| Wind-up Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Distributing label | Sony Music EMI (Outside North America) |
| Genre | Hard rock Alternative rock Indie rock Post grunge Alternative metal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Official Website | www.winduprecords.com |
Wind-up Records is a record label based in New York City. It was formed in 1997 when Alan and Diana Meltzer purchased Grass Records. The label's releases are distributed by Sony Music Entertainment worldwide, excluding Canada, where the company operates Wind-up Entertainment Canada, Inc. and receives distribution from Warner Music Canada. Wind-up is currently the largest independently-owned record label in the world. The parent company Wind-up Entertainment also runs numerous publishing companies as well as a full-scale retail, online and tour merchandising company. The company's slogan is "Developing Career Artists."
Some of the successful acts on the label include Creed, Evanescence, Seether, Finger Eleven, 12 Stones and People in Planes. The label has also re-released albums from bands previously associated with Grass Records: The Wrens and Commander Venus.[1]
In September 2009, the label reached an agreement with EMI Music. The partnership will see EMI Music take over the marketing and distribution of artists such as Creed, Evanescence, Seether and Finger Eleven throughout the world outside North America. One of the first new releases under this arrangement will be the first new studio album from Creed in over 7 years.[2]
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Artist roster
Accurate with respect to Wind-up's website as of July 28, 2009.
- 12 Stones
- Cartel
- Civil Twilight
- Company of Thieves
- Creed
- Endless Hallway
- Emily Osment
- Eric Durrance
- Evanescence
- Finger Eleven
- Hawthorne Heights
- Jeremy Fisher
- Megan McCauley
- Papercut Massacre
- People in Planes
- Pilot Speed
- Push Play
- The Queen Killing Kings
- Scott Stapp
- Seether
- Stars of Track and Field
- Thriving Ivory[3]
- Tickle Me Pink
Previous artists
- Alter Bridge
- American Pearl
- Atomship
- Ben Moody
- Big Dismal
- Bob Guiney
- Boy Hits Car
- Boysetsfire
- Breaking Point
- Cauterize
- The Crash Motive
- Drowning Pool
- Dust for Life
- Edgewater
- The Exit
- The Februarys
- It's Alive
- Must
- Seven Wiser
- Stefy
- Stereo Fuse
- Strata
- Stretch Princess
- Submersed
- Trickside
- The Wrens
Soundtracks
- 1080º Avalanche - 2003 videogame
- Daredevil: The Album
- Elektra: The Album
- Fantastic 4: The Album
- John Tucker Must Die Soundtrack
- The Punisher: The Album
- Scream 3: The Album
- Walk The Line Soundtrack
- World’s Strongest Man Soundtrack
See also
References
- ^ "Grass Records Reissues". WindupRecords.com. http://www.winduprecords.com/grass/. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
- ^ http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2009/press110.htm
- ^ Vaziri, Aiden (2007-10-08). "Date Lines: Listen to an oudist; Thriving Ivory signs a deal". SFGate.com. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/08/DDGESGD3J.DTL&hw=marcel+oud&sn=001&sc=1000. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
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