Initially a subsidiary of Sony before going independent in 1996,[1] Loosegroove signed many up and coming artists from various musical genres, especially rock and hip hop.
Significantly, Gossard signed Queens of the Stone Age to Loosegroove, releasing the band's debut album in 1998.
Others who worked with Loosegroove include Critters Buggin, Weapon of Choice, Malfunkshun, Devilhead, Prose and Concepts, Ponga, Hi Fi Killers, Nash Kato and Eureka Farm.
Loosegroove also released the Seattle Hip Hop Compilation 14 Fathoms Deep in January 1997, and the soundtrack to the movie Chicago Cab in 1998.
[3] In 2020 a resurrected Loosegroove Records, again overseen by Gossard and Hagar, released the debut of Gossard's side project Painted Shield[4] In 2021 the label released the album 1982 by the band The Living, which includes Duff McKagan (guitar), Greg Gilmore (drums), John Conte (vocals), and Todd Fleischman (bass).