DB Records
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DB Records is a record label owned by Danny Beard. The label's headquarters reside in the Wax N Facts record store in the quirky and avant garde area of Atlanta, Georgia known as Little Five Points.
[edit] History
In 1978, Danny Beard helped some friends in an Athens rock band. He recorded that group, The B-52's and released its single, "Rock Lobster." The record sold nearly 20,000 copies. "It was a great record and a great group," Beard told reporter Jim McConnell, "and it fooled me into thinking that having a record label was easy." Beard also felt the need to record and help out other local musicians. Bands appearing on DB include Pylon, Love Tractor, Guadalcanal Diary and Zeitgeist (later as The Reivers). Through the '80s DB became known as a source and of great southern regional music.
Many of the bands who recorded on DB Records also performed live at Atlanta's 688 Club, a popular venue for alternative bands.
