Smog Veil Records is a Chicago, IL based independent record label

Independent record label

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. In addition to standard CD, DVD

DVD

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, and vinyl

Gramophone record

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 distribution, Smog Veil all distributes its media via the digital channels, including Napster

Napster

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 and iTunes

ITunes

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Label Information

In business since 1991, Smog Veil Records focuses primarily on underground, challenging, unknown, and/or bombastic rock’n’roll. Co-owner Frank Mauceri stated that the company now has a green initiative, and that its headquarters are now powered by wind and solar energy.

Artists

Agitated

Amoeba (raft boy)

Amps 2 Eleven

Axemaster

Broke

Buzz Clic/Bold Chicken

Buzz Clic

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California Speedbag

David Thomas and 2 pale boys

Defnics

Dissidents

Face Value

Face Value

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H.G. Lewis

Idiot Humans

Les Black and the Amazing Pink Holes

Lurid

New Creatures

Numbskull

Offbeats

The Pagans

The Pagans

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Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu

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Prisoners

Rocket From The Tombs

Rocket From The Tombs

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Rubber City Rebels

Rubber City Rebels

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Step Sister

The God Squad

The New Christs

The Other Kids

THOR

Thor (band)

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Tin Huey

Tin Huey

Tin Huey is an experimental rock and New Wave band from Akron, Ohio that formed in the mid/late 1970s.-Original lineups:The band was originally known as Rags and started out with three members: Mark Price, Michael Aylward, and Stuart Austin. Later, the band decided to rename themselves after...

Unknown Instructors

Unknown Instructors

The Unknown Instructors are an all-star improvisational rock outfit that features the former rhythm section of The Minutemen and fIREHOSE, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley; Saccharine Trust members, guitarist Joe Baiza and vocalist Jack Brewer; and vocalist/saxophonist Dan McGuire.Their...

Vacancies