Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles -based independent record label that has the sub-labels Hypnotic Records , Goldenlane, Stardust, Purple Pyramid, Deadline and X-Ray Records .
4-554: Founded in January 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock , deathrock , hard rock , heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music. It is known for its compilations, usually collections of cover songs performed by bands signed to the label. In the mid-1990s, Cleopatra released tribute albums of goth, industrial bands covering artists such as The Cure , Siouxsie and the Banshees , The Sisters of Mercy , Fields of
8-539: The Nephilim , Christian Death , Alien Sex Fiend , Specimen , Sex Gang Children and New Order . Other goth and industrial acts were compiled to cover songs by AC/DC , Pink Floyd , The Smashing Pumpkins (see: A Gothic-Industrial Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins ), Guns N' Roses , Dead Can Dance and Skinny Puppy . Current and previous notable artists include: Gary Numan , Kat Parsons , Electric Hellfire Club , Switchblade Symphony , Leæther Strip , X Marks
12-557: The Pedwalk , Mephisto Walz , Kill Switch...Klick , Information Society , Heaven 17 , Genitorturers , Download , Rozz Williams , Missing Persons , Razed In Black and Blackburner . Today, Cleopatra is largely funded by its sub-labels ( Hypnotic Records , Deadline Music, Stardust Records, Master Classics, Magick Records, Purple Pyramid and Goldenlane Records), which between them offer prog rock reissues, metal and techno acts, as well as pop and easy-listening tributes. Having relegated
16-479: The tribute albums largely elsewhere, the Cleopatra brand itself is now focusing again on non-cover-oriented compilations and on digging up out-of-print gems of the goth/industrial scene. 1992 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992. The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1992. All albums have been named albums of
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