DREAMWORKS RECORDS

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'DreamWorks Records' was an American record label active from 1996 to 2005.
In 1996, six years after David Geffen sold Geffen Records to MCA, he joined Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg to form DreamWorks SKG, which included the subsidiary DreamWorks Records. The label's logo was the last project completed by artist Roy Lichtenstein.
Geffen Records distributed all releases by DreamWorks. The idea of another label distributing a label owned by a movie studio was nothing new, since from the 1960s until 1979, 20th Century Fox's record label was distributed by ABC Records.
Rufus Wainwright was the first to be signed to the new label in early 1996. Henry Rollins (both as a spoken-word artist and with Rollins Band), George Michael, Randy Newman, Morphine, Eels, and others were also signed to the label.
The label was presided over by Lenny Waronker and Mo Ostin, who ran Warner Bros. Records until the mid-1990s and were forced out of that label during the shake-up of the management of the WEA labels during that time.
DreamWorks Records never lived up to expectations and was sold in October 2003 to Universal Music Group, which operated the label as DreamWorks Nashville Records until August 31, 2005, when it was shut down.
Most of DreamWorks' former artist roster was absorbed into Geffen Records (with some going to sister label Interscope Records) at the same time, which included Nelly Furtado, AFI (which moved to Interscope), Elliott Smith, Papa Roach, Lifehouse and Rise Against. Henry Rollins exercised a clause in his Dreamworks contract which allowed him to rescind the master rights of his two Rollins Band albums and his ''Think Tank'' spoken word album, later reissuing the titles through his own 2.13.61 label. John Fogerty was dropped but Geffen continues to distribute his Warner Bros. and DreamWorks solo albums. Former DreamWorks executive Scott Borchetta formed Big Machine Records in late 2005, signing several country music acts to the label.

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Artists formerly signed to DreamWorks Records include:

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★ The All-American Rejects

★ Ash

★ AFI

★ Alien Ant Farm

★ Jessica Andrews (DreamWorks Nashville)

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★ Blackstreet

★ Blinker the Star

★ Boomkat

★ Buckcherry

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★ East Mountain South

★ EELS

★ Scotty Emerick (DreamWorks Nashville)

★ Emerson Drive (DreamWorks Nashville)

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★ Jimmy Fallon

★ Floetry

★ John Fogerty

★ Nelly Furtado

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★ Hem

★ Dave Hollister

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★ Jimmy Eat World

★ Jolie & The Wanted (Dreamworks Nashville)

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★ Toby Keith (DreamWorks Nashville)

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★ Lifehouse

★ Long Beach Dub Allstars

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★ Morphine

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★ Papa Roach

★ Danielle Peck (DreamWorks Nashville)

★ Powerman 5000

★ Pressure 4-5

★ Propellerheads

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★ Chris Rock

★ Rollins Band

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★ Saves The Day

★ Elliott Smith

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★ Chalee Tennison (DreamWorks Nashville)

★ Tru-Life

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★ Jimmy Wayne (DreamWorks Nashville)

★ Rufus Wainwright

★ Darryl Worley (DreamWorks Nashville)

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★ List of record labels

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★ Official site