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
Distributors	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

Machine Shop Records, also known asMachine Shop Recordings, is arecord label founded by American rock bandLinkin Park membersBrad Delson andMike Shinoda in 2001. The record label has released singles and albums in genres includingrock,hip hop,underground hip hop,alternative rock andnu metal.

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

The label was originally known as The Shinoda Imprint, named afterMike 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 theextended 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 companyWarner 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, entitledLP Underground 3.0, which featured the unreleased songs in the live albumLive in Texas (which was released on November 18, 2003, through the record label).

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 anA&R representative of the label. The label got the breakthrough success after the release of the overnight recorded collaborative EP byJay-Z and Linkin Park, entitledCollision 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 andHopeless Case gave a breakthrough success to the band and indirectly to the label. On November 18, 2003, the live album by Linkin ParkLive 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 featuredChester 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 albumThe Rising Tied byFort Minor which was a side project by the founder Shinoda.^[5] Under the success of the album many artists likeStyles of Beyond andHolly Brook were signed in the label.^[10] Holly Brook released two independent EPsHolly Brook EP andSony 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 likePetrified/Remember the Name gave success to S.O.B. and Fort Minor. The breakthrough singleWhere'd You Go featuring Holly Brook marked number four on theBillboard Hot 100 making it the best ever debut song by anyOne-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 likeWe Major andRazor Tag. The signing of S.O.B. brought the group back into the spotlight and marked success. On May 23, 2006, the label releasedLike Blood Like Honey byHolly 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 singleNumb/Encore by Linkin Park &Jay-Z won theGrammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. On October 10, 2005, the label released a mixtape of its own which was named asMachine Shop Mixtape. It featured Various Artists likeTaproot,Papa Roach,Deftones and many others.^[12]

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 albumOut of Ashes byDead By Sunrise (a side project of Linkin Park vocalistChester Bennington).

The first release by the label after hiatus isDownload to Donate likeDownload to Donate for Haiti,Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0 andDownload to Donate: Tsunami Relief.^[14][15] This project was handled by Shinoda andEnrique Iglesias. Later the release of8-bit Rebellion! marked the return of the label, in America. The first big release after hiatus isA Thousand Suns by Linkin Park which was released on September 14, 2010. The album landed on the top ofBillboard 200 marking the return to the mainstream success of label. later the success wasLiving Things,Recharged andThe 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 albumResurrection of the Wolf only in US, No Warning after the band reunited. The label also released soundtrack albumMall. 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 releasedThe Hunting Party outside the US for the first time after hiatus in Australia.^[24]

• Mike Shinoda
• Brad Delson
• Rob Cavallo

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

The following is the list of all albums released through Machine Shop Records and distributed byWarner Bros. Records. Any additional record label involved are specified.

• 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

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• Official site

• Record labels established in 2004
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• Warner Music labels
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• Mike Shinoda

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