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Vitamin Records is a US-based record label founded in 1999 as a subsidiary of CMH Records. They produce high quality tributes in many styles of music including string quartet, lounge and electronic tributes to major pop and rock artists.

The String Quartet Tributes are a series of string quartet tribute albums, released by Vitamin Records and performed by several different groups of musicians. These string quartet tributes are commonly referred to as "VSQ," or "Vitamin String Quartet" by fans. Albums generally focus on one band per record, and perform classical versions of that band's songs, generally note for note. They use a wide array of instruments but primarily use violins, violas, and cellos.

Over the years, Vitamin Records has released over 185 albums, honoring mainstream and indie groups alike, putting a classical spin on bands from all genres of music, including rock, pop, punk, techno, hardcore, country, metal and rap. Their first release was "The String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin." Vitamin Records has released tributes to many different artists including Tool, Dream Theater, The Beatles, Bad Religion, Bob Marley etc. Styles of tributes include String Quartet, Electronic, Piano, Industrial, Dance, Dub, Surf, Hawaiian, Lounge and Swing.

Some bands that have recognized the string quartet tributes include Tool, The Mars Volta, Dream Theater and Underoath who mentioned Strung Out On Underoath on their Official Website with great response from fans.