Sympathy for the Record Industry

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Sympathy for the Record Industry
Founded	1988 (1988)
Founder	Long Gone John
Genre	Punk, garage rock, indie rock, noise rock
Country of origin	United States
Official website	sympathyrecords.com

Sympathy for the Record Industry (also known as Sympathy Records or Sympathy 4 the R.I.) is a mainly independent garage rock and punk label formed in 1988 by John Mermis, known as Long Gone John. Notable artists who started on Sympathy and went on to gain mainstream success include The White Stripes, Hole, and The Electrocutes (the first Donnas incarnation).^[1]