Machine Shop Records

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Machine Shop Records
Los Angeles, California
Official websitemachineshop.co

Machine Shop Records, also known as Machine Shop Recordings, is a

underground hip hop, alternative rock and nu metal
.

The label has signed several artists prior to their mainstream breakthroughs, including Holly Brook (whose name was later changed to Skylar Grey),[2] Styles of Beyond,[3] No Warning[4] and Shinoda's side project Fort Minor.[5]

History

1999–2002: Early years

American multi instrumentalist Mike Shinoda founded Machine Shop Records in 2001.

The label was originally known as The Shinoda Imprint, named after

LP Underground 3.0, which featured the unreleased songs in the live album Live in Texas
(which was released on November 18, 2003, through the record label).

2003–07: Mainstream success

The label was later renamed to Machine Shop after the involvement of the band members in the work. Brad Delson took over the work as an

Roc-A-Fella, Warner Bros. and Machine Shop. The EP was released on November 30, 2004.[7] The EP was certified as Platinum in America.[8] Later the label signed artists like No Warning, Simplistic and LNDN. Suffer, Survive became the first non-Linkin Park album and non shared label album to be released under the label. It was released on October 19, 2004. The album featured only 10 songs. The songs like, Dirtier Than the Next, Bad Timing and Hopeless Case gave a breakthrough success to the band and indirectly to the label. On November 18, 2003, the live album by Linkin Park Live in Texas was released under the label and Warner Bros. which was also certified as Platinum.[9] It was also released as a DVD which featured Chester Bennington breaking Brad Delson's guitar. At the end of the concert, Joe Hahn
threw a piece of his equipment on the stage floor.

On November 22, 2005, the label again marked its success on releasing the album

Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. On October 10, 2005, the label released a mixtape of its own which was named as Machine Shop Mixtape. It featured Various Artists like Taproot, Papa Roach, Deftones and many others.[12]

Hiatus: 2007–2009

Mike Shinoda has stated on his blog that, as of January 2009, Machine Shop Recordings will be on hiatus due to disagreements between the label and its parent company Warner Bros. Records. On 23 May 2010 Shinoda stated a new release was likely, suggesting that they are looking to the UK for new releases.

Dead By Sunrise (a side project of Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington
).

After hiatus: 2009–present

The first release by the label after hiatus is

Recharged and The Hunting Party which marked mainstream success in United States.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
In 2013 the label again released a non-Linkin Park album Resurrection of the Wolf only in US, No Warning after the band reunited. The label also released soundtrack album Mall. The label releases the singles by the band only in the United States, the release in other countries is released under the parent label. The label also released The Hunting Party outside the US for the first time after hiatus in Australia.[24]

Artists

Current acts

Act Year signed Releases under Machine Shop Description
Linkin Park 2001 20 American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. They are the first artist signed under the label.
Dean DeLeo 2005 — American guitarist known for his work with American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. He is also known for his role in the short-lived bands Talk Show and Army of Anyone. He became the second solo artist to sign under the label after Fort Minor, although he never released his own albums.
No Consequence 2009 3 Group inspired by the founder of the label Mike Shinoda.
LNDN 2011 2 Group from Chicago. Released two albums as a collaboration with Nass.
No Warning 2003 2 A hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The group became the second group to get signed under the label
Ryan Giles 2013 1 A solo artist who works with different bands and worked with Linkin Park on the track
Truth Inside a Lie
.
Beta State 2013 2 A four-piece San Francisco band formed in 2009. They have been working hard to break into mainstream success, playing for the likes of Linkin Park, The Strokes, Florence and the Machine, Young the Giant, Cage the Elephant, and The Manchester Orchestra.
Linkin Park Underground 2001 16 The official fan club of Linkin Park. They release a CD annually only for the fans of the band.
Fort Minor 2005 4 Side project by Mike Shinoda, which was on hiatus. It released a single under the label in June, 2015 titled "Welcome".

