Mascot Label Group is an independently owned record label founded in 1989 in The Netherlands under the name Mascot Records. The company was renamed Mascot-Provogue in 1999 and since 2010 has been known as the Mascot Label Group. The company is based in the Netherlands and has offices in New York, Cologne, Stockholm, Milan, Paris and London. It was distributed by

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until 2022; it is now digitally distributed by FUGA internationally and physically distributed by AMPED in the United States. Mascot Label Group is the parent company of the following labels:

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Provogue Records Provogue Records is a European record label and part of the Mascot Label Group. Founded by Jan Van Der Linden in the early 1990s, the label specializes in rock and blues. Its catalog includes Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Eric Johnson, ...

, Music Theories Recordings, Cool Green Recordings, The Funk Garage, and The Players Club. Mascot Label Group distributes

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internationally and partially distributes

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outside North America. Mascot Label Group is a label member of the

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(A2IM) and STOMP.

Labels

– a rock-focused label whose roster includes

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Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry is an American hard rock band formed in Edmonton, Kentucky in 2001. They were signed to Roadrunner Records until 2015; the band is now signed to Mascot Label Group. The band consists of Chris Robertson (vocals, guitar), Ben W ...

Conquer Divide Conquer Divide is an American rock band whose members are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, with one former member coming from Serbia. History The band was formed in Michigan by guitarist and songwriter Kristen Sturgis al ...

Dragged Under Dragged Under (stylized as DRAGGED UИDEʁ) is an American punk rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2019. Their debut album ''The World Is in Your Way'' broke the Top 10 on the US Alternative iTunes charts, as well as number 18 on the ...

P.O.D. P.O.D. (an initialism for Payable on Death) is an American nu metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California. The band's line-up consists of vocalist Paul Joshua "Sonny" Sandoval, bassist Mark "Traa" Daniels, lead guitarist Mar ...

Shaman's Harvest Shaman's Harvest is an American alternative metal band from Jefferson City, Missouri. Bassist Matt Fisher, singer Nathan "Drake" Hunt, and guitarist Josh Hamler founded the band in 1996. Ryan Tomlinson joined the band on lead guitar for their 200 ...

, & VOLA, as well as newer acts such as Any Given Sin, The Georgia Thunderbolts, The Cold Stares, Oxymorrons, Calva Louise and Defects. Mascot gained attention for fostering the career of

Volbeat Volbeat are a Danish Rock music, rock band formed in Copenhagen in 2001. They play a fusion of rock and roll and Heavy metal music, heavy metal. Their current line-up consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Michael Poulsen, drummer Jon Lars ...

, who have sold over 100,000 records in Europe. In June 2012, Mascot had its first number one rock album chart entry in the UK with

Black Country Communion Black Country Communion is an English-American hard rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2009, the band is a Supergroup (music), supergroup composed of bassist and lead vocalist Glenn Hughes (British musician), Glenn Hughes, gui ...

's self-titled album.

Black Label Society Black Label Society is an American heavy metal/southern metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1998 by guitarist/singer Zakk Wylde. To date, the band has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, one EP, and three ...

's 2014 record "Catacombs Of The Black Vatican" charted in over 10 European countries. In 2016, "Kentucky", the first Black Stone Cherry release on Mascot Records charted in 10 European countries and the United States. *

– a blues / rock label featuring

Joe Bonamassa Joseph Leonard Bonamassa ( ; born May 8, 1977) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has released fifteen solo albums through his inde ...

, Cedric Burnside,

Beth Hart Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single "LA Song (Out of This Town)" from her second album ''Screamin' for My Supper''. The single was a number ...

, Gov’t Mule,

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenneth Wayne Brobst; June 12, 1977) is an American guitarist. He has released several studio albums and experienced significant commercial success as a blues rock artist. Early life Shepherd was born in Shrevepo ...

Warren Haynes Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was ...

Walter Trout Walter Trout (born March 6, 1951, in Ocean City, New Jersey, United States) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Biography Trout's career began on the Jersey coast scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He then decided to re ...

Robin Trower Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971 and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band. Biography Robin Trower ...

Eric Gales Eric Gales (born October 29, 1974), also known as Raw Dawg, is an American blues rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy. Gales has recorded 19 albums for major record labels and has done session and tribute work. He has also co ...

Steve Cropper Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941), sometimes known as "The Colonel", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He was the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as ...

Robert Cray Robert William Cray (born August 1, 1953) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards. Early life Robert Cray was born on August 1, 1953, in Columbus, Georgia, while his father was stationed at ...

