East West Records
| East West Records | |
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| Parent company | Warner Music Group |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) | East West Records (In the US) WEA International Inc. (Outside of the US) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | US |
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East West Records (stylized as eastwest from 1990 to 2000) is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group.
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History[edit]
Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with The Kingsmen (a Bill Haley & His Comets offshoot) 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, Dream Theater, Missy Elliott 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.” In 1993, Atco's name was dropped and the company continued to operate under the EastWest name once more. While 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 resulted in East West being absorbed into Elektra, where some of its acts were shifted over as well. In 2004, Time Warner sold Warner Music Group to private investors led by Edgar Bronfman Jr.. Subsequently, more budget cuts were made, this time resulting in Elektra to be absorbed into Atlantic.
In 2005, WMG reactivated 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.
Past artists[edit]
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- AC/DC
- Adina Howard
- Agallah (8-Off)
- Akon as A-kon
- Alesana
- Luther Allison
- A.L.T.
- Tori Amos (Europe)
- Archive
- Bas Noir
- Baton Rouge
- Billy Lawrence
- Blazin' Squad
- Sarah Brightman
- Bonnie Tyler
- Britny Fox
- Buffalo Tom
- Cancer
- Cay
- Clipse
- Clutch
- Cydal
- Betsy Cook
- Da Lench Mob
- Das EFX
- Dawn of the Replicants
- Da Youngsta's
- Debbie Gibson
- Dir En Grey
- Dog Society
- Doug Anthony All Stars
- Dream Theater
- Ednaswap
- Envyi
- En Vogue
- Missy Elliott
- Fight Fair
- For Love Not Lisa
- Gina Thompson
- Grace
- Happyhead
- Howard Jones
- Heartless Crew
- The Human League
- INXS (Australia/Japan)
- Jimmy Nail
- Kane & Abel
- Kix
- K.P. & Envyi
- Gerald Levert
- LSG
- Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
- Martin Lawrence
- MC Lyte
- Ian McCulloch
- Men At Large
- Michael Speaks
- Missy Elliott
- Mista
- Mocha
- Muse
- Jimmy Nail
- Nicole Wray
- Nightmare of You
- Stina Nordenstam
- 1 of The Girls
- One Over
- Opus III
- Orange 9mm
- Outrage
- Oxide & Neutrino
- Pantera
- Project Pitchfork
- Fatima Rainey
- Ray J
- Rialto
- Sa-Deuce
- Send no flowers
- Sick of It All
- Simply Red
- The Sisters of Mercy
- Snow
- The Subdudes
- Supernatural
- Tad
- Terror Fabulous
- Torrey Carter
- Tracy Chapman
- The Wildhearts
- Yo-Yo
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