DGC Records
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | David Geffen |
| Distributing label | Interscope Records (United States) Polydor Records (Outside US) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Location | Santa Monica, California |
| Official Website | Official website of DGC Records |
DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.
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[edit] Company history
DGC Records (acronym for “David Geffen Company”) was launched in 1990, as a subsidiary label of Geffen Records. The label was created as a response to the success Geffen had with the harder rock acts on its roster. Though it initially focused on more progressive rock, as the decade progressed it would also embrace the emergence of (and become a seminal label of) alternative rock - with influential acts like Nirvana, Sonic Youth and Beck. The label also released early titles by hip hop band The Roots.
In 1999, during the consolidation of Geffen’s Universal Music Group parent and PolyGram, the DGC label ceased operations. The retained acts would go on to record for the main Geffen label. In the years to follow, the DGC title and logo would occasionally appear on reissues of its past catalog items. In 2007, the label was revived as a brand for Interscope Records. Since its reactivation, it has released albums by Weezer, Beck, Counting Crows and Rise Against. As of late, DGC Records, in partnership with MySpace Records and indie Lucky Ear Music, signed up-and-coming L.A. artist Meiko.
To date, the best selling album in the DGC catalog is Nevermind, the 1991 album by Nirvana, reaching international sales of twenty-five million albums worldwide, with ten million sold in the United States, and is one of the first albums to be certified Diamond.
[edit] Artists
The following artists have recorded for DGC Records:
