in 1992, the company joined forces with bertelsmann music group to become "drakkar promotion musikverlag gmbh". at the same time, another company, g.u.n. records gmbh was created. this second company became so successful that kopec, who felt overworked, decided to sell his shares to bmg. he then closed the merchandising, booking, and trading departments of drakkar promotion and founded "drakkar records". his original company became ""drakkar entertainment gmbh"".