What happened to Drive Thru Records???

[tslxmilesapart]

They used to have an amazing line up now they have nothing soo sad.

[itsmesean0630]

Because people got tired of hearing the same bands over and over?

[gillygtv]

they have iata and don't realize the potential.

[tslxmilesapart]

Because people got tired of hearing the same bands over and over?

no because half the bands are still around and are selling such as Senses Fail, New Found Glory Etc. your an idiot

[fly_guy]

No TEN, no care

[itsmesean0630]

no because half the bands are still around and are selling such as Senses Fail, New Found Glory Etc. your an idiot
First, Senses Fail may sell, but they suck. Lyrics are terrible, ie "I know I got a tattoo for a reason..." what the fuck?
Second, you dumbass (I'm calling you names cause you decided to resort to that level first), NFG isn't on that label anymore (According to recent news, they are Epitaph). So, instead of calling me an idiot, which by the way you implied ownership of an idiot, you could've realized I'm right. The bands (not all) are just bland, generic pop-punk. I used to love all the bands on Drive-Thru, then I woke up.

EDIT: Senses Fail isn't on Drive-Thru either.

[Until The Bombs]

Their roster changed. The bands that filled the open spots didn't have as much success.

[xxcellardoor]

[QUOTE=itsmesean0630;22944902 The bands (not all) are just bland, generic pop-punk. I used to love all the bands on Drive-Thru, then I woke up.[/QUOTE]

precisely

[tslxmilesapart]

First, Senses Fail may sell, but they suck. Lyrics are terrible, ie "I know I got a tattoo for a reason..." what the fuck?
Second, you dumbass (I'm calling you names cause you decided to resort to that level first), NFG isn't on that label anymore (According to recent news, they are Epitaph). So, instead of calling me an idiot, which by the way you implied ownership of an idiot, you could've realized I'm right. The bands (not all) are just bland, generic pop-punk. I used to love all the bands on Drive-Thru, then I woke up.

why didnt you point out that senses fail arent on drive thru either

i also stated that drive thru USED to have a good line up as in the bands ARENT on the label anymore you stupid fuck.

[itsmesean0630]

why didnt you point out that senses fail arent on drive thru either

i also stated that drive thru USED to have a good line up as in the bands ARENT on the label anymore you stupid fuck.
Check the edit, I did point it out. And I stated that people got tired of hearing the same bands over and over. My point being Drive-Thru only signs the same bands.

And for the kid asking about TEN, of course they don't count because they are no longer around. Plus they were probably one of the bands on the label. Had they not broken up, I'm sure they would've left too, cause they didn't wanna be clumped into the mess that Drive-Thru is.

[fly_guy]

First, Senses Fail may sell, but they suck. Lyrics are terrible, ie "I know I got a tattoo for a reason..." what the fuck?
Second, you dumbass (I'm calling you names cause you decided to resort to that level first), NFG isn't on that label anymore (According to recent news, they are Epitaph). So, instead of calling me an idiot, which by the way you implied ownership of an idiot, you could've realized I'm right. The bands (not all) are just bland, generic pop-punk. I used to love all the bands on Drive-Thru, then I woke up.

EDIT: Senses Fail isn't on Drive-Thru either.

Except for the Early November? Right?? :unsure:

[Twizx]

First, Senses Fail may sell, but they suck. Lyrics are terrible, ie "I know I got a tattoo for a reason..." what the fuck?
Second, you dumbass (I'm calling you names cause you decided to resort to that level first), NFG isn't on that label anymore (According to recent news, they are Epitaph). So, instead of calling me an idiot, which by the way you implied ownership of an idiot, you could've realized I'm right. The bands (not all) are just bland, generic pop-punk. I used to love all the bands on Drive-Thru, then I woke up.

EDIT: Senses Fail isn't on Drive-Thru either.

Best post I've seen on this site so far.

[tslxmilesapart]

[QUOTE=itsmesean0630;22944902]First, Senses Fail may sell, but they suck. Lyrics are terrible, ie "I know I got a tattoo for a reason..."

i loled at your shitty fucking band but ya know insult a band that is successful

i loved your lyrics by the way hahaha they were fucking god awful along with the singing

[tslxmilesapart]

Check the edit, I did point it out. And I stated that people got tired of hearing the same bands over and over. My point being Drive-Thru only signs the same bands.

