DGC Records
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DGC Records was a subsidiary label of Geffen Records. Launched in 1990, DGC (acronym for “David Geffen Company”) was created as a response to the success Geffen Records had 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. Today, occasionally, the DGC title and logo appears on reissues of its past catalog items. The 2008 self-titled album by Weezer has the DGC Records logo on the sleeve.
[edit] List of DGC Records artists
The following artists have all had recordings on DGC Records:
- Beck
- Weezer
- that dog.
- Counting Crows
- Bivouac
- Hole
- Nirvana
- Sundays, The
- Teenage Fanclub
- The Stone Roses
- Sonic Youth
- The Roots
- The Posies
- Veruca Salt
- Wild Colonials
- Jawbreaker
- Cell
- Sloan
- St. Johnny
- Pere Ubu