Former acts

Act Years on the label Releases under Machine Shop Description
Styles of Beyond 2005–2007 1 Underground hip-hop group which was on hiatus until their departure in 2013.
Holly Brook 2005–2009 3 Solo artist who worked with Shinoda on the song "Where'd You Go".
Simplistic 2002–2005 1 A rock band from Sacramento California who signed the first development deal with Machine Shop Recordings in 2002. The band recorded an EP produced by Mike Shinoda in 2003. Simplistic's 4 song EP, "The Impact of Crashing" helped to acquire the label's distribution deal from Warner Brothers, but never received distribution itself. Despite recording more than 75 original songs between the EP and in their own studio in Sacramento, the band was never funded to release an album on the label. In 2004 while interviewing producers for the album, the group recorded a song with Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails / A Perfect Circle), but then disbanded in 2005 due to personal and creative differences.
The Rosewood Fall 2006 1 The group is now defunct.

Current producers

Past producers

Discography

The following is the list of all albums released through Machine Shop Records and distributed by

Warner Bros. Records
. Any additional record label involved are specified.

Linkin Park has got a total of 20 releases under the label.
Skylar Grey released three albums on the label before leaving Machine Shop in 2009.
Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is signed under the label, but didn't release any of his own albums.
Year Artist Album Type Details
2002 Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 2.0
EP
  • Released: November 18, 2002
2003 Linkin Park Meteora Studio
  • Released: March 25, 2003
  • Chart Positions: #1 U.S.
  • RIAA Certification
    : 7× Platinum
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 3.0 EP
  • Released: November 17, 2003
Linkin Park Live in Texas Live
  • Released: November 18, 2003
  • Chart positions: #23 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: Platinum
2004 The Rosewood Fall Demonstrate Studio
  • Released: July 8, 2004
  • Chart positions: #105 U.S.
No Warning Suffer, Survive
  • Released: October 19, 2004
  • Chart positions: #55 U.S.
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 4.0 EP
  • Released: November 22, 2004
Jay-Z & Linkin Park Collision Course
(released with Roc-A-Fella)
  • Released: November 30, 2004
  • Chart position: #1 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
2005 Fort Minor Instrumental Album: The Rising Tied Digital
  • Released: January 1, 2005
Various Artists Machine Shop Mixtape Mixtape
  • Released: October 4, 2005
Skylar Grey Holly Brook EP EP
  • Released: October 11, 2005
Sony CONNECT Sets EP
  • Released: October 29, 2005
Fort Minor
Fort Minor: We Major
 		Mixtape
  • Released: October 30, 2005
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 5.0 EP
  • Released: November 21, 2005
Fort Minor The Rising Tied Studio
  • Released: November 22, 2005
  • Chart Positions: #51 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: Platinum
2006 Skylar Grey Like Blood Like Honey Studio
  • Released: May 23, 2006
  • Chart Positions: #26 U.S. Heat
Fort Minor Sessions@AOL Live/EP
  • Released: July 18, 2006
  • Chart Positions: #10 Jpn
Militia EP
  • Released: November 22, 2006
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 6.0
  • Released: December 5, 2006
2007 Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight Studio
  • Released: May 14, 2007
  • Chart Positions: #1 U.S.
  • RIAA Certification: 4× Platinum
Styles of Beyond
Razor Tag
 		Mixtape
  • Released: July 30, 2007
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 7.0 EP/Live
  • Released: December 5, 2007
2008 Linkin Park Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes Live
  • Released: November 21, 2008
  • Chart Positions: #41 U.S.
2009 No Consequence In the Shadow of Gods
(released with Basick) 		Studio
  • Released: 17 August 2009
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 9.0: Demos Demo
  • Released: December 3, 2009
  • Chart Positions:
    • 73 Austria
    • 66 Germany
    • 29 New Zealand
2010 Various Artists Download to Donate for Haiti Compilation
  • Released: January 19, 2010
Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion Soundtrack
  • Released: April 26, 2010
A Thousand Suns Studio
  • Released: September 15, 2010
  • Chart Position: #1 U.S.
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground X: Demos Compilation/Demo
  • Released: November 17, 2010
2011 Various Artists Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0 Compilation
  • Released: January 11, 2011
Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief
  • Released: March 22, 2011
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 11 Demo
  • Released: November 15, 2011
2012 Linkin Park Living Things Studio
  • Released: June 26, 2012
  • Chart Positions: #1 U.S.
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 12 Demo
  • Released: November 16, 2012
2013 No Consequence IO
(released with Basick and Invictus Records) 		Studio
  • Released: January 1, 2013
  • Chart Positions: #72 U.S.
Beta State #Friendship - Deluxe Edition Reissue
  • Released: May 21, 2013
Linkin Park
Recharged
 		Remix
  • Released: October 29, 2013
  • Chart Positions: #10 U.S.
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground XIII Demo
  • Released: November 18, 2013
2014 No Warning Resurrection of the Wolf
(released with Bridge 9) 		Studio
  • Released: February 18, 2014
Linkin Park The Hunting Party Studio
  • Released: June 13, 2014
  • Chart Positions: #3 U.S.
  • RIAA Certification: Platinum
Linkin Park Underground LP Underground XIV Demo
  • Released: November 21, 2014
Linkin Park & Alec Puro Mall: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • Released: December 12, 2014
2015 Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 15 Demo
  • Released: November 25, 2015
2016 LP Underground Sixteen
  • Released: November 21, 2016
2017 Linkin Park One More Light Studio
  • Release date: May 19, 2017
  • Chart Positions: #1 U.S.
  • RIAA Certification: Gold
One More Light Live Live
  • Released: December 15, 2017
2018 Mike Shinoda Post Traumatic (EP) EP
  • Released: January 25, 2018
2018 Mike Shinoda Post Traumatic Studio
  • Released: June 15, 2018
  • Chart Positions: #16 U.S.
2020 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary Edition Compilation
  • Released: October 9, 2020
2023 Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition
  • Released: April 7, 2023
2024 Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 12, 2024
From Zero
 		Studio
  • Released: November 15, 2024

