GUN Records
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. For a period, it was a subsidiary of BMG. 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.
Also recorded as G.U.N. Records · Great Unlimited Noises · LC 06029
GUN Records
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- 1992
- Headquarters
- Bochum
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In 2009, GUN Records announced they were closing.
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• Parent — Sony Music Entertainment • Founded — 1992 • Founder — Bogdan Kopec and Wolfgang Funk • Defunct — 2009 • Genre — Alternative rock, heavy metal, crossover, industrial • Country — Germany • Location — Bochum • Url — gunrecords.de
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• All Ends • Alien Boys • Apocalyptica • Apoptygma Berzerk • Blackeyed Blonde • Bullet for My Valentine • Dark • Die Happy • Depressive Age • Doctor Butcher • Donots • 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
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