GUN Records explained

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
• 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

Notes and References

1. News: Spahr . Wolfgang . Weinert . Ellie . Arndt . Christian . Pride . Dominic . 27 February 1999 . Outside A&R thrives in Germany . 2024-11-06 . Billboard.
2. News: Howorth . Adam . 29 June 2002 . Hard music: Euro metal rages on . 2024-11-06 . Billboard . ProQuest.