Wind-up Records

Wind-Up Records

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Wind-up Records is a labele from New York. It's been founded in 1997 when Alan and Diana Meltzer bought Grass Records. This label's works are distributed in the world by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, except of Canada, where the company is Wind-up Entertainment Canada, Inc., and the distributor is Warner Music Canada. Wind-up is the biggest indipendent label in he world. The company's slogan is "Developing Career Artists".

On 13th Januray, 2009, Sony Music Entertainment issues a press release telling it has incorporated Wind-Up Records. On September 2009 the world distribution is given to the EMI, excluding North America.

Some of the artists under licence with Wind-up are Seether, Finger Eleven and Creed.

Evanescence's Contract

"Wind-Up Records" is Evanescence's current label. It signed a contract with Evanescence in 2001 after a listening of the Origin songs (album published by Bigwig Enterprises, the former band's label) and other demos. Since then, nearly all of the Evanescence releases have been published under this label. Wind-Up published the band's albums (Fallen, The Open Door and the Third Album) and distributed many of the singles (except of the Imaginary anf Weight of the World singles, both published by Sony in radio-promotion purpose).

"Wind-Up Records" also published the soundtracks featuring Evanescence: Daredevil: The Album (track #9 - Bring Me To Life and track #17 - My Immortal, 2003) and Elektra: The Album (track #8 - Breathe No More, 2005).

Amy Lee published, under this label, a non-Evanescence track in The Punisher: The Album (track #5 - Broken, 2004) along with Seether. The others Amy's solo publications are released under Walt Disney Records.

Current Roster Aranda Civil Twilight Company Of Thieves Creed The Darkness Evanescence Filter Finger Eleven Five For Fighting Ginevieve The Griswolds James Durbin Jillette Johnson Midnight Cinema O.A.R. Scott Stapp Seether The Virginmarys Young Guns Previous Artists 12 Stones Atomship Alter Bridge Ben Moody Big Dismal Bob Guiney Boy Hits Car Boy Sets Fire Breaking Point Eric Durrance (formerly of Big Dismal) Cauterize Drowning Pool Dust For Life Edgewater The Exit Geremy Fisher Megan McCauley Must Omnisoul People In Planes Pilot Speed (formerly known as Pilate) Seven Wiser Stars of Track and Field Stefy Stereo Fuse Strata Stretch Princess Submersed Thriving Ivory Trickside Walk The Line Soundtracks 1080° Avalanche (video game) Daredevil: The Album Elektra: The Album Fantastic 4: The Album John Tucker Must Die The Punisher: The Album Scream 3: The Album Walk the Line World's Strongest Man Releated Pages Discography Notes and References Links Wind-up Records Wind-up on MySpace