And for the kid asking about TEN, of course they don't count because they are no longer around. Plus they were probably one of the bands on the label. Had they not broken up, I'm sure they would've left too, cause they didn't wanna be clumped into the mess that Drive-Thru is.

i didnt realize you had edited at the time obviously

[tslxmilesapart]

does anyone know what bands they still have on their roster?

[matmoc17]

First, Senses Fail may sell, but they suck. Lyrics are terrible, ie "I know I got a tattoo for a reason..." what the fuck?
Second, you dumbass (I'm calling you names cause you decided to resort to that level first), NFG isn't on that label anymore (According to recent news, they are Epitaph). So, instead of calling me an idiot, which by the way you implied ownership of an idiot, you could've realized I'm right. The bands (not all) are just bland, generic pop-punk. I used to love all the bands on Drive-Thru, then I woke up.

EDIT: Senses Fail isn't on Drive-Thru either.

First of all the lyrics are: " Follow your bliss, it reads on my chest. I know I got it tattooed for a reason. " These two lines tie together, you can't judge one line (which you didnt even type correctly) and not take the first line into account. Senses Fail have really great lyrics, try paying attention to them, geez.

And he meant that New Found Glory used to be on Drive Thru records, but now that they're selling they switched labels, just like Senses Fail.

[itsmesean0630]

[quote=itsmesean0630;22944902]First, Senses Fail may sell, but they suck. Lyrics are terrible, ie "I know I got a tattoo for a reason..."

i loled at your shitty fucking band but ya know insult a band that is successful

i loved your lyrics by the way hahaha they were fucking god awful along with the singing
You can insult my band all you want. That's fine. One we're not even a band anymore, two the lyrics are bad, but I didn't write them. My singer wasn't good, but he has gotten a lot better. Also, success doesn't equal talent you ignorant bastard.

For instance, Nickelback = Fucking trash, yet they're successful. You lose again.

[fly_guy]

does anyone know what bands they still have on their roster?

Some good 'ol classic Rock n Roll bands

[itsmesean0630]

First of all the lyrics are: " Follow your bliss, it reads on my chest. I know I got it tattooed for a reason. " These two lines tie together, you can't judge one line (which you didnt even type correctly) and not take the first line in account. Senses Fail have really great lyrics, try paying attention to them, geez.

And he meant that New Found Glory used to be on Drive Thru records, but now that they're selling they switched labels, just like Senses Fail.
My mistake on the lyrics, however, they are still bad. And I have heard many songs by them, none good.

I get what he's saying. And I was telling him what happened to Drive-Thru. He got all pissy.

[tslxmilesapart]

[quote=tslxmilesapart;22945832]
You can insult my band all you want. That's fine. One we're not even a band anymore, two the lyrics are bad, but I didn't write them. My singer wasn't good, but he has gotten a lot better. Also, success doesn't equal talent you ignorant bastard.

For instance, Nickelback = Fucking trash, yet they're successful. You lose again.

lol whatever you say

obviously success doesnt good along with being talented i never said it did?

and dont be ashamed of your shitty band idc

[tslxmilesapart]

My mistake on the lyrics, however, they are still bad. And I have heard many songs by them, none good.

I get what he's saying. And I was telling him what happened to Drive-Thru. He got all pissy.

lol im not pissy whatsoever so just calm down

bring it down a notch

[itsmesean0630]

Uh-huh.

[tslxmilesapart]

the only band that actually sells on drive thru is hellogoodbye which im surprised havent gotten picked up by a major yet (unless they did idk)

[fly_guy]

TEN (was awesome)

x

[tslxmilesapart]

Ten

somebody likes the early november lol

[itsmesean0630]

Yeah for real. Well deserved though, in my opinion. I miss TEN so much.

[tslxmilesapart]

Yeah for real. Well deserved though, in my opinion. I miss TEN so much.

they'll be back

[fly_guy]

somebody likes the early november lol

How I miss them. They're up there, but they werent my favorite band

[fly_guy]

Yeah for real. Well deserved though, in my opinion. I miss TEN so much.

Good opinion :-)

[AP_Punk]

scott heisel ate it.

[voncorn]

I Am The Avalanche will "mature" and their long awaited follow-up album will put Drive-Thru back on the spot. Or the record will flop miserably and the label will keep drifting off further into the darkness.

