Drive-Thru Records

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Drive-Thru Records was a California-based

Once the Universal deal ended, they signed a contract with independent label Sanctuary Records. Starting with a new roster, the label garnered a top 10 platinum hit with "Here In Your Arms" by Hellogoodbye.^[1] However, Sanctuary was on the verge of bankruptcy, and sold their assets to Universal Music. Drive-Thru Records got trapped in that deal, and were stuck with UMG, the catalog division of Universal. The label's last release was in 2008, when Richard and Stefanie Reines decided to concentrate on artist management and put Drive-Thru Records on indefinite hiatus.

The independent label sold over 7 million CDs. Bands that achieved notable success during their time with the label include

Love Minus Zero Recordings was founded as the second subsidiary of Drive-Thru Records in January 2007.^[2] This label was intended to comprise artists of a stronger singer-songwriter genre. Only two acts were ever signed to Love Minus Zero: Roark and Biirdie. This imprint was soon reabsorbed back into Drive-Thru Records.

Commercial Success

Drive-Thru Records have earned several silver, gold, and platinum albums and singles, that have been certified by RIAA, CRIA and BPI.

Certified Release

List of former bands

* denotes inactive band. † denotes former Rushmore Records signee.

Release catalog

This is the release list of Drive-Thru Records in order of release number.

1. Cousin Oliver – (818) (1997)
2. Various Artists – Where's the Beef? (1997)
3. Riverfenix – Riverfenix
   (1997)
4. Various Artists – A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong (1997)
5. Those Damn Bandits
   (1998)
6. You Can't Do that on Vinyl
   7" vinyl (1998)
7. Various Artists – Mulletcore (1998)
8. Mothermania – The Sound and the Fury (1998)
9. Caught Inside – Bolts in the Machine EP (1998)
10. Halfway Between Here and There
    (1999)
11. Last Summer – Remember Those Days (1999)
12. The Sacrifice of Life
    EP (1999)
13. New Found Glory – Nothing Gold Can Stay (1999)
14. Dead Ends and Girlfriends
    (1999)
15. Less Than Jake – Hello Rockview picture vinyl (1999)
16. Not used
17. Various Artists – You'll Never Eat Fast Food Again (1999)
18. Midtown – Save the World, Lose the Girl (2000)
19. New Found Glory – From the Screen to Your Stereo EP (2000)
20. Dashboard Confessional – The Swiss Army Romance (2000)
21. The Art of Disappointment
    (2001)
22. Rx Bandits – Progress (2001)
23. With Hopes of Starting Over
    EP (2001)
24. Falling into Place
    EP (2001)
25. Something Corporate – Audioboxer EP (2001)
26. The Movielife Has a Gambling Problem
    EP (2001)
27. Various Artists – Welcome to the Family (2001)
28. Finch – What It Is to Burn
    (2002)
29. Home Grown – 3 Song Sampler (2002)
30. Home Grown – Kings of Pop (2002)
31. The Starting Line – 3 Song Sampler (2002)
32. The Starting Line – Say It Like You Mean It (2002)
33. Allister – Last Stop Suburbia (2002)
34. The Early November – For All of This EP (2002)
35. The Acoustic EP
    (2003)
36. For You My Dear
    EP (2003)
37. Inadvertently, there were two releases with the release number 37:
    • Various Artists – Drive-Thru 2002 Summer Invasion Compilation (2002)
    • Forty Hour Train Back to Penn
      (2003)
38. Senses Fail – From the Depths of Dreams EP (2003)
39. Rx Bandits – The Resignation (2003)
40. The Starting Line – The Make Yourself at Home EP (2003)
41. Various Artists – Drive-Thru Invasion Tour Compilation (2003)
42. The Early November – The Room's Too Cold (2003)
43. Hidden in Plain View
    EP (2003)
44. 1969
    EP (2003)
45. Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes Up
    EP (2004)
46. Hellogoodbye – Hellogoodbye EP (2004)
47. New Found Glory – Catalyst (2004)
48. I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
    (2004)
49. Home Grown – When It All Comes Down EP (2004)
50. An Angle – And Take It with a Grain of Salt (2004)
51. Various Artists – Happy Holidays from Drive-Thru Records (2004)
52. A Writer's Reference
    EP (2005)
53. Various Artists – Drive Thru Records: Bands You Love, Have Heard of, and Should Know (2005)
54. Hidden in Plain View – Life in Dreaming (2005)
55. Steel Train – Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun (2005)
56. An Angle – We Can Breathe under Alcohol (2005)
57. Walking on the Ceiling of the Sky
    EP (2005)
58. Split
    (2005)
59. Various Artists – Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute (2005)
60. Lunch for the Sky
    (2005)
61. I Am the Avalanche – I Am the Avalanche (2005)
62. The Early November – The Room's Too Cold re-release (2005)
63. Allister – Before the Blackout (2005)
64. Various Artists – Drive-Thru Records Greatest Hits (2005)
65. Halifax – 3 Song Sampler (2006)
66. Halifax – The Inevitability of a Strange World (2006)
67. Talk Is Cheap
    EP (2006)
68. The Early November – The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path (2006)
69. Hellogoodbye – Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! (2006)
70. House of Fools – House of Fools EP (2006)
71. Telling Secrets to Strangers
    (2007)
72. Hidden In Plain View – Resolution
    (2007)
73. Live and Learn
    (2007)
74. Inadvertently, there were two releases with the release number 74:
    • Just Turn
      EP (2006)
    • The truth is that you are alive
      (2007)
75. New Found Glory – From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II (2007)
76. Steel Train – Trampoline (2007)
77. Inadvertently, there were two releases with the release number 77:
    • Say No More – What You Thought You Knew (2007)
    • The Secret Wars
      EP (2008)
78. Hellogoodbye – EP/DVD Split (2008)
79. Hellogoodbye – Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! And More!(2008)
80. Not used
81. Spread The Rumors
    (2008)
82. Not used
83. The End of an Error
    (2008)
84. Various Artists – Drive-Thru Records Special Edition 26th Anniversary EP Box Set (2023)