Rocketown Records was an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. Smith. In the fall of 1995, met with Don Donahue, A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss creation of the label.
In 1996, Word Records bought a minority share of the company.[1]
Imprint
In 2006, Rocketown started the RKT Music imprint label to concentrate on a younger demographic. The first album released was Lifegiver by Hyper Static Union as a partnership between Rocketown and the Christian rock band Third Day. Hyper Static Union was signed to a production deal with Third Day's Consuming Fire Productions. Additional releases by RKT include Learning to Lose by The Turning and High Flight Society.
Roster
- Alathea (Active, currently independent)
- apt.core
- Christine Dente
- Ronnie Freeman
- Shaun Groves (Active, currently independent)
- High Flight Society
- Hyper Static Union (Active, with Amplitude Media)
- Geoff Moore
- Reuben Morgan (Active, current worship pastor of Hillsong Church)
- Michael Olson (Active)
- Michael W. Smith
- Out of the Grey (On hiatus)
- Ginny Owens (Active)
- Chris Rice (Active)
- George Rowe III
- Taylor Sorensen
- The Swift (Disbanded in 2006)
- The Turning
- Watermark (Inactive)
- Wilshire