For the type of lizard, see chameleon

Chameleon

Chameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a...

. For other uses of the word, see chameleon (disambiguation)

Chameleon (disambiguation)

A chameleon is an Old World lizard belonging to the family Chamaeleonidae.Chameleon may also refer to:-Science and philosophy:* Polychrotidae, a family of lizards often incorrectly called chameleons* Chamaeleon, a constellation...

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Chameleon was a record label formed by industry veterans Andy Frances and Steve Powers, and was funded by Dan Protzker.
Bad Religion

Bad Religion

Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...

 guitarist Brett Gurewitz

Brett Gurewitz

Brett W. Gurewitz , nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and sister-labels ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, and Hellcat Records...

 was an employee and Chameleon had distributed some early Epitaph releases, such as L7

L7 (band)

L7 was an American rock band from Los Angeles, that was active from 1985 to 2000. Due to their sound and image, they are often associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s.-History:...

's self-titled debut.

In the first years of the label's existence, Chameleon was distributed by Capitol/EMI Inc. In the last years of the label's existence, Chameleon was distributed by Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

. Chameleon also relaunched the legendary Chicago Blues Soul label Vee-Jay Records, and had a subsidiary of their own called Dali Records.

Overall artists Included:
John Lee Hooker, Dramarama, Lowen & Navarro, New Marines, Mary's Danish, Way Moves,