Machine Shop Records, also known as Machine Shop Recordings, is a record label founded by American rock band Linkin Park members Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda in 2001. The record label has released singles and albums in genres including rock, hip hop, 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),Who is Skylar Grey Machine Shop Recordings Styles of Beyond,Styles of Beyond and Machine Shop No WarningLinkin Park Offer No Warning From Their Machine Shop MTV August 20, 2004. and Shinoda's side project Fort Minor.Fort Minor discography Discogs
History
1999–2002: Early years
The label was originally known as The Shinoda Imprint, named after Mike Shinoda.The Shinoda Imprint LP Association 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.Billboard - 14 May 2005 - Page 55 Billboard The EP was certified as Platinum in America. 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. 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. Under the success of the album many artists like Styles of Beyond and Holly Brook were signed in the label. 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.Holly Brook Like Blood Like Honey Discogs 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.Machine Shop Mixtape Last.fm
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. The label then released the album only in America.Linkin Park Wants Out Of Warner Bros. Contract Billboard May 3, 2005 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 album Out of Ashes by 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 Download to Donate like Download to Donate for Haiti, Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0 and Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief. This project was handled by Shinoda and Enrique Iglesias. 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. 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.
Artists
Current acts ActYear signedReleases under Machine ShopDescriptionLinkin Park200120American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. They are the first artist signed under the label. Dean DeLeo2005—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 Consequence20093Group inspired by the founder of the label Mike Shinoda.LNDN20112Group from Chicago. Released two albums as a collaboration with Nass.No Warning20032A hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The group became the second group to get signed under the label Ryan Giles20131A solo artist who works with different bands and worked with Linkin Park on the track Truth Inside a Lie. Beta State20132A 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 Underground200116The official fan club of Linkin Park. They release a CD annually only for the fans of the band.Fort Minor20054Side project by Mike Shinoda, which was on hiatus. It released a single under the label in June, 2015 titled "Welcome".
Former acts ActYears on the labelReleases under Machine ShopDescriptionStyles of Beyond2005–20071Underground hip-hop group which was on hiatus until their departure in 2013.Holly Brook2005–20093Solo artist who worked with Shinoda on the song "Where'd You Go".Simplistic2002–20051A 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 Fall20061The 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.
YearArtistAlbumTypeDetails 2002 Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 2.0EPReleased: 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 EPReleased: November 17, 2003 Linkin Park Live in Texas LiveReleased: November 18, 2003 Chart positions: #23 U.S. RIAA certification: Platinum 2004 The Rosewood Fall Demonstrate StudioReleased: 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 EPReleased: 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 DigitalReleased: January 1, 2005 Various Artists Machine Shop Mixtape MixtapeReleased: October 4, 2005 Skylar Grey Holly Brook EP EPReleased: October 11, 2005 Sony CONNECT Sets EPReleased: October 29, 2005 Fort Minor Fort Minor: We Major MixtapeReleased: October 30, 2005 Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 5.0 EPReleased: November 21, 2005 Fort Minor The Rising Tied StudioReleased: November 22, 2005 Chart Positions: #51 U.S. RIAA certification: Platinum 2006 Skylar Grey Like Blood Like Honey StudioReleased: May 23, 2006 Chart Positions: #26 U.S. Heat Fort Minor Sessions@AOL Live/EPReleased: July 18, 2006 Chart Positions: #10 Jpn Militia EPReleased: November 22, 2006 Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 6.0 Released: December 5, 2006 2007 Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight StudioReleased: May 14, 2007 Chart Positions: #1 U.S. RIAA Certification: 4× Platinum Styles of Beyond Razor Tag MixtapeReleased: July 30, 2007 Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 7.0 EP/LiveReleased: December 5, 2007 2008 Linkin Park Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes LiveReleased: November 21, 2008 Chart Positions: #41 U.S. 2009 No Consequence In the Shadow of Gods(released with Basick) StudioReleased: 17 August 2009 Linkin Park Underground LP Underground 9.0: Demos DemoReleased: December 3, 2009 Chart Positions: 73 Austria 66 Germany 29 New Zealand 2010 Various Artists Download to Donate for Haiti CompilationReleased: January 19, 2010Linkin Park A Thousand Suns StudioReleased: September 15, 2010 Chart Position: #1 U.S.