[Burning Star IV]

:flushestoilet:

[phil19]

i think the main reason is that they were mainly a pop-punk label and people arent as into that anymore

[kearn1tm]

In a podcast about a year back, Richard Reins claimed he was sick of doing the scene - metalcore/pop punk sound and went with bands he felt were more unique, but slightly less marketable. House of Cards, Socratic, Ace Enders, An Angle and Steel Train are the "new" sound, which is, essentially, "faux-Indie Rock" or the exact same thing Brand New did with TDAGARIM. Regardless, their bands still suck and they're still desperately latching on to trends, if having the foresight to jump from one to the next before the current trend dies.

[kearn1tm]

i think the main reason is that they were mainly a pop-punk label and people arent as into that anymore

It's actually the complete opposite of that. Pop Punk is reaching it's zenith in terms of mainstream popularity, whereas Drive-Thru has made the smart long-term choice of jumping off this trend before it's buried and trying desperately to find the "next big sound."

[phil19]

It's actually the complete opposite of that. Pop Punk is reaching it's zenith in terms of mainstream popularity, whereas Drive-Thru has made the smart long-term choice of jumping off this trend before it's buried and trying desperately to find the "next big sound."

really? i would have thought that the popularity of pop punk was decreasing in favour more of the "screamo" sound??

[kearn1tm]

really? i would have thought that the popularity of pop punk was decreasing in favour more of the "screamo" sound??

You're kidding, right?

[phil19]

You're kidding, right?

no

[SilenceBrokenTT]

The Benjamins & Finch ftw...

DTR 2000-2002 was this shiiizzzzzniittt

[fadedmemories]

They had a roster of great bands at the start of this decade (00-03), but they never capitalized

[Chris Fallon]

This label is toast ... they need to just file Chapter 11 and get this shit over with.

[Chris Fallon]

I Am The Avalanche will "mature" and their long awaited follow-up album will put Drive-Thru back on the spot. Or the record will flop miserably and the label will keep drifting off further into the darkness.
Pffft, like the label will even put it out -- there's a good reason for why they haven't recorded a follow-up: because it won't be released by the label and the band can't get out of their contract.

[clearlyimdrunk]

I kinda thought this answer was given in the innumerable threads related to drive thru and Rushmore Records bands dying. Fact of the matter is, Richard and Stefanie made good choices in bands 16 years ago and it paid off. After that, they picked up a whole bunch of bands and did nothing with them. Additionally, they got into a legal battle with geffen while pretending to make Rushmore Records. They signed a bunch of new talent, sat on them, and produce nothing. The effect, is that they have basically been bringing in no money (of a substantial sum) for the better part of a decade. They've had to scale back on everything. They're selling crap from their homes, they've sold property, they have to cut back down to where they were 15 years ago because they hit this surge of popularity and were complete failures as business people.
Check how many bands they signed that either folded, or were "released due to inactivity" which i promise you must be examined closely as inactivity might be more in line with "we ignored them until they went away." If your a label, and every band you pick up breaks up then you dont make money.

[hf57]

drive thru has turned to shit. i just hope dave melillo can release an album soon.

[AP_Punk]

This label is toast ... they need to just file Chapter 11 and get this shit over with.

yes, sir.

[underthetalking]

does anyone know what bands they still have on their roster?

Off the top of my head:

The Beatles
Deep Blue Something
Kajagoogoo
Pink Floyd
Enya
Eamon


Probably.

[AP_Punk]

yeah, that's seems about right.

[Chris Fallon]

I kinda thought this answer was given in the innumerable threads related to drive thru and Rushmore Records bands dying. Fact of the matter is, Richard and Stefanie made good choices in bands 16 years ago and it paid off. After that, they picked up a whole bunch of bands and did nothing with them. Additionally, they got into a legal battle with geffen while pretending to make Rushmore Records. They signed a bunch of new talent, sat on them, and produce nothing. The effect, is that they have basically been bringing in no money (of a substantial sum) for the better part of a decade. They've had to scale back on everything. They're selling crap from their homes, they've sold property, they have to cut back down to where they were 15 years ago because they hit this surge of popularity and were complete failures as business people.
Check how many bands they signed that either folded, or were "released due to inactivity" which i promise you must be examined closely as inactivity might be more in line with "we ignored them until they went away." If your a label, and every band you pick up breaks up then you dont make money.
Yep, pretty much.

drive thru has turned to shit. i just hope dave melillo can release an album soon.
He's with Cute is What We Aim For now.

