Smog Veil Records was a

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based

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. In addition to standard CD,

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, and

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distribution, Smog Veil also distributed its media via digital channels, including

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and

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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. Co-owner Frank Mauceri stated that the company had a green initiative, and that its headquarters were powered by wind and solar energy. The label closed in December 2021.

Artists

* 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 *

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* Pink Holes *

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* Rubber City Rebels * Step Sister * The God Squad *

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* The Other Kids *

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* Vacancies

References

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