[5] After the band broke apart, Kirtland went to work at Trauma Records, an Interscope-affiliated label which launched artists such as Bush and No Doubt.

[6][7] When Trauma Records founder Rob Kahane encountered financial difficulties, he borrowed money from Kirtland, offering as collateral the rights to the Bush back-catalog and royalty rights on the sales of the No Doubt album Tragic Kingdom.

[3][4][7] Kirtland Records leveraged the Bush back catalog rights to secure a national distribution deal with RED Distribution (now merged into The Orchard), which remains the label's distributor.

[8] Kirtland Records also released Deep Blue Something's 2015 EP, Locust House.

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