Og Music was a small but influential

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based in

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, Canada.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, '' Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''.

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. . The label was established in 1983 by the band members of Deja Voodoo, Gerard van Herk and Tony Dewald. It ceased operations in 1990.

History

The label started by putting out

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-only releases, and soon began to release full vinyl LPs. As of 2007 none of these releases has ever been re-released on CD. In addition to releasing material from Deja Voodoo, the label was notable for giving early exposure to groups that would later go on to more mainstream success, such as

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and

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. Their best selling albums were the '' It Came from Canada'' compilations, which featured tracks from many Canadian indie artists of the time — in all, five such compilations were released. None of the album releases made it to mainstream airplay, but regularly charted at various

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stations in Canada. The label was retired when the band members of Deja Voodoo turned 30 and left the music business to pursue other careers. The record label was named after a fictional caveman character called Og.

Discography

* OG 1 - Deja Voodoo, ''Gumbo'' (Cassette - 1983) * OG 2 - Condition, ''Dirty Business'' (Cassette - 1983) * OG 3 - Various Artists, ''From Montreal'' (7" single - 1983) * OG 4 - Deja Voodoo, ''

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'' (LP - 1984) * OG 5 -

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, ''Featuring the Asexuals'' (7" single - 1984) * OG 6 -

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, ''Wrap Around Cool'' (LP - 1985) * OG 7 -

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, ''Road Gore: The Band That Drank Too Much'' (LP - 1985) * OG 8 - Various Artists, ''It Came from Canada, Vol. 1'' (LP - 1985) * OG 9 - Various Artists, ''It Came from Canada, Vol. 2'' (LP - 1986) * OG 10 -

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, ''Tyrants of Teen Trash'' (LP - 1986) * OG 11 - Deja Voodoo, '' Swamp of Love'' (LP - 1986) * OG 12 - Deja Voodoo, ''

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'' (LP - 1988) * OG 13 - Various Artists, ''It Came from Canada, Vol. 3'' (LP - 1987) * OG 14 - Deja Voodoo, '' The Worst of...'' (LP - 1987) * OG 15 - The Gruesomes, ''Gruesomania'' (LP - 1987) * OG 16 -

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, ''Nobody Likes the Dik Van Dykes'' (LP - 1987) * OG 17 - Various Artists, ''It Came from Canada, Vol. 4'' (LP - 1988) * OG 18 - Deja Voodoo, '' Big Pile of Mud'' (LP - 1988) * OG 19 - (Unknown) * OG 20 - The Gruesomes, ''Hey!'' (LP - 1988) * OG 21 - Various Artists, ''Mr. Garager's Neighbourhood'' (LP - 1989) * OG 22 - U.I.C., ''Live Like 90'' (LP - 1989) * OG 23 - Captain Crunch and Let's Do Lunch, ''More Baroque-Post Industrial Hillbilly Launch Music'' (LP - 1989) * OG 24 - The Dik Van Dykes, ''Waste More Vinyl'' (LP - 1989) * OG 25 - Various Artists, ''It Came from Canada, Vol. 5'' (LP - 1988) * OG 26 - Supreme Bagg Team, ''Supreme Bagg Team'' (LP - 1989) * OG 27 -

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, ''Ripcordz Are Go(d)'' (LP - 1989) * OG 28 - Deja Voodoo, ''Live at the Backstage Club, Helsinki Finland'' (LP - 1990) * OG 29 -

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, ''Vindicators'' (Mini-LP - 1989)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Og Music Record labels established in 1983 Record labels disestablished in 1990 Canadian independent record labels Punk record labels Quebec record labels Companies based in Montreal Defunct record labels of Canada

History

Discography

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