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Lizard King Records was a London-based independent record label founded in 2002 by Martin Heath and Dominic Hardisty. [1]
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Lizard King Records was a London-based independent record label founded in 2002 by Martin Heath and Dominic Hardisty. [1]
The label signed US rock band the Killers in July 2003. In an interview with HitQuarters, Heath said "everyone in America had turned them down. They had been out for a year looking for a deal but nobody was interested." [1] The label then released the band's first single, "Mr. Brightside", on a limited press of 500 within the UK and then on a mass scale worldwide in 2004 and 2005. They also released second singles and a debut album before they were then signed by Island Records. [1]
Around 2006, Heath and Hardisty decided to go their separate ways. Hardisty formed a new label, Marrakesh Records.[ citation needed ]
Lizard King's distribution goes through ADA in America and Pinnacle in the UK.[ citation needed ]
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