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| Genre | |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 1994 |
| Founder | Jordan Schur |
| Fate | Inactive |
| Successor | Suretone Records |
| Headquarters | California, United States |
Flip Records is a Californian record label, started by Jordan Schur in April 1994. [1] [2] The label is known for the signing of popular nu metal bands such as Limp Bizkit, Dope and Cold. The label has sold 70 million albums worldwide. [3]
Flip Records was founded by Jordan Schur in April 1994, who was looking to set up a record label of musical acts playing "hard rock with pop sensibilities". Schur left his family's import-export business to start the label, and initially received US$2 million in financial capital. [4] Flip was originally headquartered in West Broadway, New York. [5]
Flip's first release was the self-titled debut album by Big Hate, released in January 1996, and the label's releases were initially distributed by Ichiban Records before the label went bankrupt in 1998. [6] [7] Flip Records' first major label-distributed release was Comic Book Whore by Jane Jensen, which was initially released through Flip before Interscope Records picked the album up and re-released it in October 1996. [8] Jensen later left Flip and Interscope in 1998 due to conflicts over her creative direction. [9]
In 1997, Limp Bizkit signed to Flip Records, after deciding against signing to Mojo Records. The band's debut album, Three Dollar Bill, Y'all , was financed by Schur and released as a joint partnership with Interscope; [10] it became Flip Records' first successful album, selling over 1.8 million copies in the United States by 1999. [11] Thanks to its success, Schur was able to cut Flip a number of distribution deals with other major labels for its acts, including Epic (Dope) and A&M (Big Hate) between 1997 and 1998. [4] Limp Bizkit's frontman, Fred Durst, was also responsible for signing Cold (with A&M) and Staind (with Elektra) to Flip in 1997 and 1998, respectively. [12] [13]
In October 1999, Schur became the president of Geffen Records following the UMG-PolyGram merger. [14] Subsequently, he left his position as head of Flip Records, but continued to retain ownership of the label and worked with their acts. [15] As a result of this deal, Flip's subsequent signings were largely distributed through Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records. [16] Flip Records became the first record label to achieve over one million album sales of a rock music album in its first week in October 2000, with the release of Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water. [17]
After Schur was ejected from his position at Geffen Records in 2006, Flip Records became inactive as Schur moved on to Suretone Records. The Flip label name was still used regardless on releases by Staind ( The Illusion of Progress and Staind ) and Limp Bizkit ( Gold Cobra ) up to 2011; since then, the label has not released any new material. [18]
Limp Bizkit is an American nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. Its lineup consists of lead vocalist Fred Durst, drummer John Otto, guitarist Wes Borland, turntablist DJ Lethal and bassist Sam Rivers. The band's music is marked by Durst's angry vocal delivery and Borland's sonic experimentation. Borland's elaborate visual appearance, which includes face and body paint, masks, and uniforms, also plays a large role in Limp Bizkit's live shows. The band has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, sold 40 million records worldwide, and won several other awards.
Staind is an American rock band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The original lineup consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist and backing vocalist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki. The lineup has been stable outside of the 2011 departure of Wysocki, who was replaced by Sal Giancarelli. Staind has recorded and released eight studio albums: Tormented (1996), Dysfunction (1999), Break the Cycle (2001), 14 Shades of Grey (2003), Chapter V (2005), The Illusion of Progress (2008), Staind (2011), and Confessions of the Fallen (2023). The band was most successful in the early 2000s, with Break the Cycle going five times platinum in the United States and producing a top-five Billboard Hot 100 hit with its lead single "It's Been Awhile". Break the Cycle, along with the band's following two full-length albums, also topped the Billboard 200, and the two after peaked within the top five. Several of their other singles also became rock and crossover hits, including "Fade", "For You", "Price to Play", "So Far Away", and "Right Here". The band's activity was more sporadic into the 2010s, with Lewis pursuing a solo country music career and Mushok subsequently joining the band Saint Asonia.
William Frederick Durst is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and director. He is the frontman and lyricist of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has released six studio albums.
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Interscope Records is an American record label based in Santa Monica, California, owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Music Group and Interscope Communications, it differed from most record labels by letting A&R staff control decisions and allowing artists and producers full creative control. Interscope's first hit records arrived in under a year, and it achieved profitability in 1993. Chair and CEO until May 2014, Iovine was succeeded by John Janick.
Cold is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1986 by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Scooter Ward, drummer Sam McCandless, bassist Jeremy Marshall and lead guitarist Matt Loughran. The band has gone through numerous lineup changes during its existence, with Ward being the band’s only constant member.
Antipop is the sixth studio album by American rock band Primus. It was released on October 19, 1999, through Prawn Song Records and Interscope Records. Produced by the band, Tom Morello, Stewart Copeland, Tom Waits, Matt Stone, and Fred Durst, it was the final release by the band before their hiatus from 2000 to 2003. It was also the last album with drummer Brain. The album received mostly positive reviews from critics.
DreamWorks Records was an American record label founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures. The label operated until 2003 when it was sold to Universal Music Group. The label itself also featured a Nashville, Tennessee-based subsidiary, DreamWorks Nashville, which specialized in country music and was shut down in 2006 then moved to MCA Nashville. The company's logo was designed by Roy Lichtenstein and was his last commission before his death in 1997.
Three Dollar Bill, Y'all is the debut studio album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit, released on July 1, 1997, through Flip and Interscope Records. It established the band's trademark sound with the singles "Counterfeit", which was influenced by hip hop and heavy metal, and "Faith", a cover of the song of the same name by George Michael. Limp Bizkit's rearrangement of the song incorporated heavier guitar playing by Wes Borland and scratching by DJ Lethal.
"Behind Blue Eyes" is a song by English rock band the Who. It is the second single from the band's fifth album, Who's Next (1971), and was originally written by Pete Townshend for his Lifehouse project. The song is one of the Who's best-known recordings and has been covered by many artists, including Limp Bizkit. The single entered the US Billboard Charts on 6 November 1971, reaching No. 34.
"Take a Look Around" is a song by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit. It is the first single and tenth track on their third album, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, and was released on July 3, 2000. The main riff of the song is derived from the original Mission: Impossible theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, however it deviates in its meter which is common time, except the bridge, which uses Schifrin's original 5
4 time signature. It appears on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Mission: Impossible 2. In the United Kingdom, "Take a Look Around" was Limp Bizkit's first single release.
"My Way" is a song by American band Limp Bizkit from their third studio album, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000). It was the fourth single released from the album. It features a prominent sample from Eric B. and Rakim's "My Melody."
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This is the discography of Flip Records, an American record label founded in April 1994 by Jordan Schur. The discography of Flip Records consists of 23 studio albums, 3 greatest hits albums, two extended plays and one remix album. Schur negotiated split 50/50 agreements with a variety of major labels to distribute the label's artists, including Interscope, Geffen, A&M, Elektra, Atlantic, Roadrunner and Epic.
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