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[]

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[]

Buzz Clic/Bold Chicken
Dissidents
H.G. Lewis
Numbskull
Offbeats
The Pagans
Pere Ubu
Pistol Whip
Rocket From The Tombs
Rubber City Rebels
The New Christs
The Other Kids
THOR
Tin Huey
Unknown Instructors

References[]

^ https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/smog-veil-records-digs-deep-into-clevelands-twisted-rock-n-roll-past-for-a-special-reissue-series/Content?oid=4664621
^ http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/interview-smog-veil-records-sxsw-2008/^{[dead link]}
^ "News - Und Sonst So" [News - Other]. Ox-Fanzine (in German). Solingen: Ox Verlag. December 2021. p. 5.

[1] ttps://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/smog-veil-records-digs-deep-into-clevelands-twisted-rock-n-roll-past-for-a-special-reissue-series/Content?oid=4664621

[2] ttp://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/interview-smog-veil-records-sxsw-2008/^{[dead link]}

[3] "News - Und Sonst So" [News - Other]. Ox-Fanzine (in German). Solingen: Ox Verlag. December 2021. p. 5.

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