Deceptive Records was a British

United Kingdom

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 independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 formed in 1992

1992 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.-January–February:*January 11**Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s....

 by Steve Lamacq

Steve Lamacq

Steve Lamacq , sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo or "The Cat" is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.-Early career:He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire...

, Tony Smith and Alan James, which concentrated on rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 and alternative rock

Alternative rock

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. The most famous group signed to the label were Elastica

Elastica

Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...

.

Steve Lamacq left the company after the release of Elastica's first album to avoid accusations of partiality on the Evening Session, his BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 show. The label closed in 2001.

Bands and artists

• Angelica
  Angelica (band)
  Angelica were an all-girl punk rock band from Lancaster, England. Holly Ross , Brigit Colton , Claire Windsor and Rachel Parsons formed the band while still at school in 1994 and performed until 2003...
  
  
• Collapsed Lung
  Collapsed Lung (band)
  Collapsed Lung are a Harlow-based Brit-Pop group most famous for the song "Eat My Goal". They formed in February 1992.-History:Collapsed Lung was originally formed as a bedroom studio collaboration between Anthony Chapman and Steve Harcourt...
  
  
• Elastica
  Elastica
  Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...
  
  
• Scarfo
  Scarfo
  Scarfo were a British rock band, formed in Andover, England in 1994, by former art college students Jamie Hince , Nick Prior , and Al Saunders . Scarfo was the culmination of several other bands and line ups involving Hince and Saunders including "Remember the Rabbitts" , and "Electric Turkey Land"...
  
  
• Snuff
  Snuff (band)
  Snuff are a British punk rock band formed in Hendon in 1986. Their name reportedly came about after a long discussion about names ended up with one of them claiming "That's Enough", which was then shortened to Snuff...
  
  
• Earl Brutus
  Earl Brutus
  Earl Brutus was a British indie rock band that emerged in the 1990s. It was formed in 1993 by Rob Marche, Jamie Fry, Nick Sanderson and Stuart Borman...
  
  
• Jonathan Fire*Eater
• Spare Snare
  Spare Snare
  Spare Snare is a band from Dundee, ScotlandFounded in the very early 90s the band have released 9 albums to date, mostly on their own Chute Records. They have also recorded 4 John Peel Sessions. In the 1995 John Peel Festive 50, the band were number 32 with Bugs. Spare Snare have been cited as an...
  
  
• Superfine
• Unun
• The Pin Ups
• Lauren Laverne
  Lauren Laverne
  Lauren Cecilia Fisher , known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, television presenter, author and singer...
  
  
• Idlewild
  Idlewild (band)
  Idlewild are a Scottish rock band, formed in Edinburgh, in 1995, comprising Roddy Woomble , Rod Jones , Colin Newton , Allan Stewart and Gareth Russell...
  
  
• Placebo
  Placebo (band)
  Placebo are a British rock band from London, England, formed in 1994 by singer and guitarist Brian Molko and bass guitarist Stefan Olsdal. The band was joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was later replaced by Steve Hewitt after conflicts with Molko. Hewitt left the band in October 2007 and...