Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/david-geffen/bio/
David Geffen formed Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980, and DGC Records in 1990. In 1994, he helped cofound Dreamworks.
Geffen founded his own label in 1970 because he could not find a deal for Jackson Browne. He chose the name Asylum because he signed artists that could not find a deal elsewhere. Asylum signed The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Browne, and others.
He retired in 1977 after receiving a cancer diagnosis. The diagnosis proved false and he formed Geffen in 1980. He scored a coup by signing John Lennon. The new label boasted Olivia Newton-John, Guns n Roses, The Stone Roses, Neil Young, Elton John, Sonic Youth, Aerosmith, and others. He left the label, which changed its name to DGC, in 1995.
David Geffen formed Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980, and DGC Records in 1990. In 1994, he helped cofound Dreamworks.
Geffen founded his own label in 1970 because he could not find a deal for Jackson Browne. He chose the name Asylum because he signed artists that could not find a deal elsewhere. Asylum signed The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Browne, and others.
He retired in 1977 after receiving a cancer diagnosis. The diagnosis proved false and he formed Geffen in 1980. He scored a coup by signing John Lennon. The new label boasted Olivia Newton-John, Guns n Roses, The Stone Roses, Neil Young, Elton John, Sonic Youth, Aerosmith, and others. He left the label, which changed its name to DGC, in 1995.
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