The Viper Label is an
independent record label
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from
Liverpool
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,
England
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and was founded in 1999 by musicians
Mike Badger
Michael Clifford Badger is an English singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. Co-founder of The La's he went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and Mike Badger and The Shady Trio in ...
and
Paul Hemmings both former members of
The La's and
The Onset
The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger after he left his former band The La's. Badger teamed up with locals Danny Dean on guitar, Hamish Cameron on piano and Colin Becket on drums. The first demo "Let's Go Home" can be found on the 20 ...
. Hemmings also played with
Ian Broudie in
The Lightning Seeds. Both are most famous for writing the
theme music to
BBC One
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's daytime
television program
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me, ''
Doctors
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'', and were nominated for a
BAFTA.
History
The label has issued archive releases of
The La's,
The Stairs
The Stairs are an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1990 by vocalist and bassist Edgar "Summertyme" Jones, guitarist Ged Lynn and drummer Paul Maguire.
The band released one album and a handful of singles, prior to Lynn's departure i ...
(including the band's second album),
Captain Beefheart
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, numerous
compilation album
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s, and albums by Stairs frontman
Edgar Jones, and former
Cast
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Music
* Cast (band), an English alternative rock band
* Cast (Mexican band), a progressive Mexican rock band
* The Cast, a Scottish musical duo: Mairi Campbell and Dave Francis
* ''Cast'', a 2012 album by Trespassers William
* ...
bassist,
Peter Wilkinson.
Discography
;Studio albums
*
Mike Badger
Michael Clifford Badger is an English singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. Co-founder of The La's he went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and Mike Badger and The Shady Trio in ...
- ''Volume'' (1999)
* Mike Badger - ''Double Zero'' (2000)
* Dead Cowboys - ''Comings and Goings'' (2000)
* Steve Roberts - ''It Just Is'' (2001)
*
Aviator
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- ''Huxley Pig Part 1'' (2002)
* Otaku No Denki - ''The Future Played Backwards'' (2003)
*
Garry Christian - ''How Does It Feel...'' (2004)
*
The Floatation Project - ''Sonic Stories'' (2005)
*
Edgar Jones - ''Soothing Music for Stray Cats'' (2005)
*
Tramp Attack - ''Call in Sick'' (2006)
* The Floatation Project - ''Sounds from the Solar System'' (2006)
* Chris Elliot - ''Fierce Truth and Fortune'' (2007)
* Edgar Jones - ''Gettin' a Little Help from The Joneses'' (2007)
* Edgar Jones - ''The Masked Marauder'' (2008)
*
The Stairs
The Stairs are an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1990 by vocalist and bassist Edgar "Summertyme" Jones, guitarist Ged Lynn and drummer Paul Maguire.
The band released one album and a handful of singles, prior to Lynn's departure i ...
- ''Who Is This Is'' (2008)
* The Floatation Project - ''Made out of Worldly Shapes'' (2011)
* The Floatation Project - ''Late Night Blue'' (2011)
*
Free Peace - ''Stormy Weather'' (2011)
* Mike Badger - ''Rogue State'' (2011)
;Compilation and live albums
*
The La's - ''Lost La's 1984–1986: Breakloose'' (1999)
*
Arthur Lee &
Shack
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- ''Live in Liverpool'' (2000)
* The La's - ''Lost La's 1986–1987: Callin' All'' (2001)
*
Captain Beefheart
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- ''Magnetic Hands: Live in the UK 72–80'' (2002)
* Captain Beefheart - ''Railroadism: Live in the USA 72–81'' (2003)
* Captain Beefheart - ''Magneticism'' (2004)
*
The Stairs
The Stairs are an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1990 by vocalist and bassist Edgar "Summertyme" Jones, guitarist Ged Lynn and drummer Paul Maguire.
The band released one album and a handful of singles, prior to Lynn's departure i ...
- ''Right in the Back of Your Mind'' (2006)
* Arthur Lee - ''Forever Changes Tour Liverpool 2003'' (2008)
*
Edgar Jones & The Joneses - ''Live: We Should Get Together'' (2008)
* The La's - ''De Freitas Session '87'' (2010)
*
Jimmy Campbell - ''Live 1977'' (2011)
;Singles
* The Benjamins - "Out on the Water" (2002)
* The Great Northwestern Hoboes - "Between Catharine & Hope" (2004)
* The Great Northwestern Hoboes - "Change Your Tune" (2004)
* Edgar Jones & The Joneses - "More than You've Ever Had" (2006)
* Edgar Jones & The Joneses - "The Way It Is" (2007)
* Edgar Jones & The Joneses - "Mellow Down Pussycat" (2007)
See also
*
The La's
*
The Onset
The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger after he left his former band The La's. Badger teamed up with locals Danny Dean on guitar, Hamish Cameron on piano and Colin Becket on drums. The first demo "Let's Go Home" can be found on the 20 ...
References
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British independent record labels
Indie rock record labels
Record labels established in 1999
Pop record labels
Music in Liverpool
1999 establishments in England