Upcoming releases

List of upcoming releases
Artist Album details
No Consequence
  • Title: TBA
  • Release date: TBA

Crew and employees

  • Mike Shinoda - Founder, President
  • Brad Delson - Founder, President
  • Bill Silva - Chief Operating Officer
  • Jessica Sklar - Chief Strategy Officer, Partner
  • Ryan DeMarti - Director of Operations
  • Trish Evangelista - Project Manager
  • Lorenzo Errico - Digital Manager
  • Kymm Britton – publicity
  • Kas Mercer – publicity

See also

  • List of record labels

References

  1. ^ Machine Shop Linkedin LinkedIn
  2. ^ Who is Skylar Grey Machine Shop Recordings
  3. ^ a b Styles of Beyond and Machine Shop Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Linkin Park Offer No Warning From Their Machine Shop MTV August 20, 2004.
  5. ^ a b Fort Minor discography Discogs
  6. ^ The Shinoda Imprint LP Association
  7. ^ Billboard - 14 May 2005 - Page 55 Billboard
  8. ^ Trust, Gary (2009-08-07). "Ask Billboard: Steve Vai, Jay-Z, Radiohead". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  9. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  10. ^ "Skylar Grey's journey from being Holly Brook". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  11. ^ Holly Brook Like Blood Like Honey Discogs
  12. ^ Machine Shop Mixtape Last.fm
  13. ^ Linkin Park Wants Out Of Warner Bros. Contract Billboard May 3, 2005
  14. ^ "About Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief". Archived from the original on 2011-08-18.
  15. ^ About Download to Donate for Haiti[usurped]
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  17. ^ "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (enter "Linkin Park" into the "Keywords" box, then select "Search") on August 1, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  18. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Linkin Park)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
  19. ^ "Austrian certifications – Linkin Park" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
  20. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Linkin Park)". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
  21. ^ "Canadian certifications – Linkin Park". Music Canada. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  22. ^ "RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart – Chart #1322 – Sunday 18 August 2002". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  23. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original
    on October 21, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  24. ^ "Results 4 for 'Linkin Park Hunting Party'". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
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