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Drive-Thru Records
Founded	1996
Founder	Richard Reines Stefanie Reines
Distributing label	UMD
Genre	Pop punk Indie rock Post-hardcore
Country of origin	USA
Location	Sherman Oaks, California
Official website	http://www.drivethrurecords.com

Drive-Thru Records, established in 1996, is owned by siblings Richard Reines and Stefanie Reines. The label started in the dining room of their townhouse, and eventually moved to the garage with no heat or air conditioning. Fenix Tx were the first band to get airplay for the label, and when they got added to KROQ, the calls came in from major labels looking to make a deal. They decided on MCA records, which turned out to be both great and terrible for the label. 5 years later, Drive-Thru finally reclaimed it's freedom and partnered with Sanctuary for distribution. Sanctuary had it's share of problems and was eventually sold to Universal, and Drive-Thru wound up in the catalog division of UME. Not the best place for a label releasing current bands. In August 2009, the label started to decide on its next venture for the future.

Innovators in marketing and promotion, Drive-Thru was the first label to hand out label samplers on the Van's Warped Tour, the first to have their own stage on the Van's Warped Tour, the first to add pop-up pages to a music website, and the first to offer an entire EP including artwork and videos as a free download to fans (Hellogoodbye - The Avocado EP).

Bands that have achieved notable success during their time on the label include Halifax, Allister, New Found Glory, Fenix*TX, Midtown, Finch, The Starting Line, Something Corporate, Dashboard Confessional, The Early November, Senses Fail, and Hellogoodbye, Final Round...

Drive-Thru Records' highest Billboard 200 charting releases include The Early November's The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path (#31) and Hellogoodbye's Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! (#13).

Contents 1 Rushmore Records 2 Love Minus Zero Recordings 3 Current roster 4 List of former bands 5 Release catalog 5.1 DVD releases 6 External links

[edit] Rushmore Records

In 2002, two years before the label's official establishment, Rushmore was supposed to be a formed as a "new" Drive-Thru Records. The intention was to start the label up during Drive-Thru Records' distribution agreement with Geffen Records which was restricting co-owners Richard and Stefanie Reines from full control over the roster, making them reluctant to sign new talent. Eventually, all of Drive-Thru Records' bands would be moved over to Rushmore. This was meant to be a tactic to avoid Geffen taking over more of the label's roster.

[edit] Love Minus Zero Recordings

Love Minus Zero Recordings is the second subsidiary record label created by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines (Co-Owners of Drive-Thru Records and Rushmore Records). The label was named after the Bob Dylan song. The labels roster consists of 2 signees, Roark and Biirdie.

[edit] Current roster

Drive-Thru Records:

• Ace Enders and A Million Different People
• Hellogoodbye
• House of Fools
• I Am the Avalanche
• I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
• Say No More
• Secret Secret Dino Club
• Socratic

The band Something Corporate is on Geffen/Drive-Thru Records. This is due to a distribution contract between the MCA (later Geffen) and Drive-Thru Records. The agreement ran from 1999 until 2004^{[citation needed]} and allowed Geffen to take over any of Drive-Thru Records' bands. Other bands affected by this were New Found Glory, Finch, The Starting Line, and Senses Fail, all were removed from Drive-Thru Records by Geffen except for Finch, who broke up, but have since regrouped. New Found Glory re-signed to Drive-Thru Records in March 2007. Senses Fail at the time had just finished recording their first full length album "Let It Enfold You," but Geffen did not like their tracks and Senses Fail refused to rerecord. The Reines' offered to have the band back on Drive Thru and Geffen seemed open to the idea. The next day Richard Reines received a call saying that Geffen had let Senses Fail sign to Vagrant. Let It Enfold You was Released September 7, 2004.

[edit] List of former bands

• Adelphi *
• Allister *
• An Angle *
• The Benjamins *
• Blake *
• Cousin Oliver *
• The Cover * †
• Dave Melillo ]])
• Dashboard Confessional
• Day at the Fair * †
• The Early November *
• Fenix*TX (Riverfenix)
• Finch
• Halifax
• Hidden in Plain View *
• Home Grown *
• Houston Calls *
• Jenoah *
• Last Summer *
• Midtown *
• Mothermania *
• The Movielife *
• New Found Glory
• Rx Bandits
• Self Against City *
• Senses Fail
• Something Corporate
• The Starting Line *
• Steel Train
• The Track Record * †

* denotes inactive band. † denotes former Rushmore Records signee.

[edit] Release catalog

This is the release list of Drive-Thru Records in order of release number.

