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'{{Infobox record label | image = [[File:Logo dgc white.gif]] | parent = [[Universal Music Group]] | founded = 1990 | founder = [[David Geffen]] | status = <!--Leave blank unless "Inactive" or "Defunct"--> | distributor = [[Interscope Records]]<BR>(United States)<br>[[Polydor Records]]<BR>(Outside US) | genre = Various, with a focus on [[alternative rock]] | country = USA | location = [[Santa Monica, California]] | url = [http://www.dgcrecords.com/ Official website of DGC Records] }} '''DGC Records''' is an [[United States|American]] [[record label]], owned by [[Universal Music Group]], and currently operates as an auxiliary label of [[Interscope Records]]. ==Company history== DGC Records (acronym for "David Geffen Company") was launched in 1990, as a subsidiary label of [[Geffen Records]] and was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Records]] until 1991, when it was acquired by MCA Music Entertainment Group. 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 and heavy metal, as the decade progressed it would also embrace the emergence of (and become a seminal label of) [[alternative rock]] - with influential acts like [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Weezer]] and [[Beck]]. The label also released early titles by [[hip hop music|hip hop]] band [[The Roots]]. In [[1999 in music|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 in music|2007]], the label was revived as a brand for Interscope Records, inheriting many alternative acts signed to [[Interscope-Geffen-A&M]] (including acts that previously recorded for [[DreamWorks 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 (American singer)|Meiko]]. To date, the best-selling album in the DGC catalog is ''[[Nevermind]]'', the 1991 album by [[Nirvana (band)|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. ==Artists== The following artists have recorded for DGC Records (acts in bold were inherited from [[DreamWorks Records]]): {{col-begin}} {{col-4}} *'''[[AFI (band)|AFI]] *'''[[The All-American Rejects]] *[[All Time Low]] *[[Arc Angels]] *[[Murray Attaway]] *[[Vampire Weekend]] *[[Beck]] *[[Bivouac (band)|Bivouac]] *[[Black Lab]] *[[Black Tide]] *[[Blink-182]] *[[Boss Hog]] *[[Brand New]] *[[The Candyskins]] {{col-break}} *[[Cell (band)|Cell]] *[[Ceremony (band)|Ceremony]] *[[Toni Childs]] *[[Ciccone Youth]] *[[Counting Crows]] *[[Rivers Cuomo]] *[[Dashboard Confessional]] *[[D.O.E.]] *[[Drivin' N' Cryin']] *[[Elastica]] *[[Embrace]] *[[Enter Shikari]] *[[Escape the Fate]] *[[Fluorescien (band)|Fluorescien]] *[[The Freewheelers (band)|The Freewheelers]] {{col-break}} *[[froSTed]] *[[Galactic Cowboys]] *[[Game (rapper)|Game]] *[[Girls Against Boys]] *[[Gutterboy]] *[[Ted Hawkins]] *[[Hog (band)|Hog]] *[[Hole (band)|Hole]] *[[Hunk (band)|Hunk]] *[[Jasper and the Prodigal Sons]] *[[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]] *'''[[Jimmy Eat World]]''' *[[King of Kings]] *[[Klaxons]] *[[Linoleum (band)|Linoleum]] {{col-break}} *[[Little Caesar]] *[[Loud Lucy]] *[[Aimee Mann]] *[[Meiko (American singer)|Meiko]] *[[Thurston Moore]] *[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] *'''[[Papa Roach]] *[[Pell Mell]] *[[Pere Ubu]] *[[Pitchshifter]] *[[The Posies]] *[[Queens of the Stone Age]] *[[The Raincoats]] *[[Remy Zero]] *[[Rev Theory]] {{col-break}} *'''[[Rise Against]] *[[Kane Roberts]] *[[The Roots]] *[[Sammy (band)|Sammy]] *[[60 Ft. Dolls]] *[[Skiploader]] *[[Sloan]] *[[Slowpoke]] *[[Sonic Youth]] *[[Southern Culture on the Skids]] *[[St. Johnny]] *[[Street Drum Corps]] *[[The Sugarplastic]] *[[Sugartooth]] *[[The Sundays]] {{col-break}} *[[Switches (band)|Switches]] *[[that dog.]] *[[Teenage Fanclub]] *[[Them Crooked Vultures]] *[[TV on the Radio]] *[[Urge Overkill]] *[[Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt]] *[[Kate Voegele]] *[[Warrior Soul]] *[[Weezer]] *[[White Zombie]] *[[Wild Colonials]] *[[Wolfmother]] *[[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] *[[Yelawolf]] *[[Rob Zombie]] {{col-end}} == See also == * [[List of record labels]] ==External links== * [http://www.dgcrecords.com/ DGC Records Official Website] {{Vivendi}} [[Category:Record labels established in 1990]] [[Category:American record labels]] [[Category:Alternative rock record labels]] [[Category:Rock record labels]] [[Category:Vivendi subsidiaries]] [[Category:Labels distributed by Universal Music Group]] [[es:DGC Records]] [[fr:DGC Records]] [[gl:DGC Records]] [[pl:DGC Records]] [[pt:DGC Records]]'