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==Evanescence's Contract==
==Evanescence's Contract==
Wind-Up Records is [[Evanescence]]'s former label. It signed Evanescence in 2001 under a three-album contract after the head of A&R Diana Meltzer heard their demos.<ref name="DianaInterview" /><ref name="blender2004"/><ref name="blender2006" /> The band was relocated from Little Rock to Los Angeles, given an apartment and rehearsal space, and Amy was given acting classes to overcome her stage fright.<ref name="DianaInterview" /><ref name="blender2004"/><ref name=wp2003 /> They wrote half of ''Fallen'' during artist development for two years.<ref name=wp2003 /> [[Dave Fortman]] was then brought in to produce it.<ref name="DianaInterview" />
Wind-Up Records is [[Evanescence]]'s former label. It signed Evanescence in 2001 after the head of A&R Diana Meltzer heard their demos.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121026120401/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-05-08-evanescence_x.htm Evanescence lands someplace special. USA Today. May 8, 2003.]</ref><ref name="DianaInterview" /><ref name="blender2004"/>  


All of Evanescence's releases from 2003 to 2011 - including ''[[Fallen]]'', ''[[The Open Door]]'' and ''[[Evanescence (album)|Evanescence]]'' - were released under this label. Wind-Up distributed many of the [[Discography#Singles|singles]] (except the ''[[Imaginary#Spain Radio Promo Single|Imaginary]]'' and ''[[Weight of the World#South America Radio Promo Single|Weight of the World]]'' singles, both published by Sony in radio-promotion purpose).  
All of Evanescence's releases from 2003 to 2011 - including ''[[Fallen]]'', ''[[The Open Door]]'' and ''[[Evanescence (album)|Evanescence]]'' - were released under this label. Wind-Up distributed the [[Discography#Singles|singles]] (except the ''[[Imaginary#Spain Radio Promo Single|Imaginary]]'' and ''[[Weight of the World#South America Radio Promo Single|Weight of the World]]'', both published by Sony in radio-promotion purpose).  


Wind-Up Records also released the soundtracks featuring Evanescence: ''[[Daredevil Soundtrack|Daredevil: The Album]]'' (track #9 - ''[[Bring Me To Life]]'' and track #17 - ''[[My Immortal]]'', 2003) and ''[[Elektra Soundtrack|Elektra: The Album]]'' (track #8 - ''[[Breathe No More]]'', 2005).
Wind-Up Records also released the soundtracks featuring Evanescence: ''[[Daredevil Soundtrack|Daredevil: The Album]]'' (track #9 - ''[[Bring Me To Life]]'' and track #17 - ''[[My Immortal]]'', 2003) and ''[[Elektra Soundtrack|Elektra: The Album]]'' (track #8 - ''[[Breathe No More]]'', 2005).
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The single ''[[Broken]]'' (2004) with [[Seether]] and [[Amy Lee]] was released under this label, in [[The Punisher Soundtrack|''The Punisher: The Album'']].
The single ''[[Broken]]'' (2004) with [[Seether]] and [[Amy Lee]] was released under this label, in [[The Punisher Soundtrack|''The Punisher: The Album'']].


The label forced the band to add a male rapper on their first single, ''Bring Me to Life'',<ref>[https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-have-removed-the-compromise-rap-from-biggest-hit/news-story/28af28890025b883b06cfad6675259c8 "Evanescence have removed the "compromise" rap from biggest hit"]. October 3, 2017. ''News.co.au''.</ref> to make it marketable,<ref name=vh12003 /> though they originally wanted them to hold auditions to permanently add a male singer in the band<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyVRKffsvws "Evanescence's Amy Lee - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?"]. 2016. YouTube.</ref><ref>[https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/amy-lee-says-evanescences-original-record-label-wanted-to-turn-band-into-female-linkin-park/ "AMY LEE Says EVANESCENCE's Original Record Label Wanted To Turn Band Into 'Female LINKIN PARK'"]. March 29, 2021. ''Blabbermouth.net''.</ref> and feature him on eight out of eleven songs on ''Fallen''.<ref name=":0">[https://consequence.net/2019/05/beyond-the-boys-club-amy-lee-evanescence/ "Beyond the Boys’ Club: Amy Lee of Evanescence"]. ''Consequence of Sound''. May 23, 2019.</ref> Amy refused it and they were put on hold until they agreed to add a male vocalist on only one song, i.e. the first single.<ref name=":0" />
The label is known for forcing Evanescence to add a male rapper on their first single, ''Bring Me to Life'', to make it marketable,<ref>[https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/evanescence-have-removed-the-compromise-rap-from-biggest-hit/news-story/28af28890025b883b06cfad6675259c8 "Evanescence have removed the "compromise" rap from biggest hit"]. October 3, 2017. ''News.co.au''.</ref><ref name=vh12003 /> after they originally wanted them to hold auditions to permanently add a male rapper in the band<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyVRKffsvws "Evanescence's Amy Lee - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?"]. 2016. YouTube.</ref><ref>[https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/amy-lee-says-evanescences-original-record-label-wanted-to-turn-band-into-female-linkin-park/ "AMY LEE Says EVANESCENCE's Original Record Label Wanted To Turn Band Into 'Female LINKIN PARK'"]. March 29, 2021. ''Blabbermouth.net''.</ref> and feature him on eight out of eleven songs on ''Fallen''.<ref name=":0">[https://consequence.net/2019/05/beyond-the-boys-club-amy-lee-evanescence/ "Beyond the Boys’ Club: Amy Lee of Evanescence"]. ''Consequence of Sound''. May 23, 2019.</ref> Amy refused it and they were put on hold until they agreed to add a male vocalist on only one song, i.e. the first single.<ref name=":0" />


