KMG (Killen Music Group) Records was a Christian record label. The label was established in 1997 by

Buddy Killen William Doyce “Buddy” Killen (November 13, 1932 – November 1, 2006) was an American record producer and music publisher, and a former owner of Trinity Broadcasting Network and Tree International Publishing, the largest country music p ...

as a subunit of the Killen Music Group / Buddy Killen Enterprises and sold in late 1998 to Cal Turner III, who is related to the Cal Turner of

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stores. Following the sale, Buddy Killen continued to consult for the firm. The Killen Music Group also operated several other including Damascus Road Records, Praise Hymn Soundtracks, Sound Performance Soundtracks and Psalm 150 music. Damascus Road was pop oriented, and released albums by

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, Rhonda Gunn, Identical Strangers, and Dave Kauffman.

Operations

Notable management include

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(A&R 1997-1999),

Billy Smiley Billy Smiley (born October 19, 1957) is a music producer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for being one of the core members of the Christian rock band White Heart. He was the bands' guitarist, vocalist, and one of the main songwriters ...

(A&R 1999 - 2002, formerly of

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), Kevin Jackson (formerly of the band Chase and Dajhelon Entertainment Group), David Bahnsen (formerly of Tooth & Nail), and Frank Chimento (formerly of ''

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'' magazine). In addition to its own portfolio of artists KMG acquired the assets of

Frontline Records Frontline Records was a Christian rock record label, founded in 1986 by James Kempner in Santa Ana, California. The label focused primarily on modern rock, rap, dance-pop and hip-hop. The label closed in the early 1990s, and then resurfaced in ...

, whose catalog consisted of a large number of classic Alternative Christian Music bands. KMG began re-releasing many of these albums as double-disc sets. The re-releases had covers which were described as generic, and contained only the cover images of the album inset around a purple background. Inside was a one-page description of the band, and the albums contained no extended or tribute material. At different times distribution was handled through

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and

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Original artists

Artists who released original, unreleased material through KMG include: *According to John *

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*American Made *Ric Blair *Bunch of Believers *

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*Andy Denton *

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(EDL) *

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*Glisten *

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*Heather Miller *

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(''as Browbeats'') *

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*The Straw Theory *

References

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