TAG Recordings was an

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, created in

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to host Atlantic's stable of alternative rock artists and capitalize on the genre's popularity at that time. The roster consisted of artists already signed to Atlantic, such as The Lemonheads and Jawbox, and bolstered with new signings like Fountains of Wayne, Dinosaur Jr. bassist

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, and

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. TAG also released soundtrack CDs for two movies, ''

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'' (1995) and '' I Shot Andy Warhol'' (1996). Despite wide acclaim for many of their releases, like Fountains of Wayne's self-titled debut or their

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of The Bottle Rockets' ''

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'', the imprint fared poorly in terms of sales. Jawbox's self-titled album, released in July 1996, was particularly disappointing, both critically and commercially. Within months, a corporate shakeup had occurred at Atlantic, and the TAG imprint was shut down by the end of the year. Only The Bottle Rockets and Fountains of Wayne were retained by Atlantic, and both bands went on to have problematic relationships with their parent label, each only releasing one further album before moving on to other labels.

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* Fountains of Wayne *

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* Chris Holmes * The Inbreds * Jawbox *

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* Yum-Yum

TAG Records

A company unrelated to TAG Recordings operated under the similar name TAG Records. It was a short-lived imprint of

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, launched in

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by Jermaine Dupri (in his former position as Island's President of Urban Music) in partnership with Procter & Gamble's

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. Brooklyn rapper Q Da Kid was the first artist to be signed to the label, and his 2008

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-only single "On a Mission" was ultimately the label's only release before they quietly folded in 2009.

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