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• Comment: You should probably have at least a couple more references that establish notability, and ones that source the unreferenced statements (i.e. discography and multiple paragraphs in the lead). EatingCarBatteries _{(contribs | talk)} 06:35, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

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Clone Records was an Akron Based Record Label created in the late 1970s during the era that become known as the Akron Sound. The label was established by Nick Nicholis, who was also the lead singer of the band The Bizarros.^[2]The label become the early home for a number of Northeast Ohio Bands in the New Wave and Punk Scene, some who went of to larger national careers.

Nicholis did not originally intend to be a label owner, creating Clone Records to have an outlet for his band's recordings, hoping to enhance their chances of signing a major record deal. Which the eventually did with Mercury Records. It wasn't until a few releases from other local bands that he started seriously planning on Clone becoming a full fledged record label.

Clone's first release was the album From Akron in 1977^[3] that featured both the Bizarros and another local band the Rubber City Rebels. Which he sent to Robert Christgau of The Village Voice, who gave the album a positive review.^[4] Not long after wrote in article in the Village Voice about the Akron music Scene where he mentioned the first Clone Records release being sent to him.^[5] During the next four year Clone Records released four albums and twelve singles by acts that included early releases by Tin Huey, The Waitresses, Human Switchboard and others. The two Bowling Balls From Hell^[6][7] compilations of Northeast Ohio Musicians also included tracks by David Thomas (musician), Ralph Carney, Hammer Damage and curiously enough an early recording by Japanese band Totsuzen Danball who went on to release over 20 albums in Japan between 1981 and 2024.^[8]

Clone Records closed down in 1981, but the label releases became collectable and Nicholis found himself selling stock he had left over to record stores well outside of the Akron area 30 years after the labels last release.^[9] Today much of the history of Clone Records can be found in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Archives in the Nick Nicholis Punk Archives.^[10]

In 2003 The Bizarros released an album after a long hiatus under the Clone Records name. But it was intended as a homage to the label and not a true release by Clone. The same thing was done in 2018 on the From Akron II album which was a split album between the Bizarros and the Bad Dudes, with the cover being very similiar the first Close Records release From Akron in 1977.

• The Bizarros: Lady Doubenette EP (CL-000, 1978)-Originally released on Gorilla Records
• The Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels: From Akron (CL-001, 1977(
• Tin Huey: EP (CL-002), 1977)
• The Bizarros: Laser Boys (CL-003), 1978)
• Tin Huey: Breakfast with the Hueys (CL-004, 1978)
• Harvey Gold: Experiments (CL-005, 1978)
• The Waitresses; In "Short Stack" (CL-006, 1978)
• The Human Switchboard: I Gotta Know/No! (CL-007, 1978)
• Teacher's Pet: Hooked On You (CL-008, 1978)
• John Rader: One Step at a Time (CL-009, 1979)
• Tin Huey: English Kids (CL-010, 1980)
• Bowling Balls From Hell, Compilation (CL-011, 1980)
• Bowling Balls From Hell II, Compilation (CL-013, 1981)
• Unit-5: Scared of the Dark (CL-014, 1981)
• The Housekeepers: I Gotta Know (CS-13, 1981)
• The Grey Bunnies: He Hit Me (CSX-15, 1981)