- Wind-up Records
Infobox record label
parent =
founded = 1997
founders = Steve Lerner
Alan Meltzer
distributor =Sony BMG
Warner Music Group (Canada)
genre = Rock
country =United States
url = [http://www.winduprecords.com/ www.winduprecords.com]Wind-up Records is a
record label based inNew York City . It was formed in 1997 when Alan and Diana Meltzer purchased Grass Records. The label's releases are distributed bySony BMG Music Entertainment worldwide, excludingCanada , where the company operates Wind-up Entertainment Canada, Inc. and receives distribution fromWarner 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 andPeople in Planes . The label has also re-released albums from bands previously associated with Grass Records: The Wrens andCommander Venus .cite web |url=http://www.winduprecords.com/grass/ |title=Grass Records Reissues |work=WindupRecords.com |accessdate=2007-09-28]Artist roster
Accurate with respect to Wind-up's website as of
September 26 ,2007 .
*12 Stones
* Cartel
*Ben Moody
*The Crash Motive
*Eric Durrance (formerly of Big Dismal)
*Evanescence
*Finger Eleven
*Jeremy Fisher
*Joey Culver (formerly of Atomship)
*Megan McCauley
*People in Planes
*Pilot Speed
*Scott Stapp
*Seether
* Stars Of Track And Field
* Strata
*Thriving Ivory cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/08/DDGESGD3J.DTL&hw=marcel+oud&sn=001&sc=1000 |title=Date Lines: Listen to an oudist; Thriving Ivory signs a deal |work=SFGate.com |first=Aiden |last=Vaziri |date=2007-10-08 |accessdate=2007-12-14]
*Tickle Me Pink Previous artists
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Alter Bridge
*Atomship
* Big Dismal
*Bob Guiney
*Boy Hits Car
*Boy Sets Fire
*Breaking Point
* Cauterize
* Chimera
* Creed
*Drowning Pool
* Dust For Life
* Edgewater
*The Exit
* Must
* Seven Wiser
*STEFY
*Stereo Fuse
*Stretch Princess
*Submersed
*Trickside oundtracks
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*John Tucker Must Die Soundtrack
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*Walk The Line Soundtrack
*World’s Strongest Man Soundtrack ee also
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List of record labels References
External links
* [http://www.winduprecords.com/ Official site]
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* [http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2004/December28_16_48_16.html Founder of Wind-up Records on World Top 100 A&R Chart]
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