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Just a quick topic! And sorry Mods, if this is "Locked one"
But i see Interscope have updated theyr website, and GNR is no longer on theyr band list?
Anyone knows why?

 - ?:-* Nytunz -

They are under Sact now.

Thats great, i like Sanctuary and theyr way to promote and support theyr artists!
I guess this is something great for GNR!

I must have missed the memo, GNR now are using Sanctuary as their record label?

No they're not, Sanctuary only acts as management, and they're still under contract with Interscope / Geffen / Universal. I wonder how many times this will have to be repeated  ::)

On topic, the fact that Universal has a very complicated system of sub-labels might be a reason. Maybe they were transferred to the all-new Geffen or something.

Yeah, but i find it strange that they are not listed anymore. That was my point with the thread. I remember asking Tommy in Oslo what recordlabel they would use, and he said Sanctuary. Maybe he missunderstood my question and thought i asked what label he was under! Anyway. ..

Yes, he probably misunderstood your question. There's no doubt whatsoever as to what record company the album will be released by.

They are listed on the Geffen website.

Okay, then i trust you Pandora  : ok:

they are? Where can i find it? Can u give me a link?

thankz for clearing tings up  :yes: :peace:

weird there use to be a place where you could find a list of all the artists, now I cant find it. And on the Interscope site, Geffen records isn't listed as one of the partner labels.....

All the labels mentioned in other posts are owned by Universal Music Group, this basically means that CD can be released on any Label the UMG owns....... thats a lot of labels.

From thier site

U.S. LABELS
Geffen Records?
Interscope Geffen A&M?
Island Def Jam Music Group?
Lost Highway Records?
MCA Nashville?
Mercury Nashville?
Motown Records?
Universal Classics?
Universal Records?
Universal Music Enterprises?

OUTSIDE US LABELS
Britannia Music Club (UK)?
Classics & Jazz (Germany)?
Decca Music Group?
Def Jam (UK)?
Deutsche Grammophon Records?
Island Records Group (UK)?
Jazz Echo (Germany)?
Jazz Land Records (Norway)?
Mercury (UK)?
Motor (Germany)?
Polydor (UK)?
Stockholm Records (Sweden)?
UMTV (UK)?
Universal Music Australia?
Universal Music Brazil?
Universal Music Canada?
Universal Music Colombia?
Universal Music Czech Rep?
Universal Music Finland?
Universal Music France?
Universal Music Germany?
Universal Music Hong Kong?
Universal Music Hungary?
Universal Music India?
Universal Music Italy?
Universal Music Japan?
Universal Music Mexico?
Universal Music Netherlands?
Universal Music Norway?
Universal Music Poland?
Universal Music Portugal?
Universal Music Publishing Group?
Universal Music Russia?
Universal Music Spain?
Universal Music Sweden?
Universal Music Switzerland?
Universal Music UK?
Universal Pop (Germany)?
Urban (Germany)?
Universal Music Latino?
Universal South?
Verve Music Group?

You'll find Guns N' Roses listed in their artist roster here:  http://www.universalmusicgroup.com/Artists.aspx?Index=2

Geffen are the most likely to release the album IMO. After their buyout by Interscope, they pretty much went AWOL for a long period of time. The name still existed, but it was more a ghost label than anything else. From what I've read lately, it looks like Geffen is having a new life and is actually releasing stuff. So it's not surprising that GN'R are back under their wing.

Pandora is right...
During the last year some major restructuring has been taken place because it was recognized that interscope was not compatible for many bands formerly run by Geffen including GnR. Geffen was actually nothing more than a name but was in fact run by interscope, cause someone smart thought it could save Universal some money by bringing a ton of labels under the Interscope order.
 Now Geffen is more independent again and has real management power again as well as access to better financing which would definetely enhance the release of CD.

NOOO... a link to that site where nothing happens..... :nervous:

i found this little synopsis of the whole universal interscope geffen 'thing' that i think puts it all as simply as is possible:

from http://www.wikimirror.com/Interscope_Records
Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group.  It was started in 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Fields with financial support from Atlantic Records (who owned 50% of the label.  In 1992 Jimmy Iovine assisted Death Row Records financially and reached a distribution deal with them through Interscope.  Under pressure from activist groups hostil to gangsta rap music, Atlantic sold its stake in 1995.  Interscope linked itself then with Universal.  When Universal acquired Polygram in 1993 Interscope was merged with Geffen Records and A&M Records.

So thats how GN'R, once formerly simply of Geffen, became to be an artist of Geffen/Interscope. 

and for those interested, here is the 'history' of Geffen:
from http://www.rockandrollroadmap.com/geffen_records.html
GEFFEN RECORDS
Former Location
9130 Sunset Blvd

Once manager to many of the big names of the sixties, such as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Crosby, Stills and Nash, in 1970 David Geffen founded Asylum records. Asylum's roster included the major names of the seventies and was eventually sold to Elektra, which was sold to Warner, creating WEA. In 1980, he founded Geffen Records which carried Guns N' Roses, Elton John, Don Henley, Whitesnake and the reborn Aerosmith. MCA bought Geffen Records in 1989.