EAST WEST RECORDS

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'East West Records' is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group.

Contents

History

List of current artists

See also

History

Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with The Kingsmen and went into hibernation until 1990, when Atlantic revamped the imprint as ''EastWest Records America''. Atlantic senior VP Sylvia Rhone was appointed Chairman/CEO of the fledgling label.
Under Rhone's leadership, EastWest shot to mega success with several multiplatinum acts, such as: Simply Red, En Vogue, Pantera, Yo-Yo, Das EFX, Snow, Gerald Levert, AC/DC, Missy Elliot and MC Lyte. EastWest also distributed other imprints, such as: Interscope Records, Motor Jams Records, Mecca Don Records and The Goldmind Inc.
In 1991, EastWest merged with its Atlantic sister label Atco Records, briefly calling itself “Atco/Eastwest Records.” The following year, Atco's name was dropped and the company continued to operate under the EastWest name once more. Whilst in the United Kingdom, the brand was applied to many of the WEA artists such as Simply Red, Chris Rea and The Beloved.
In 1994, Rhone was appointed Chairman and CEO of Atlantic's sister label Elektra Records. At the time, EastWest (along with most of its roster) also broke away from the Atlantic umbrella to continue to operate under Rhone at Elektra.
By the new millennium, budget cuts at Warner Music Group forced Elektra to deactivate EastWest Records, dropping some of its acts while others were shifted over to Elektra itself. In 2004, Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to private investors. Subsequently, more budget cuts were made, this time resulting in Elektra Records to be absorbed into Atlantic.
In 2005, WMG reactived the East West imprint as an in-house "indie" rock label, which primarily markets and distributes other rock music-based labels. East West today operates under Warner's Independent Label Group.

List of current artists

The division of East West Records to which the artist belongs is listed in parentheses.

★ A Static Lullaby (Fearless Records)

★ Alesana (East West Records)

★ As Tall As Lions (Triple Crown Records)

★ ASG (Volcom Entertainment)

★ Asteria (East West Records)

★ Birds of Avalon (Volcom Entertainment)

★ Bloodjinn (East West Records)

★ Classic Case (East West Records)

★ Da youngsta's (East West Records)

★ Die' Hunns (East West Records)

★ Folly (Triple Crown Records)

★ Foreverinmotion (East West Records)

★ Gatsbys American Dream (Fearless Records)

★ Goldrush (Better Looking Records)

★ Goons of Doom (Volcom Entertainment)

★ Guttermouth (Volcom Entertainment)

★ Hit the Lights (Triple Crown Records)

★ I Am the Pilot (East West Records)

★ Ill Bill (Perfect Game Records)

★ Imperial (East West Records)

★ Inkwell (East West Records)

★ Jesse Malin (East West Records)

★ Just Surrender (Broken English)

★ Logan Square (Fearless Records)

★ Lucero (Libery & Lament)

★ Lux Courageous (Triple Crown Records)

★ Mashlin (One Eleven Records)

★ Mayday Parade (East West Records)

★ Orangeburg Massacre (East West Records)

★ Pepper (Volcom Entertainment)

★ Pistolita (Montalban Hotel)

★ Portugal. The Man (East West Records)

★ Rookie of the Year (One Eleven Records)

★ Rory (One Eleven Records)

★ Scenes from a Movie (East West Records)

★ Secondhand Serenade (East West Records)

★ Single Frame (Volcom Entertainment)

★ Small Towns Burn A Little Slower (Triple Crown Records)

★ The Dead See (East West Records)

★ The Dear Hunter (East West Records)

★ The Electric Soft Parade (Better Looking Records)

★ The Frustrators (East West Records)

★ The Jonbenet (Pluto Records)

★ The Killing Moon

★ The Living End (Adeline Records)

★ The Lordz (Perfect Game Records)

★ The Receiving End of Sirens (Triple Crown Records)

★ The Riverboat Gamblers (Volcom Entertainment)

★ The Secret Handshake (East West Records)

★ The Soviettes (East West Records)

★ The Spill Canvas (One Eleven Records)

★ Thin Dark Line (One Eleven Records)

★ This Day & Age (One Eleven Records)

★ Totimoshi (East West Records)

★ Tristeza (Better Looking Records)

★ Valient Thorr (Volcom Entertainment)

★ We Are the Fury (One Big Spark)

See also

★ List of record labels