U-Genius & Valiant
2016 - New labels U-Genius and Valiant Records join the Vicious collective.
2017 – new Artists deliver
2017 - New Australian Artists release with Vicious.
2018 – Henry Hacking
2018 - UK rising DJ and Producer Henry Hacking signs to Vicious
2019 – New Love Henry Hacking
2019 - Henry Hacking brings the uplifting piano house vibes to Vicious
2019 – Mind Electric
2019 - Mind Electric featuring Kylie Auldist deliver a house music classic
2019 – Sgt Slicks ABBA remake
2019 - Sgt Slick delivers a cracking disco house cover of ABBA's 'Gimme Gimme Gimme'
2020 – Covid
2020 - Covid causes chaos worldwide... but the music continues.
2020 – Just A Little
2020 - Label co-owner John Course gets back into the studio during Covid shutdowns and drops 'Just A Little'
2021- more from Sgt Slick
2020 - Sgt Slick brings more funky disco goodness to Vicious with 'The Night The Lights Went Out'
2021 – Vicious Sound System
2021 - Vicious Radio Worldwide
2021- Dubbel Drop on Be rich
2021 - Be Rich A&R boss man drops Dubbel Drop project
2021- super Disco Club
2021 - Label co-owner Andy Van drops his new Super Disco Club project with Cassie Van
2021- super Disco Club & Sadako
2021 - Super Disco Club team up with Sadako Pointer for 'Happiness'
2021- friendless dropping bombs
2021 - the Friendless story continues with a string of hot house jams
2022 – Gimme Gold
Sgt Slicks massive cover version of ABBA’s “Gimme Gimme Gimme” has officially achieved GOLD status
2022- Extrovert label
2022 - Extrovert Music launches under the Vicious collective of labels
2022- flash hits number 1
2022 - Flash spends 3 weeks at number 1 on the Australian Club Chart with Hypnotized
2022- 30 Year Celebrations
2022 - 30 Years Of Vicious celebrations.