Texas Hotel Records

Texas Hotel Records was an independent record label based in Santa Monica, California, which released records by quadriplegic singer Vic Chesnutt, Henry Rollins and the Rollins Band from the mid '80's to the mid '90's. The label started as a record store and morphed into a record label. The label was voted Hot Record Label of the year by Rolling Stone Magazine in 1989 when it was pursuing the project of releasing a Michael Stipe solo album and wh... more
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