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DGC Records es un sello discográfico estadounidense propiedad de Universal Music Group, fundado por David Geffen el 20 de marzo de 1990. Actualmente opera como sello auxiliar de Interscope Records. Bandas. Las siguientes bandas y artistas han lanzado álbumes con DGC Records:
DGC Records (an initialism for the David Geffen Company) was an American record label that operated as a division of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, which is owned by Universal Music Group.
American major record label that was launched in 1990 as a subsidiary label of The David Geffen Company, and later Geffen Records. In 1999, after the acquisition of PolyGram and its merger with MCA Records, it later operated as a division of Interscope Geffen A&M, which is owned by The Universal Music Group.
About DGC Records. DGC Records is the alt-rock/prog-rock/heavy metal focused subsidiary of Geffen Records (hence the name which stands for D avid G effen C ompany). Launched in 1990, it’s...
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Formation
Geffen Records began operations in 1980. It was created by music industry businessman David Geffen who, in the early 1970s, had co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts. Geffen stepped down from Asylum in 1975, when he crossed over to film and was named a vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures. He was fired from Warner c.1978, but still remained locked in a five-year contract, which prevented him from working elsewhere. When that deal expired, he returned to work in 1980 and struck a de...
Acquisitions by MCA, Panasonic and Seagram
After nearly a decade of operating through WMG, its contract with the company. Geffen was then sold to MCA Music Entertainment, by then, a label division of the now-defunct MCA Inc. in 1990. The deal earned founder David Geffen an estimated US$800 million in stock and an employment contract that ran until then. Following the sale, Geffen Records operated as one of MCA's leading independently managed labels. A year later, MCA was acquired by Japanese conglomerate Matsushita Electric (now Panas...
PolyGram merger and Interscope Geffen A&M
On December 10, 1998, Seagram completed its seven-month $10.6 billion plan to acquire PolyGram. As a result, PolyGram's music division was merged into Universal Music Group. Geffen now became sister labels to A&M Records, Island Records, Mercury Records, Def Jam Recordings and Motown (which had previously been a part of UMG during its preceding MCA days from 1988 to 1993). In the ensuing months, a number of corporate reshufflings occurred, resulting in Geffen and A&M, on New Year's Eve 1998,...
Current artists
1. 4TUNAT (FlyTown/Geffen) 2. Abby Jasmine (Cinematic Music Group/Geffen Records; distribution formerly licensed to Foundation Media) 3. Ado (Virgin Music/Geffen) 4. Alesso(10:22PM/Geffen) 5. Ann Marie 6. Avicii 7. Big Time Rush (Downtown Records/Geffen) 8. BoyNextDoor (Hybe– KOZ/Geffen; distribution in the US) 9. Braden Bales 10. BTS (Hybe – Big Hit/Geffen; distribution in the US) 11. Byron Messia 12. Camila Cabello 13. Celeste 14. Cian Ducrot 15. ColintheKidd (Droolpz Records) 16. Dave(Neig...
Former artists
1. A Drop in the Gray 2. Aerosmith (from Columbia Records) 3. Aimee Mann 4. Alex Salibian 5. AlunaGeorge 6. Angels & Airwaves 7. Ashlee Simpson 8. Asia 9. Avant (from Magic Johnson Music/MCA Records) 10. Bipolar Sunshine 11. Blaque 12. Blink-182 (from MCA Records) 13. Box Car Racer 14. Bobby Brown 15. Cher 16. Common (GOOD/Geffen, from MCA Records) 17. Counting Crows 18. Cowboy Junkies 19. Dazz Band 20. DJ Snake 21. Don Henley 22. Donna Summer 23. Eagles 24. Elton John 25. Emile Haynie 26. En...
Interscope Records official website - Geffen Records is included within the Interscope site and is part of Interscope-Geffen-A&MGeffen Records on TwitterNevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records. It was Nirvana's first release on a major label and the first to feature the drummer Dave Grohl. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind features a more polished, radio-friendly sound than the band's prior work.
In September 2021, DGC was once again permanently merged into Geffen Records, transferring the remains of its roster to either Geffen or Interscope. Counterfeit / unofficial releases that pretend to be issued under this label must use DGC (2) instead .
