Wind-up Records
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Wind-up Records | |
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Founded | 1997 |
Distributing label | Sony BMG Warner Music Group (Canada) |
Genre(s) | Rock |
Country of origin | US |
Official Website | http://www.winduprecords.com/ |
Wind-up Entertainment Inc. is a privately owned company that was founded in March 1997 when Alan and Diana Meltzer purchased Grass Records. Wind-up Records, a division of Wind-up Entertainment is currently the largest independently owned and operated label in the United States[citation needed] and is distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment worldwide, excluding Canada where the company operates Wind-up Entertainment Canada Inc. and is distributed by the Warner Music Group. The label's roster features Evanescence (the band success story of 2003/2004 with worldwide sales of more than fourteen million copies), Seether, Finger Eleven, Scott Stapp, the entire Creed repertoire, and approximately a dozen developing artists. Wind-up Entertainment also houses the publishing concerns Dwight Frye Music, Renfield Music Publishing, Wallachi Music Publishing, Jessop Music Publishing and Viovodes Music Publishing, in addition to Pronto Merch, a full-scale retail, on-line and touring merchandising company. The company's slogan is "Developing Career Artists".
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Artist roster
- 12 Stones
- Ben Moody
- Breaking Point
- Evanescence
- The Exit
- Finger Eleven
- Megan McCauley
- Omnisoul
- People in Planes
- Pilot Speed (formerly known as Pilate)
- Scott Stapp
- Seether
- Stars Of Track And Field
- Stefy
- Strata
- Submersed
Soundtracks
- 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