, Kris Barras Band, Quinn Sullivan, King Solomon Hicks and more.

found success growing the career of

who went from playing for 50 people in London in 2007 to selling out the Royal Albert Hall in 2009. Bonamassa has sold over 1,500,000 albums in Europe. * Music Theories Recordings – is a progressive rock whose roster includes

Ayreon Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk music, f ...

Arjen Lucassen Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960) is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer, best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as th ...

Memories of Machines Memories of Machines is a band formed by Tim Bowness (No-Man, Henry Fool) and Giancarlo Erra (Nosound) in April 2006. History Memories of Machines emerged as a full project following Bowness' first collaborations with Nosound during the mid-2000 ...

, Flying Colors,

Yngwie Malmsteen Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, on 30 June 1963) is a Swedish-American guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical metal, neoclassical playing style in heavy metal music, heavy metal, and has ...

Earthside Earthside is an American progressive metal band from New Haven, Connecticut, consisting of guitarist Jamie van Dyck, bassist Ryan Griffin, keyboardist Frank Sacramone and drummer Ben Shanbrom. The band doesn't have a full-time vocalist; instead t ...

and more. Music Theories is co-run with Michael Schmitz, one of the founders of prog label Inside Out. * Cool Green Recordings – an alternative/indie label. Among the artists released on Cool Green Recordings are Australian desert rockers Tracer, Dutch alternative band

De Staat De Staat () is a Dutch alternative rock band, formed in Nijmegen in 2006. Their name translates to "The State". In May 2016, the band supported Muse (band), Muse in their Drones World Tour in Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain. Biogra ...

Crippled Black Phoenix Crippled Black Phoenix are an English dark rock band, founded by Justin Greaves in 2004. They have released 12 main studio efforts, various EPs and special albums and toured internationally. Besides Greaves, several musicians have contributed t ...

Masters Of Reality Masters of Reality is an American rock band formed in 1981 by frontman Chris Goss and guitarist Tim Harrington in Syracuse, New York, United States. They took the name for the band from a misprinted label of the third Black Sabbath album, '' ...

Chris Goss Chris Goss is an American record producer and musician. Best known for producing records for Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age, he is regarded as an important figure in the development of stoner rock and desert rock genres. Goss is also the ...

(co-writer/producer

Kyuss Kyuss ( ) was an American stoner rock band formed in Palm Desert, California, in 1987, and considered one of the pioneers of the genre. After disbanding in 1995, a number of band members have gone on to form or play in several notable bands in ...

Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated as QOTSA or QotSA) is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1996. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme shortly before he returned to his native Palm Desert, California. ...

) and more. De Staat's album "O" entered the Dutch national charts at #3 and won best alternative band three times in a row at the

3FM Awards NPO 3FM is a Dutch rhythmic CHR radio station controlled by public broadcaster Netherlands Public Broadcasting, NPO. The vast majority of the songs played on-air are Rock music, rock, Alternative rock, alternative, Indie rock, indie and Pop mus ...

. * The Funk Garage – a funk label for which

Bootsy Collins William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s before joining the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, Collins established himse ...

plays a leading role in finding and shepherding projects. The roster currently includes

Maceo Parker Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of ...

, Dumpstaphunk, and

Candy Dulfer Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist. She is the daughter of jazz saxophonist Hans Dulfer. She began playing at age six and founded her band Funky Stuff when she was fourteen. Her debut album '' Saxuality'' ...

. * The Players Club – a guitar-centric record label whose roster includes Toto and members

Steve Lukather Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to ...

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist, and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto (band), Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrot ...

and Joseph Williams, as well as

Robby Krieger Robert Alan Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American guitarist and founding member of the rock band the Doors. Krieger wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors' songs, including the hits " Light My Fire", " Love Me Two Times", " Touch Me", and " ...

Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until 1989, as well ...

Paul Gilbert Paul Brandon Gilbert (born November 6, 1966) is an American hard rock and heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarist. He is the co-founder of the band Mr. Big (American band), Mr. Big, and was also a member of Racer X (band), Racer X, with whom he ...

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born in 1952, in Los Angeles, California. At the age of eight he started playing guitar and four years l ...

and

Matteo Mancuso Matteo Mancuso (born 22 November 1996) is an Italian jazz and rock guitarist and composer from Palermo, Sicily. Mancuso is known for adapting a quasi-flamenco/classical right-hand technique to the electric guitar and improvised solos without th ...

