GUN Records

Parent company	Sony Music Entertainment
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.de

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

• 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

• List of record labels

References

1. Spahr, Wolfgang; Weinert, Ellie; Arndt, Christian; Pride, Dominic (27 February 1999). "Outside A&R thrives in Germany". Billboard. ProQuest   227140755 . Retrieved 6 November 2024.
2. Howorth, Adam (29 June 2002). "Hard music: Euro metal rages on". Billboard. ProQuest   227177186 . Retrieved 6 November 2024.