Trauma Records was a Los Angeles–based independent

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created in 1993 by Paul Palmer and Rob Kahane. Trauma Records had a joint venture agreement with

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that included financing and distribution through

. Trauma signed and developed bands such as Bush,

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, Phunk Junkeez, and The Flys. Trauma's Bush catalog was transferred to Kirtland Records in 2005. Trauma Records was the label under which

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superstar

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released his

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albums. However, his most anticipated album, '' Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1'' was never released. It also released several soundtracks to popular films starring

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such as '' Holiday in the Sun'' and '' When in Rome''. In 2004 Trauma Records became a subsidiary of

, and is currently inactive with no website or current address. Interscope has all but phased out the label following its decline in management and sales. The label has been reactivated as Trauma2 Records but their website has been off-line since September 2018. Kahane now manages Bush, whom he signed to the original label.

Controversies

In 1997, Trauma sued Interscope for $100 million when Interscope laid claim to No Doubt's contract, which Trauma asserted had been transferred to Trauma in 1995. The suit was settled out of court, allowing Trauma to retain the group's recording rights and obtain $3 to $5 million in cash. In 1999 the label sued Bush for breach of contract seeking US$40 million when they delayed their release of '' The Science of Things.'' In 2001 they left the label and signed to

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Artists

* Bush *

* Phunk Junkeez *

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* Janus Stark * The Flys * Bree Sharp

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