GUN Records (''Great Unlimited Noises'') was a

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located in

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, Germany, founded in 1992 by Bogdan Kopec ( DRAKKAR Promotion Musikverlag GmbH) and Wolfgang Funk. 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

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. In 2009, GUN Records announced they were closing.

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