Fake Chapter Records is a US

United States

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 independent record label

Independent record label

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 based in Maywood

Maywood

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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The label was founded by Michael Gilligan in 1996 under the name Chapter 11 Records. In 1998, it was renamed first to Fake Chapter 11 Records and then to Fake Chapter Records because of a naming conflict with a record label in California.

Fake Chapter Records has released about 40 records, both by lesser-known alternative indie bands and internationally established performers such as Miles Hunt

Miles Hunt

Miles Hunt is the singer / guitarist and songwriter for the Stourbridge, England-based Alternative Rock band The Wonder Stuff.- Early life :His father was a union official for the TGWU...

 and Erica Nockalls (Not An Exit, 2007; Catching More Than We Miss 2009), DMBQ

DMBQ

DMBQ is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo, whose name stands for Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet. They are heavily influenced by British and American rock music of the early 1970s, especially bands such as The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin.Shinji Masuko is a well-known...

 (Esoteric Black Hair, 2004), Arms and Sleepers

Arms and Sleepers

Arms and Sleepers is an ambient/trip-hop duo consisting of Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic . The band was formed in 2006 and has since released a handful of albums and EPs, most notably the Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive EP from 2006, the well-received album Black Paris 86 released in 2007, and...

 (Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive

Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive

Bliss Was It In That Dawn To Be Alive is the first release by ambient/trip-hop duo Arms and Sleepers, and was positively received. The album was released on CD in December 2006 on Fake Chapter Records.- Track listing :...

, 2006; Matador, 2009), Dryer

Dryer (band)

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 (Strut and Fret 1993 - 2002, 2010), Doc Hopper

Doc Hopper (band)

Doc Hopper was an American punk band from Maine, and later Boston, Massachusetts who released material through Go-Kart Records and a number of smaller independent record labels throughout their career. A fixture at the MidEast in Cambridge, Mass...

, Mr. Steve & Miss Katie , Domenick Carino, Green To Think, CJ Grogan, Trauma Queens, The House Lights, Steven Piperno, The Sixfifteens, The Mean Season, Harper Fair, and others.