Amy's father, [[John Lee]], revealed that Wind-Up originally wanted the band to scrap ''The Open Door'' and rewrite it. However, he encouraged her to fight for the album and she eventually won the label over, thus making them green-light it.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20151104234454/http://www.evboard.com/daddy-lees-evanescence-article-35809.html "Daddy Lee's Evanescence article: "WAITING FOR THE DOOR TO OPEN"]. December 7, 2006. ''EvBoard''.</ref>
The label also scrapped the [[Broken Record|initial version]] of the band's 2011 [[Evanescence (album)|self-titled third album]], originally produced by [[Steve Lillywhite]] in 2010.<ref>[https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescences-amy-lee-releases-cover-version-of-chris-isaaks-baby-did-a-bad-bad-thing/ "EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE Releases Cover Version Of CHRIS ISAAK's 'Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing'"]. December 15, 2015.</ref>  
 
In March 2013, Wind-up reissued ''Fallen'' on purple vinyl for its 10th anniversary.<ref name="Fallen10" />


In October 2013, it was announced that Bicycle/Concord Music Group acquired Wind-Up's back catalogue, including Evanescence's master catalog.<ref name="BicyleBackCatalogue" />
In October 2013, it was announced that Bicycle/Concord Music Group acquired Wind-Up's back catalogue, including Evanescence's master catalog.<ref name="BicyleBackCatalogue" />

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Wind-up Records was a label from New York. It was 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 Canada, where the company is Wind-up Entertainment Canada, Inc., and the distributor is Warner Music Canada. Wind-up's slogan was "Developing Career Artists". Some of the artists whose catalogue is under license with Wind-up are Evanescence, Seether, Finger Eleven and Creed. Evanescence left Wind-up in 2014 and since then are an independent band.

On January 13, 2009, Sony Music Entertainment issued a press release saying it had incorporated Wind-Up Records. In September 2009, the world distribution was given to the EMI, excluding North America.

In October 2013, the Bicycle Music Company bought the rights to Wind-Up's back catalogue. These artists will be distributed by Concord Music Group, which later merged with Bicycle. In May 2015, Concord bought the rest of the Wind-Up label.

In 2016, Concord retired Wind-Up as a frontline label, and transferred most of Wind-Up's artists to other labels. Wind-Up's reissues are released under Craft Recordings, Concord's reissue label.

Evanescence's Contract

Wind-Up Records is Evanescence's former label. It signed Evanescence in 2001 after the head of A&R Diana Meltzer heard their demos.[1][2][3]

All of Evanescence's releases from 2003 to 2011 - including Fallen, The Open Door and Evanescence - were released under this label. Wind-Up distributed the singles (except the Imaginary and Weight of the World, both published by Sony in radio-promotion purpose).

Wind-Up Records also released 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).

The single Broken (2004) with Seether and Amy Lee was released under this label, in The Punisher: The Album.

The label is known for forcing Evanescence to add a male rapper on their first single, Bring Me to Life, to make it marketable,[4][5] after they originally wanted them to hold auditions to permanently add a male rapper in the band[6][7] and feature him on eight out of eleven songs on Fallen.[8] Amy refused it and they were put on hold until they agreed to add a male vocalist on only one song, i.e. the first single.[8]

The label also scrapped the initial version of the band's 2011 self-titled third album, originally produced by Steve Lillywhite in 2010.[9]

In October 2013, it was announced that Bicycle/Concord Music Group acquired Wind-Up's back catalogue, including Evanescence's master catalog.[10]

On January 3, 2014, it was announced that Amy Lee had filed a lawsuit against former record label Wind-up Records, seeking $1.5 million in unpaid royalties owed to the band.[11] The lawsuit was settled and Amy had to sign a non-disclosure agreement that she could not say anything negative, "so that's the only way in any sense that I'm still bound".[12] In March 2014, via her Twitter account, Amy announced that she and Evanescence had been released from their record label contract and were independent artists.[13]

Amy said she was able to get the rights to the material originally recorded during the Lillywhite sessions for Evanescence's self-titled third album that was scrapped by Wind-Up Records in early 2010.[14][15] She lovingly referred to this album as "broken record" and added she plans to finish and release some of these songs in the future.[16]

Some songs on the self-titled album were inspired by Lee's frustration with the label, including Sick and A New Way to Bleed.

