Smog Veil Records
Smog Veil Records was a Chicago, IL based independent record label. In addition to standard CD, DVD, and vinyl distribution, Smog Veil also distributed its media via digital channels, including Napster and iTunes.
History[edit]
In business from 1991 until 2021, Smog Veil Records focused primarily on underground, challenging, unknown, and/or bombastic rock’n’roll from artists based in Northeast Ohio and Cleveland.[1] Co-owner Frank Mauceri stated that the company had a green initiative, and that its headquarters were powered by wind and solar energy.[2] The label closed in December 2021.[3]
Artists[edit]
- Agitated
- Amoeba (raft boy)
- Amps 2 Eleven
- Axemaster
- Broke
- Buzz Clic/Bold Chicken
- California Speedbag
- Cheese Borger and The Cleveland Steamers
- David Thomas and 2 pale boys
- Defnics
- Dissidents
- Face Value
- H.G. Lewis
- Idiot Humans
- Les Black and the Amazing Pink Holes
- Lurid
- New Creatures
- Numbskull
- Offbeats
- The Pagans
- Pere Ubu
- Pink Holes
- Pistol Whip
- Prisoners
- Rocket From The Tombs
- Rubber City Rebels
- Step Sister
- The God Squad
- The New Christs
- The Other Kids
- THOR
- Tin Huey
- Unknown Instructors
- Vacancies
References[edit]
- ^ "Smog Veil Records Digs Deep into Cleveland's Twisted Rock 'n' Roll Past for a Special Reissue Series".
- ^ "Interview: Smog Veil Records [SXSW 2008] | Notes from the Road | PopMatters". www.popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-22.
- ^ "News - Und Sonst So" [News - Other]. Ox-Fanzine (in German). Solingen: Ox Verlag. December 2021. p. 5.