[chipdip18]

I'm pretty sure it's all been said, but when Drive-Thru first opened up they had some good bands, worked with them and were successful for a few years. During the early half of this decade, they had some good pop-punk bands (The Starting Line, The Early November, Hidden In Plain View, etc.) and resurged with success. They started to totally disregard some bands on their roster (Jenoah, Adelphi, etc.) who were leaning away from the successfully pop-punk sound and eventually dropped them, because they started focusing in on new pop-punk acts (Say No More, etc.) which the popularity of which was starting to die out and was starting to sound more generic as this new electro-pop-dance-punk (call if whatever you like) phase began to set in around 2006 or so, and since then has become junk. They tried making more money be re-signing New Found Glory, who isn't even on the roster anymore. They are esstentially done for.

[SLoT]

Socratic is the only band I'd consider would have any sort of future. Ace Enders is great, but he'll need TEN to get anywhere in my opinion. Oh well, this label was good a long fuckin' time ago.

[chipdip18]

Socratic is the only band I'd consider would have any sort of future. Ace Enders is great, but he'll need TEN to get anywhere in my opinion. Oh well, this label was good a long fuckin' time ago.

I agree. They the only two good things on the label anyway. Socratic should switch to a better label though. I think the only reason Ace Enders is still there is probably due to some contract agreement.

[chipdip18]

What happened to Hellogoodbye by the way? Aren't they still signed there?

[SLoT]

I agree. They the only two good things on the label anyway. Socratic should switch to a better label though. I think the only reason Ace Enders is still there is probably due to some contract agreement.
Definitely. Socratic would be better off switching homes looking at the shape that this label appears to be in. Ace is probably under some sort of contract. Or maybe he doesn't care much about money and just wants a label that will put his music out.

[chipdip18]

Definitely. Socratic would be better off switching homes looking at the shape that this label appears to be in. Ace is probably under some sort of contract. Or maybe he doesn't care much about money and just wants a label that will put his music out.

I would agree with this, but look at how long it took for The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path to come out. It was delayed like a year or so. Drive-Thru is really busting to make money off Ace Enders in my opinion. I'm sure he's glad with getting music out, but it's probably music that has been rejected several times before it came out.

[SLoT]

I would agree with this, but look at how long it took for The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path to come out. It was delayed like a year or so. Drive-Thru is really busting to make money off Ace Enders in my opinion. I'm sure he's glad with getting music out, but it's probably music that has been rejected several times before it came out.
True. I kind of just meant, rather than search for a new home, Ace would stay there and just go through Drive Thru. Then again you may be right seeing as the Path was rejected something like 7 times and Reines still wasn't happy with it before they put it out. Who knows? I'd like to have another I Can Make A Mess... cd that's for sure.

[chipdip18]

True. I kind of just meant, rather than search for a new home, Ace would stay there and just go through Drive Thru. Then again you may be right seeing as the Path was rejected something like 7 times and Reines still wasn't happy with it before they put it out. Who knows? I'd like to have another I Can Make A Mess... cd that's for sure.

Yeah, unfortunately we really don't know. It would be cool to see a recent interview with Ace, that could explain what is all going on.

I'd love another I Can Make A Mess album too, unfortunately i don't think we'll ever see another one. Right now it seems like Ace is kind of stuck, but it'll be cool to hear a release where he's back on his feet again.

[SLoT]

Yeah, unfortunately we really don't know. It would be cool to see a recent interview with Ace, that could explain what is all going on.

I'd love another I Can Make A Mess album too, unfortunately i don't think we'll ever see another one. Right now it seems like Ace is kind of stuck, but it'll be cool to hear a release where he's back on his feet again.
An interview would be nice. Although I'm sure he'd still not be able to tell us exactly what's happening there. Yeah I'm sure the chance of another I Can Make A Mess album is out of the picture since he's working on a Million Different People, but I'll be excited to hear that as well.

[chipdip18]

An interview would be nice. Although I'm sure he'd still not be able to tell us exactly what's happening there. Yeah I'm sure the chance of another I Can Make A Mess album is out of the picture since he's working on a Million Different People, but I'll be excited to hear that as well.


Yeah, i completely agree. I guess only time can tell. But Drive-Thru is quite dead now. Do you know what happened to Hellogoodbye though? They were pretty much Drive-Thru's last success. Maybe even ever.

