Machine Shop Records
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| Parent company |
Machine Shop co. Warner Music Group (Access Industries) |
| Founded | 1999 (as The Shinoda Imprint) |
| Founder | Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Rob Bourdon, Joe Hahn, Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) |
Warner Bros. Records (US) WEA International Inc (Int) |
| Genre | Hip hop, underground hip hop, alternative metal, nu metal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Official website | machineshop |
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. The label is driven in joint by Shinoda and Delson under the mantra: "We are a think tank and a creative studio."
The label is responsible for bringing up artists, such as Holly Brook (now known as Skylar Grey),Styles of Beyond,No Warning and Shinoda's side project Fort Minor. The label has marked up 80 releases as of 2014.
The label was originally known as The Shinoda Imprint, named after Mike Shinoda. 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 bands 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).
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