DRT Entertainment was a New York City based independent record label founded in 2003 by

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, Ron Urban, and Theodore "Ted" Green. The label is defunct. The label advertised itself as an "artist friendly hard rock music company for bands with a touring fan base." The company was distributed by

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. DRT was also distributed by

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and a variety of companies in the rest of the world including

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in Germany, Shock Records in Australia and JVC Records in Japan. DRT had one subsidiary label, Brass Tacks Records. It was a

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founded by the

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. In 2005, it released Alucard Music's "35th Anniversary" editions of many CDs by

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, Shulman's former band. (Thirty-five years after the debut album.) The label closed in 2009.

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* Artimus Pyledriver * Blindside * Clutch *

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* Lit * Lynam *

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* Powerman 5000 *

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* Rikets *

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