DGC Records

DGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records. 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, Sonic Youth, Weezer and Beck. The label also released early...