. * Favored Nations – a record label founded in 1999 by guitarist

Steve Vai Steven Siro Vai ( ; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a Transcription (music), transc ...

and Ray Scherr. Partnered with Mascot Label Group in 2017.

Notable honors and awards

GRAMMY AWARDS (US/GLOBAL) *2022, Eric Gales, 'Crown' – Best Contemporary Blues Album (nominated) *2021, Steve Cropper, 'Fire It Up' – Best Contemporary Blues Album (nominated) *2021, Joe Bonamassa, 'Royal Tea' – Best Contemporary Blues Album (nominated) *2019, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, ‘Brighter Days’ – Best Contemporary Blues Album (nominated) *2017, Sonny Landreth, ‘Live in Lafayette’ – Best Contemporary Blues Album (nominated) *2016, Joe Bonamassa, 'Live at the Greek Theatre' – Best Traditional Blues Album (nominated) *2013, Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa, ‘Seesaw’ – Best Blues Album (nominated) CHART SUCCESSES (US/GLOBAL) * 2024, Black Stone Cherry - "When The Pain Comes" ** Peaked at #18 on

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Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2024, P.O.D. - "Afraid To Die" ** Peaked at #27 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2024, Oxymorrons - "Look Alive" ** Peaked at #28 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2024, Any Given Sin - "Dynamite" ** Peaked at #22 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2023, Vandenberg - SIN ** Peaked at #3 in the Netherlands on

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for 1 week * 2023, DeWolff - Love, Death & Inbetween ** Peaked at #1 in the Netherlands on

for 3 weeks * 2023, Black Stone Cherry - "Nervous" ** Peaked at #21 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2022, Beth Hart - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin **

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#2 Current Hard Rock Album **

#7 Current Rock Album ** Peaked at #1 in the Netherlands on

for 3 weeks ** Peaked at #2 in Austria on

for 4 weeks * 2021, DeWolff - Wolffpack ** Peaked at #2 in the Netherlands on

for 4 weeks * 2021, Any Given Sin - "The Way I Say Goodbye" ** Peaked at #21 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2021, TOTO - With A Little Help From My Friends ** Peaked at #3 in the Netherlands on

for 1 week ** Peaked at #6 in Germany on

for 3 weeks * 2020, Ayreon - Electric Castle Live & Other Tales ** Peaked at #1 in the Netherlands on

for 2 weeks * 2020, Ayreon - Transitus ** Peaked at #1 in the Netherlands on

for 2 weeks * 2020, 10 Years - "The Shift" ** Peaked at #25 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2020, 10 Years - "The Unknown" ** Peaked at #20 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2020, Black Stone Cherry - "Again" ** Peaked at #17 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2020, Vandenberg - 2020 ** Peaked at #2 in the Netherlands on

for 2 weeks * 2018, Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee ** Peaked at #1 in the Netherlands on

for 6 weeks ** Peaked at #3 in Switzerland on

for 9 weeks * 2018, 10 Years - "Burnout" ** Peaked at #21 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2018, 10 Years - "Novacaine" ** Peaked at #5 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2018, P.O.D. - "Listening For The Silence" ** Peaked at #18 on

Active Rock Radio Chart in the U.S. * 2017, Ayreon - The Source ** Peaked at #1 in the Netherlands on