1. Cousin Oliver - (818) (1997)
2. Various Artists - Where's the Beef? (1997)
3. Riverfenix - Riverfenix (1997)
4. Various Artists - A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong (1997)
5. The Pharmaceutical Bandits - Those Damn Bandits (1998)
6. Allister - You Can't Do that on Vinyl 7" vinyl (1998)
7. Various Artists - Mulletcore (1998)
8. Mothermania - The Sound and the Fury (1998)
9. Caught Inside - Bolts in the Machine EP (1998)
10. Rx Bandits - Halfway Between Here and There (1999)
11. Last Summer - Remember Those Days (1999)
12. Midtown - The Sacrifice of Life EP (1999)
13. A New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay (1999)
14. Allister - Dead Ends and Girlfriends (1999)
15. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview picture vinyl (1999)
16. (does not exist)
17. Various Artists - You'll Never Eat Fast Food Again (1999)
18. Midtown - Save the World, Lose the Girl (2000)
19. A New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo EP (2000)
20. Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance (2000)
21. The Benjamins - The Art of Disappointment (2001)
22. Rx Bandits - Progress (2001)
23. The Starting Line - With Hopes of Starting Over EP (2001)
24. Finch - Falling into Place EP (2001)
25. Something Corporate - Audioboxer EP (2001)
26. The Movielife - The Movielife Has a Gambling Problem EP (2001)
27. Various Artists - Welcome to the Family (2001)
28. Finch - What It Is to Burn (2002)
29. Home Grown - 3 Song Sampler (2002)
30. Home Grown - Kings of Pop (2002)
31. The Starting Line - 3 Song Sampler (2002)
32. The Starting Line - Say It Like You Mean It (2002)
33. Allister - Last Stop Suburbia (2002)
34. The Early November - For All of This EP (2002)
35. The Early November - The Acoustic EP (2003)
36. Steel Train - For You My Dear EP (2003)
37. Due to a mixup, there were two releases with the release number 37:
    • Various Artists - Drive-Thru 2002 Summer Invasion Compilation (2002)
    • The Movielife - Forty Hour Train Back to Penn (2003)
38. Senses Fail - From the Depths of Dreams EP (2003)
39. Rx Bandits - The Resignation (2003)
40. The Starting Line - The Make Yourself at Home EP (2003)
41. Various Artists - Drive-Thru Invasion Tour Compilation (2003)
42. The Early November - The Room's Too Cold (2003)
43. Hidden in Plain View - Hidden in Plain View EP (2003)
44. Steel Train - 1969 EP (2003)
45. Jenoah - Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes Up EP (2004)
46. Hellogoodbye - Hellogoodbye EP (2004)
47. New Found Glory - Catalyst (2004)
48. I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business - I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business (2004)
49. Home Grown - When It All Comes Down EP (2004)
50. An Angle - And Take It with a Grain of Salt (2004)
51. Various Artists - Happy Holidays from Drive-Thru Records (2004)
52. Halifax - A Writer's Reference EP (2005)
53. Various Artists - Bands You Love, Have Heard of, and Should Know (2005)
54. Hidden in Plain View - Life in Dreaming (2005)
55. Steel Train - Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun (2005)
56. An Angle - We Can Breathe under Alcohol (2005)
57. Adelphi - Walking on the Ceiling of the Sky EP (2005)
58. The Early November/I Am the Avalanche - Split (2005)
59. Various Artists - Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute (2005)
60. Socratic - Lunch for the Sky (2005)
61. I Am the Avalanche - I Am the Avalanche (2005)
62. The Early November - The Room's Too Cold re-release (2005)
63. Allister - Before the Blackout (2005)
64. Various Artists - Drive-Thru Records Greatest Hits (2005)
65. Halifax - 3 Song Sampler (2006)
66. Halifax - The Inevitability of a Strange World (2006)
67. Dave Melillo - Talk Is Cheap EP (2006)
68. The Early November - The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path (2006)
69. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! (2006)
70. House of Fools - House of Fools EP (2006)
71. Self Against City - Telling Secrets to Strangers (2007)
72. Hidden In Plain View - Resolution (2007)
73. House of Fools - Live and Learn (2007)
74. Due to a mixup, there were two releases with the release number 74:
    • Socratic - Just Turn EP (2006)
    • An Angle - The truth is that you are alive (2007)
75. New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II (2007)
76. Steel Train - Trampoline (2007)
77. Due to a mixup, there were two releases with the release number 77:
    • Say No More - What You Thought You Knew (2007)
    • Ace Enders and A Million Different People - The Secret Wars EP (2008)
78. Hellogoodbye - EP/DVD Split (2008)
79. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! And More!(2008)
80. There Has Been No Release for 80 Yet
81. Socratic - Spread The Rumors (2008)
82. There Has Been No Release for 82 Yet
83. Houston Calls - The End of an Error (2008)

[edit] DVD releases

• Drive-Thru Records DVD Vol.1 (2002)
• Drive-Thru Records DVD Vol.2: Spectacular, Spectacular (2003)
• Drive-Thru and Rushmore Records DVD Vol.3 (2005)
• Drive-Thru Records DVD Vol.4 (2006)
• "Hellogoodbye OMG HGB ROTFL"

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Love Minus Zero Recordings
• Drive Thru Records on The Mag
• Interview with Richard & Stefanie Reines circa 2004 explains the Geffen deal