Levellers Vinyl Records
The Levellers formed in 1988, bringing together five Brighton musicians. Forging a pseudo-hippie, slightly punky folk-rock with Celtic flavouring, the band released two EPs on their own Hag label in 1989, which led to a contract with Musidisc. The group issued their first album, A Weapon Called the Word, in 1990. After its release Miles quit the band and was quickly replaced by Simon Friend. The following year, the Levellers left the Musidisc label, moving to China Records. Later in the year, they released Levelling the Land, which entered the U.K. charts at number 14 and would later go gold.