for 4 weeks BLUES MUSIC AWARDS (US/GLOBAL) *2022, Eric Bibb, ‘Dear America’ – Acoustic Blues Album (WON) *2022, Eric Gales, Instrumentalist – Guitar (WON) *2021, Walter Trout, “All Out of Tears” – Song of the Year (WON) *2021, Walter Trout, ‘Ordinary Madness’ – Blues Rock Album of the Year (nominated) *2021, King Solomon Hicks, ‘Harlem’ – Best Emerging Artist Album (WON) *2020, Eric Gales – Blues Rock Artist of the Year (WON) *2019, Beth Hart – B.B King Entertainer of the Year (nominated) *2019, Beth Hart – Contemporary Blues Female Artist (nominated) *2019, Beth Hart – Instrumentalist – Vocals (nominated) *2019, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blues Rock Artist (nominated) *2019, Eric Gales, Blue Rock Artist (nominated) *2018, Beth Hart – Instrumentalist – Vocals (WON) *2018, Beth Hart, ‘Fire on the Floor – Contemporary Blues Album of the Year (nominated) *2018, Beth Hart – Contemporary Blues Female Artist (nominated) *2018, Ronnie Baker Brooks – Contemporary Blues Male Artist (nominated) *2018, Walter Trout, ‘We’re All In This Together’ – Blues Rock Album of the Year (WON) *2017, Joe Bonamassa – B.B King Entertainer of the Year (WON) *2017, Joe Bonamassa – Instrumentalist – Guitar (WON) *2017, Walter Trout, ‘Alive in Amsterdam’ – Rock Blues Album (nominated) *2016, Sonny Landreth – Instrumentalist – Guitar (WON) *2016, Sonny Landreth, ‘Bound by the Blues’ – Contemporary Blues Album (nominated) *2016, Beth Hart – Contemporary Blues Female Artist (nominated) *2016, Walter Trout, "Gonna Live Again" – Song of the Year (WON) *2016, Walter Trout, ‘Battle Scars’ – Rock Blues Album of the Year (WON) *2015, Joe Bonamassa – Instrumentalist – Guitar (WON) *2015, The Robert Cray Band, ‘In My Soul’ – Soul Blues Album (nominated) *2015, Beth Hart – Contemporary Blues Female Artist (nominated) *2015, Joe Bonamassa – Contemporary Blues Male Artist (nominated) *2015, Walter Trout, ‘The Blues Came Callin’’ – Rock Blues Album of the Year (nominated) *2014, Beth Hart – Contemporary Blues Female Artist (nominated) *2014, Walter Trout, ‘Luther’s Blues’ – Rock Blues Album (nominated) *2013, Robert Cray – Contemporary Blues Male Artist (nominated) *2013, Joe Bonamassa – Gibson Guitar Award (nominated) *2013, Walter Trout, ‘Blues For the Modern Daze’ – Rock Blues Album (nominated) *2012, Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa, ‘Don’t Explain’ – Contemporary Blues Album (nominated) *2011, Walter Trout, ‘Common Ground’’ – Rock Blues Album (nominated) BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS (US) *2022, Beth Hart – Vocalist (WON) *2022, Beth Hart – Female Blues Artist (WON) *2022, Beth Hart, 'A Tribute To Led Zeppelin' – Rock Blues Album (nominated) *2022, Eric Gales, 'Crown' – Rock Blues Album (WON) *2022, Eric Gales – Male Blues Artist (nominated) *2022, Eric Gales – Electric Guitar (nominated) *2022, Eric Bibb, 'Dear America' – Acoustic Blues Album (nominated) *2022, Eric Bibb – Acoustic Guitar (nominated) *2022, Sonny Landreth – Slide Guitar (nominated) *2021, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 'Straight To You: Live' – Live Blues Album (WON) *2021, Walter Trout, 'Ordinary Madness' – Rock Blues Album (WON) *2021, George Benson, 'Live In London' – Live Blues Album (nominated) *2021, Gary Moore, 'How Blues Can You Get' – Rock Blues Album (nominated) *2020, Beth Hart – Female Blues Artist (WON) *2020, King Solomon Hicks – Sean Costello Rising Star Award (nominated) *2019, Walter Trout, ‘Survivor Blues’ – Rock Blues Album (nominated) *2019, Beth Hart, ‘Live At Royal Albert Hall’ – Live Blues Recording (nominated) *2018, Beth Hart – Female Blues Artist (WON) *2018, Walter Trout – Male Blues Artist (WON) *2018, Walter Trout, ‘We’re All In This Together’ – Rock Blues Album (WON) *2018, Sonny Landreth, ‘Live in Lafayette’ – Acoustic Blues Album (WON) *2017, Beth Hart – Female Blues Artist (WON) *2017, Quinn Sullivan – Sean Costello Rising Star Award (nominated) *2017, Walter Trout, ‘Alive in Amsterdam’ – Live Blues Recording (WON) *2016, Walter Trout, ‘Battle Scars’ – Rock Blues Album (WON) *2014, Beth Hart – Female Blues Artist (WON) *2013, Robert Cray, ‘Nothin But Love’ – Contemporary Blues Recording (nominated) *2013, Walter Trout, ‘Blues For the Modern Daze’ – Rock Blues Album (nominated) *2010, Joe Bonamassa – Male Blues Artist (nominated) A2IM/LIBERA AWARDS (US/GLOBAL) *2022, Eric Bibb, ‘Dear America’ – Best Blues Record (nominated) *2021, Sonny Landreth, ‘Blacktop Run’ – Best Blues Record (nominated)

References

External links

Official Mascot Label Group Website
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