Final Roster

Accurate according to Wind-up's website as of October 9, 2016.

  • Allday
  • Aranda
  • Civil Twilight
  • Citizen Zero
  • Crobot
  • Eclypse Records
  • Feenixpawl
  • Filter
  • Five for Fighting
  • Genevieve
  • Jillette Johnson
  • The Revivalists - transferred to Razor & Tie
  • SPEAK
  • Spirit Animal
  • Ryan Star
  • Strange Talk
  • The Griswolds
  • Young Guns
  • The Virginmarys

Former Artists

  • 12 Stones
  • Alter Bridge
  • American Pearl
  • Atomship
  • Baboon
  • Bayside
  • Ben Moody
  • Big Dismal
  • Bob Guiney
  • Boy Hits Car
  • Boysetfire
  • Brainiac
  • Breaking Point
  • Bridget
  • Cartel
  • Cauterize
  • CFO$
  • Company Of Thieves
  • The Crash Motive
  • Creed
  • The Darkness
  • Ditch Witch
  • The Drowners
  • Drowning Pool
  • Dust For Life
  • Edgewater
  • Emily Osment
  • Evanescence
  • The Exit
  • Finger Eleven
  • Godplow
  • Hawthorne Heights
  • It's Alive
  • James Durbin
  • Jeremy Fisher
  • John's Black Dirt
  • Julia Darling
  • Loomis
  • Megan McCauley
  • Midnight Cinema
  • Must
  • New Radiant Storm King
  • O.A.R.
  • Papercut Massacre
  • People In Planes
  • Pilot Speed (formerly known as Pilate)
  • Pollen
  • Push Play
  • The Queen Killing Kings
  • Scott Stapp
  • Seether
  • Seven Wiser
  • Slowpoke
  • Stars of Track and Field
  • Stefy
  • Stereo Fuse
  • Strata
  • Stretch Princess
  • Submersed
  • Tickle Me Pink
  • Thriving Ivory
  • Trickside
  • The Wrens

Soundtracks

Releated Pages

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Evanescence lands someplace special. USA Today. May 8, 2003.
  2. ↑ "Interview with DIANA MELTZER, A&R; at Wind-up Records for Creed, Evanescence". Hit Quarters. July 7, 2003. Archived from the original on September 8, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110908185725/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Diana_Meltzer_int.html.
  3. ↑ Odell, Michael (April 2004). "Survivor!". Blender. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20041018135020/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=705.
  4. ↑ "Evanescence have removed the "compromise" rap from biggest hit". October 3, 2017. News.co.au.
  5. ↑ Kaufman, Gil (May 29, 2003). "Evanescence: Fallen To the Top". VH1. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071001030537/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Evanescence's Amy Lee - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?". 2016. YouTube.
  7. ↑ "AMY LEE Says EVANESCENCE's Original Record Label Wanted To Turn Band Into 'Female LINKIN PARK'". March 29, 2021. Blabbermouth.net.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Beyond the Boys’ Club: Amy Lee of Evanescence". Consequence of Sound. May 23, 2019.
  9. ↑ "EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE Releases Cover Version Of CHRIS ISAAK's 'Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing'". December 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Bicycle Music Acquires Wind-Up Records' Back Catalog, Cuts Deal with Concord Music Group". Billboard. October 31, 2013. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150520221431/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5777964/bicycle-music-acquires-wind-up-records-back-catalog-cuts.
  11. ↑ [1]
  12. ↑ [2]
  13. ↑ "EVANESCENCE Singer AMY LEE: 'I Am A Free And Independent Artist'". BLABBERMOUTH.net. March 20, 2014. https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-singer-amy-lee-i-am-a-free-and-independent-artist/.
  14. ↑ "EVANESCENCE Singer Says New Album Is Much More Of A Band Collaboration". June 20, 2011. Blabbermouth.net.
  15. ↑ "Inside Track : Recording Evanescence's 'What You Want'". January 2012. Sound on Sound.
  16. ↑ Lee, Amy (December 15, 2015). "Cover #4: Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing". Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/AmyLeeOfficial/posts/1105375239514245.
  17. ↑ Featuring "Everything Burns" by Anastacia and Ben Moody

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