GUN Records

{{Short description|German record label}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

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| parent = Sony Music Entertainment

| founded = 1992

| founder = Bogdan Kopec and Wolfgang Funk

| defunct = 2009

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| genre = Alternative rock, heavy metal, crossover, industrial

| country = Germany

| location = Bochum

| url = {{URL|gunrecords.de}}

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GUN Records (Great Unlimited Noises) was a record label located in Witten, Germany, founded in 1992 by Bogdan Kopec (DRAKKAR Promotion Musikverlag GmbH) and Wolfgang Funk.{{Cite news |last=Spahr |first=Wolfgang |last2=Weinert |first2=Ellie |last3=Arndt |first3=Christian |last4=Pride |first4=Dominic |date=27 February 1999 |title=Outside A&R thrives in Germany |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/227140755/fulltext/F1D57A5F2900497EPQ/3 |access-date=2024-11-06 |work=Billboard}} For a period, it was a subsidiary of BMG.{{Cite news |last=Howorth |first=Adam |date=29 June 2002 |title=Hard music: Euro metal rages on |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/227177186/fulltext/F1D57A5F2900497EPQ/1 |access-date=2024-11-06 |work=Billboard |via=ProQuest}}

Different artists on the label have had hit singles as well as albums in Europe. A branch of the label known as Supersonic Records existed until 2005, when GUN's parent company BMG merged with Sony. In 2009, GUN Records announced they were closing.

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