Bug Music
{{for|the album by Don Byron|Bug Music (album)}}
{{Infobox company
| founded = {{start date and age|1975}}
| founder = Dan Bourgoise
| industry = Music publishing
| defunct = {{end date|2011}}
| fate = Merged into BMG Rights Management
}}
Bug Music was an influential independent music publisher in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded in 1975 by Dan Bourgoise to represent the catalogue of musician Del Shannon.{{cite web |url=https://www.inc.com/profile/bug-music |title=Bug Music - Los Angeles, CA |website=www.inc.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502212258/http://www.inc.com/profile/bug-music |archive-date=2013-05-02}}
Their clients included Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash,{{Cite web|url=http://www.delshannon.com/danbourgoise.htm|title=Del Shannon - Dan Bourgoise|website=www.delshannon.com|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520130313/http://delshannon.com/danbourgoise.htm|archive-date=2011-05-20|url-status=dead}} Los Lobos,{{Cite news|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/bug-in-your-ear-6396022|title=Bug in your ear|last=Kaleta|first=Sabrina|date=2000-03-16|work=Dallas Observer|access-date=2018-03-29}} Iggy Pop and The Stooges,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1304024/bug-music-inks-deals-with-iggy-pop-three-6-mafia|title=Bug Music Inks Deals With Iggy Pop, Three 6 Mafia.|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en|archive-date=2018-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523021238/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1304024/bug-music-inks-deals-with-iggy-pop-three-6-mafia|url-status=dead}} Del Shannon,{{Cite web|url=http://www.delshannon.com/danbourgoise.htm|title=Del Shannon - Dan Bourgoise|website=www.delshannon.com|access-date=2018-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520130313/http://delshannon.com/danbourgoise.htm|archive-date=2011-05-20|url-status=dead}} Three 6 Mafia,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1304024/bug-music-inks-deals-with-iggy-pop-three-6-mafia|title=Bug Music Inks Deals With Iggy Pop, Three 6 Mafia.|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en|archive-date=2018-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523021238/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1304024/bug-music-inks-deals-with-iggy-pop-three-6-mafia|url-status=dead}} John Lee Hooker,{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/inside-business-play-it-again-pop-is-all-around-us-1314587.html|title=Inside business: Play it again: pop is all around us|date=1996-12-15|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-GB}} Muddy Waters,{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/inside-business-play-it-again-pop-is-all-around-us-1314587.html|title=Inside business: Play it again: pop is all around us|date=1996-12-15|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-GB}} Woody Guthrie,{{Cite web|url=http://woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Publisher_Contact.htm|title=Woody Guthrie Songs Publisher Contact|website=woodyguthrie.org|access-date=2018-03-29}} John Prine,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLZz02EzmBYC&q=bug+music+bourgoise&pg=PT191|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|date=2012-02-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199920839|language=en}} and Richard Thompson.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/inside-business-play-it-again-pop-is-all-around-us-1314587.html|title=Inside business: Play it again: pop is all around us|date=1996-12-15|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-GB}} Widely regarded as a major contributor to the evolution of Los Angeles and independent music, the firm's catalog included songs across genres as diverse as blues, punk, Americana, roots music, rockabilly, folk, country, and alternative rock, as well as hip-hop, electronic, and Latin rock.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-26-ca-12677-story.html|title=Brothers Build Loyal Clientele With Scrappy Publishing Firm|last=NICHOLS|first=NATALIE|date=2000-03-26|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}
In 2007, Bug acquired Windswept Music from Fujipacific, adding 250,000 songs to its catalogue.{{Cite web|url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2007/jul/23/acquisition-means-bug-music-becomes-top-publisher|title=Acquisition Means Bug Music Becomes Top Publisher | Los Angeles Business Journal|date=22 July 2007 }} In 2010, the company acquired the Saban Music Group catalog, including the rights to themes and background music for shows such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the English dub of Digimon.{{cite magazine |last1=Christman |first1=Ed |title=Bug Music Acquires Saban Music Group |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bug-music-acquires-saban-music-group-1199624/ |magazine=Billboard |date=5 October 2010}}
Bug Music was acquired by and absorbed into BMG Rights Management in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bertelsmann.com/news-and-media/news/bmg-acquires-bug-music.jsp?atn=6249&abp=6249,8182,|title = BMG Acquires Bug Music - Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA}}