Machine Shop Records

Machine Shop Records is a record label founded by American rock band Linkin Park members, Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda, in 2001. The label is notable for releasing music in rock, hip hop, underground hip hop, alternative rock and nu metal music amongst other genres.

Machine Shop Records
Parent company	Machine Shop co. Warner Music Group
Founded	2001 (as The Shinoda Imprint)^[1]
Founder	Mike Shinoda Brad Delson
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Warner Records (US) Warner Music Group (Int)
Genre	Hip hop underground hip hop alternative metal nu metal
Country of origin	United States
Location	Los Angeles, California
Official website	machineshop.co

The label is responsible for bringing up artists, such as Holly Brook (now known as Skylar Grey),^[2] Styles of Beyond,^[3] No Warning^[4] and Shinoda's side project Fort Minor.^[5] The label has marked up 80 releases as of 2014.

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 Mike Shinoda.^[6] Machine Shop was born in drummer Rob Bourdon's living room in 1999 when the band was packing CDs and stickers into boxes to send to their very first fans. The label only had the potential to release the extended plays for the band's fan club annually. Shinoda wanted to release albums of Linkin Park under the label, but the albums were already managed by the parent company Warner Bros. Records, and managing the albums on his alone basis was a difficult job. The first release under the label was for the fan club, LP Underground 2.0, which was released on November 18, 2002. The label also made available some enhanced features, such as T-shirts, sticker, key-chain, a band picture, guitar pick and membership card. The album was co produced by Don Gilmore with Shinoda. On November 17, 2003, the label released another extended play for the LPU fan club, entitled 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 A&R representative of the label. The label got the breakthrough success after the release of the overnight recorded collaborative EP by Jay-Z and Linkin Park, entitled Collision Course, which was released under the collaboration of labels, 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 The Rising Tied by Fort Minor which was a side project by the founder Shinoda.^[5] Under the success of the album many artists like Styles of Beyond and Holly Brook were signed in the label.^[10] Holly Brook released two independent EPs Holly Brook EP and Sony CONNECT Sets under the label, whereas Styles of Beyond indirectly released singles in which they were featured through the project of Fort Minor. The singles by Fort Minor like Petrified/Remember the Name gave success to S.O.B. and Fort Minor. The breakthrough single Where'd You Go featuring Holly Brook marked number four on the Billboard Hot 100 making it the best ever debut song by any One-Hit-Wonder. The label meanwhile was also releasing EPs for Linkin Park Underground, and in addition it also released an EP for the fan club of Fort Minor, Militia. The label also released mixtapes like We Major and Razor Tag. The signing of S.O.B. brought the group back into the spotlight and marked success. On May 23, 2006, the label released Like Blood Like Honey by Holly Brook which was her debut album, which gave her the spot of #23 of U.S. Heat charts.^[11] In 2006, the label again gained spotlight after the single Numb/Encore by Linkin Park & Jay-Z won the 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.^[3] The label then released the album only in America.^[13] The label then signed out artists like Holly Brook and Styles of Beyond, due to disagreements with Warner Bros. Records. Although there weren't many releases during this course of time, the label missed the release of the score album by Linkin Park Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Score.

After hiatus: 2009–present

The first release by the label after hiatus is Download to Donate like Download to Donate for Haiti, Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0 and Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief.^[14][15] This project was handled by Shinoda and Enrique Iglesias. Later the release of 8-bit Rebellion! marked the return of the label, in America. The first big release after hiatus is A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park which was released on September 14, 2010. The album landed on the top of Billboard 200 marking the return to the mainstream success of label. later the success was Living Things, 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.
Skylar Grey	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

• Mike Shinoda
• Brad Delson
• Rob Cavallo

Past producers

• Rick Rubin
• Scoop DeVille
• DJ Green Lantern
• DJ Cheapshot
• Vin Skully
• Jay-Z

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

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. Styles of Beyond and Machine Shop 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
4. Linkin Park Offer No Warning From Their Machine Shop MTV August 20, 2004.
5. 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
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. . Archived from the original on 2011-08-18.
15. About Download to Donate for Haiti 2011-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
16. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
17. "Certified Awards" (enter "Linkin Park" into the "Keywords" box, then select "Search"). British Phonographic Industry. 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. . Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
23. (in French). 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. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

External links

• Official site