Who owns dgc records

He was fired from Warner circa , but remained locked in a 5-year contract, which prevented him from working elsewhere. He returned to work in and struck a deal with Warner Bros.

Records to create Geffen Records. Warner provided percent of the funding for the label's operations and distributed its releases in the United States and Canada; Epic Records handled distribution in the rest of the world until , when Warner Bros.

Geffen Records' first artist was disco superstar Donna Summer , whose gold-selling album The Wanderer became the label's first release in It was Lennon's first new album since Two weeks after it entered the charts, Lennon was murdered in New York City. Hole Jill Emery Caroline Rue. Their second album, Live Through This, released by DGC Records, which featured less aggressive melodies and more restrained lyrical content, was widely acclaimed and reached platinum status within a year of its release.

This prompted Geffen to create a subsidiary label, DGC Records in ; which focused on more progressive rock and would later embrace the emergence of alternative rock—Nirvana being an example.

Ciccone Youth. Easy Life. Elah Hale. Ella Mai. Ellie Goulding. Gracie Abrams. Guns N' Roses. Gwen Stefani. Imagine Dragons. The Prince. Jacob Collier. Jax Jones. Jazmin Bean. Jessie Ware. Juice WRLD. K Camp. Kacey Musgraves. Kali Uchis. Kassi Ashton. Kendrick Lamar. Kitty Cash. Lady Gaga.

Lana Del Rey. Before that, Geffen had signed a U. Geffen's contract with Warner ended in , with the label being sold to MCA. David Geffen, made a billionaire from stock and Panasonic's brief acquisition of Universal, decided to step down from his position in to focus on Dreamworks. During this time Geffen was one of the strongest independently managed labels of the time. Geffen still operates as a separate entity, though much smaller to suit Interscope's needs.