The Viper Label | |
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Founded | 1999 |
Genre | Indie, Merseybeat |
Country of origin | England |
Official Website | the-viper-label.co.uk |
The Viper Label is an independent record label from Liverpool, England and was founded in 1999 by Paul Hemmings and Mike Badger who were key figures in the Liverpool music scene; both ex members of the La's and The Onset. Hemmings also played with Ian Broudie in The Lightning Seeds. Both are most famous for writing the theme music to BBC One's daytime television programme, Doctors, and were nominated for a BAFTA.
The label has issued archive releases of The La's,[1][2] The Stairs (including the band's second album),[3][4] Captain Beefheart,[5][6] numerous compilation albums, and albums by Stairs frontman Edgar Jones,[7][8] and former Cast bassist, Peter Wilkinson.[9]