[lenard27]

does anyone know what bands they still have on their roster?
Here's their current roster, taken from Wikipedia, since the website still lists HIPV and Soco as bands on their current roster:
Ace Enders
An Angle
Halifax
Hellogoodbye
House of Fools
I Am The Avalanche
I Can Make A Mess...
Dave Melillo
NFG
The Pilot
Jesse Ponnock
Say No More
Socratic
Steel Train

So basically, Drive-Thru sucks now because they have 11 artists signed, not counting NFG, Dave Melillo, and I Can Make a Mess... and besides Ace Enders, and Hellogoodbye, none of these artists are anything remotely close to a big name or big seller. And besides Ace and Hellogoodbye, I would say that only Socratic and Steel Train have really good potential, although I don't think either would ever become very mainstream.

[caLLmEnOoNe]

LOVE ace enders and i am the avalanche

[chipdip18]

Drive-Thru should have kept and worked with Jenoah and Adelphi, mostly Adelphi. Their latest demos (2006) were good.

[clearlyimdrunk]

Oh steel train, how you have been abused. Steel Train, despite being exellent musicians, nice guys, and the band whos leed singer took scarlett johanssens virginity, is screwed on this label. Does nobody remember the brilliant Steal Train, Finch, From Autumn To Ashes tour??? yeah nice job drive thru. They've screwed this band for years by completely miss marketing them. Steel Train should be whate every stoner in college listens to while contemplating subjectivity. Instead they went on tour with Finch and got bood off stage. My favorite part was richards response (seriously he said this to me...at a shitty diner in jersey...like 6 years ago) "If they were as good as they act like they would have won over any audience." I'll leave you to decide about his competancy at marketing a band that is totally unrelated musically to anything he's ever waved his willy at.

[chipdip18]

Steel Train is just one band among the roster that got screwed over.

[clearlyimdrunk]

I'm very aware drive thru has screwed several bands. Steel Train's career just happens to exist as a really obvious, undefendable, series of dumbass moves.

Oh and just in case some Drive Thru humper wants to make the claim that Steel Train would leave if they hated the label. They did try to leave. They tried to sell their contract to several different interested parties (both larger and smaller than what drive thru was previously) everytime i heard about it, apparently Jack was told point blank that "We do not do business with Richard Reines."

[chipdip18]

I do not understand Drive-Thru's hold on artists. It sucks.

[ohman]

There was this local band called Moraine that drive thru screwed over 2 times by drive thru. It sucks cause i think the actually had the talent to make it

[hf57]

He's with Cute is What We Aim For now.

i know that, i'm just hoping he'll come to his senses...

[clearlyimdrunk]

Is this thread already over? Lame. I wanted to bitch more about Drive Thru. Well back to /b/ to disseminate child porn.

[chipdip18]

Is this thread already over? Lame. I wanted to bitch more about Drive Thru. Well back to /b/ to disseminate child porn.

Keep going! I'm mad at the injustice to Adelphi. Great band.

[clearlyimdrunk]

I didnt even notice but....child porn??? drive thru??? Richard Reines?? IT ALL FITS! Speaking of richard, I was banned by Madison and senses fail to ever speak to him again when he came to "hug" me in a hotel and i kicked him into a TV and called him fat...I guess thats why they never paid me for selling merch, the bands did. Oh well.

[gparty]

drive thru records is responsible for all the bands everyone grew up listening too, and those bands are still around but may now be on different record labels, BUT YES.....why doesnt DTR do it up all over again!? I mean just look at this list below:
here is a list of drive thru bands former and present:
(The Early November) - Now is Ace Enders and a million different people
(The Starting Line) - these guys were born on DTR then got up streamed to a major
(New Found Glory) - also started out on DTR then got up streamed to Geffen* and keep bouncing around from labels
(Something Corporate) - now is Jacks Mannequin
(HelloGoodbye) - still rockin
(Houston Calls) - still rockin new album is BLAH
(Hidden in plain view) - broke up :(

just to name a few....

[ipunchcouches]

I read on some thread on here that supposedly Drive-Thru was "folding", or will soon be no longer existent. And once that happens they have to release all of the bands on their label, so hopefully this will help bands like I am the avalanche and others who have lots of potential that drive thru apparently can't see.

[atticus1492]

What happened to conversations from three years ago?

[chipdip18]

I want reparations for Jenoah and Adelphi.

[UnderwaterJon]

trends change, drive thru is still promoting music that was cool in 2004. some like it, but most have moved on. I personally think the rise of independent labels and the ability for just about anyone to record a cd and release it is bringing the bigger labels down.

[ipunchcouches]

Underwater Jon, would self releasing also be the same thing as doing something like creating your own record label? For example, what The Bouncing Souls did;creating Chunksaah records????

[fadedmemories]

Sweet bump