The Viper Label | |
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Founded | 1999 |
Founder |
Mike Badger Paul Hemmings |
Genre | Alternative rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | Liverpool, England |
Official website | www |
The Viper Label is an independent record label from Liverpool, England and was founded in 1999 by musicians Mike Badger and Paul Hemmings both former 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,The Stairs (including the band's second album),Captain Beefheart, numerous compilation albums, and albums by Stairs frontman Edgar Jones, and former Cast bassist, Peter Wilkinson.