It was formed as a joint venture between talent manager Gary Kurfirst (who managed such acts as the Ramones, Big Audio Dynamite, Deee-Lite and Deborah Harry) and MCA Records, and it is now out of business.

[1] Its catalogue is now owned by Geffen Records and licensed through Universal Music Enterprises.

Acts on the label included Live, Black Grape, the Ramones, Big Audio Dynamite, Traci Lords, and Angelfish (Shirley Manson[2][3]—Manson joined Garbage courtesy of Gary Kurfirst[4]).

[5][6] Radioactive released the original soundtrack album for the nineteenth James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough, as well as the single of the title track, which was a massive hit throughout Europe.

[7] It debuted with albums from Radio Iodine and Dig, bands that were formerly signed to Radioactive.