GUN Records
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| Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder | Bogdan Kopec and Wolfgang Funk |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Genre | Alternative rock, heavy metal, crossover, industrial |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Location | Bochum |
| Official website | gunrecords |
GUN Records (Great Unlimited Noises) was a record label located in Witten, Germany, founded in 1992 by Bogdan Kopec (DRAKKAR Promotion Musikverlag GmbH) and Wolfgang Funk.[1] For a period, it was a subsidiary of BMG.[2]
Different artists on the label have had hit singles as well as albums in Europe. A branch of the label known as Supersonic Records existed until 2005, when GUN's parent company BMG merged with Sony. In 2009, GUN Records announced they were closing.
Former artists
[edit]- All Ends
- Alien Boys
- Apocalyptica
- Apoptygma Berzerk
- Blackeyed Blonde
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Dark
- Die Happy
- Depressive Age
- Doctor Butcher
- Donots[2]
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Eloy
- Exilia
- Flyleaf
- Guano Apes
- Grave Digger
- HIM
- House of Spirits
- Kick Back
- Krisiun
- Kreator
- Kyyria
- L'Âme Immortelle
- Lordi
- Lovex
- Mind Odyssey
- Monkeys With Tools
- Oomph!
- Paradise Lost
- Rage
- Richthofen
- Running Wild
- Secret Discovery
- SITD
- Sodom
- Sturm und Drang
- Sun
- T.A.S.S.
- Terry Kelly
- Three Days Grace
- Thunderhead
- Tom Angelripper
- U.D.O.
- Van Canto
- Within Temptation
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Spahr, Wolfgang; Weinert, Ellie; Arndt, Christian; Pride, Dominic (27 February 1999). "Outside A&R thrives in Germany". Billboard. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
- ^ a b Howorth, Adam (29 June 2002). "Hard music: Euro metal rages on". Billboard. Retrieved 6 November 2024 – via ProQuest.
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