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# Grooveshark Returns Via Site Created By Former ‘Associate’
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/grooveshark-returns-via-site-created-by-former-associate/
- Published: 2015-05-06T09:53:25.000Z
- Updated: 2015-05-06T09:53:25.000Z
- Description: It took 6 years for the major labels to put Grooveshark out of business. But it took a just days for it to resurface as a site created by a. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/05/grooveshark-returns-via-site-created-by-former-associate.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Tech, Streaming, Free music, Grooveshark, Josh Greenberg, record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Sam Tarantino, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Grooveshark](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d10f5142970c-150wi "Grooveshark")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d10f5142970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)It took 6 years for the major labels to put **Grooveshark** out of business. But **it took a just days for it to resurface** as a site created by **a team claiming to have ties to Grooveshark** and offering **free music**.Just days after the RIAA shut Grooveshark down, its back up in a different form. Using the Grooveshark logo and a[ Groovesharl.io](http://grooveshark.io/?ref=hypebot.com) domain name, instead of the original .com, a team headed by a person claiming to be former associate of Grooveshark has put it back online. [![GrooveShark.io   listen to music on demand at no charge](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0829c9dc970d-350wi "GrooveShark.io   listen to music on demand at no charge")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0829c9dc970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)"I was connected to Grooveshark a few years back and I have, together with the team I've gathered, the knowledge and the technological abilities to bring it back to life," a person using the pseudonym Shark wrote in an email to [The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/5/8555327/grooveshark-clone-revives-music-streaming-site?ref=hypebot.com) and other media outlets.  
Shark says he started backing up Grooveshark when it became apparent that the labels would force it offline. He says he captured 90% of Grooveshark's content alongside a team that will eventually restore playlists and the full Grooveshark feature set. The speed with which they were able to launch may be that the site appears to be a rebranding of Swedish pirated music site mp3juices.se."We have all the servers/domains infrastructure in place, it’s going to be a roller coaster and we’re ready for it," Shark told [BGR](http://bgr.com/2015/05/05/grooveshark-is-back-online/?ref=hypebot.com).

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