Sympathy for the Record Industry

Formed in 1988 by the Record Industry Anti-Mogul, Long Gone John, Sympathy for the Record Industry (also known as: Sympathy Records or Sympathy 4 The R.I.) is a mainly Garage Rock and Indie Rock label. Sympathy has a catalog of more than 700 releases, and is based out of Long Beach, California.

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Long Gone John - Sympathy for the Record Industry - Garage Rock - Indie Rock - Long Beach, California

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Sympathy has been the launch pad for several well known, controversial and talented artists in the past 15 years. Notable artists which started on Sympathy and went on to gain greater fame include The White Stripes, The Electrocutes (the first Donnas incarnation), and Hole.

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The White Stripes - The Electrocutes - Donnas - Hole

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Long Gone John is the owner, CEO, and seemingly the only employee of Sympathy. He is an avid record collector, with more than 10,000 records in his collection.

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Other Sympathy acts worthy of notice have been, The Muffs, The Von Bondies, Rocket From the Crypt, Billy Childish, April March, Matson Jones, The Dwarves, Suicide, The Gun Club, Scarling, Inger Lorre and Motel Shootout and Redd Kross.

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The Muffs - The Von Bondies - Rocket From the Crypt - Billy Childish - April March - Matson Jones - The Dwarves - Suicide - The Gun Club - Scarling - Inger Lorre - Redd Kross

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The name is a pun on The Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil.

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The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

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