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Sick Room Records Ltd. (often referred to as Sickroom) was an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. [1] The label was founded in 2001 by Mitch Cheney and Steve Sostak of the band Sweep the Leg Johnny and Ryan Duncan. The label put out releases that can fall into the categories of indie rock, post rock, math rock, noise rock and punk rock. The label closed in 2017.

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  1. "Sickroom Records". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 16 August 2023.