About Me
Distributed nationally by Big Daddy Music Distribution/MVD since early 2001, Versailles Records has sold tens of thousands of albums, and carved out a reputation as one of the leading independent hard rock/heavy metal tribute labels in the business. In the past 8 years, we have released tributes to the Cult, Van Halen, Joe Satriani & Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Bon Jovi, Guns N’ Roses, Sammy Hagar, Motley Crue, and Tina Turner, as well as recent releases such as 'Double Talkin' Jive: A Hard Rock Tribute to Guns N' Roses,' 'Lick It Up: A Millennium Tribute to KISS' (Featuring the 2-disc bonus set 'Strip Club Rock'), Christian rockers Liberty N' Justice's Greatest Hits LP, '4 All: The Best of LNJ', and 'Skater Rock Vol. 1/2/3'. We additionally have forthcoming tributes due in 2008 to Led Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, AC/DC, and Heart among othersOur releases have featured current/former members of platinum and Grammy winning acts including Aerosmith, Heart, Concrete Blonde, Poison, Fuel, Racer’s X, Fuel, Megadeth, Circle Jerks, Motley Crue, Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne Band, Exodus, Dangerous Toys, Rockstar: Supernova, Saigon Kick, Hanoi Rocks, Cinderella, Whitesnake, Living Colour, The Scorpions, Ratt, Steelheart, Michael Shanker Group, Skid Row, Dio, Jetboy, TNT, Warrant, Enuff Znuff, Quiet Riot, Dokken, Brides of Destruction, Black Sabbath, Lynch Mob, Riot, Rough Cutt, Love/Hate, L.A. Guns, The Scream, Lillian Axe, P.M. Dawn, Union, Queensryche, Kansas, Badlands, W.A.S.P., White Lion, Anthrax, Zebra, Journey, Faster Pussycat, Night Ranger, Salty Dog, Smashing Pumpkins, Machinehead, Faith No More, Blue Murder, King Cobra, Black Sabbath, Kiss, Metal Church, Kix, as well as Alannah Myles, Jeff Healey, Tiffany, Jane Child, Darlene Love, Jasy Andrews, Deniece Williams, Michel'le, and Olympic Medal Winner and International Skating Star Nancy Kerrigan among many others.Our catalog additionally includes a Best-Of SINGLES record by legendary Goth Rock band Alien Sex Fiend, and the first solo album by late glam rock icon Marc Bolan, lead singer/guitarist of T. Rex. Other compilation releases have included 'American Hair Bands Vol. 1', a Nu-Metal Records comp, 'Race Track Rock Vol. 1/2/3,' the aforementioned 'Skater Rock Vol. 1/2/3', and the forthcoming compilations 'Surf Rock Vol. 1/2' and 'Glory Rock Vol. 1/2'. Finally, we’ve released solo albums by some of the most critically acclaimed new talent to emerge from the hard rock genre- in Richard Kendrick, the RadioVipers, and One Bad Son- to pop with Jasy Andrews, and the long-anticipated forthcoming studio debut from 'Straitjacket Smile', due in early 2009!
