Drive-Thru Records


Drive-Thru Records was a California-based independent record label owned by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines. The label was partially responsible for popularizing the pop-punk/emo sound of the early to mid-2000s. After facing financial obstacles in getting their bands' music into stores, Drive-Thru entered into a distribution deal with MCA/Universal. MCA was dissolved and changed into Geffen Records. One of the clauses of that agreement was MCA/Geffen being able to sign any band of their choosing from Drive-Thru's roster.
Once the Universal deal ended, they signed a contract with independent label Sanctuary Records. Starting with a new roster, the label garnered a top 10 platinum hit with "Here In Your Arms" by Hellogoodbye. However, Sanctuary was on the verge of bankruptcy, and sold their assets to Universal Music. Drive-Thru Records got trapped in that deal, and were stuck with UMG, the catalog division of Universal. The label's last release was in 2008, when Richard and Stefanie Reines decided to concentrate on artist management and put Drive-Thru Records on indefinite hiatus.
The independent label sold over 7 million CDs. Bands that achieved notable success during their time with the label include Hellogoodbye, New Found Glory, Something Corporate, Dashboard Confessional, Fenix*TX, Finch, The Starting Line, Steel Train, Midtown, Rx Bandits, The Early November, Senses Fail, Home Grown, Halifax and Allister.

Love Minus Zero Recordings

was the second subsidiary record label created by the Reines siblings, who along with Drive-Thru also own Rushmore Records. This label was intended to comprise artists of a stronger singer-songwriter genre. Only two acts were ever signed to Love Minus Zero: Roark and Biirdie. This imprint was soon reabsorbed back into Drive-Thru Records.

Commercial Success

Drive-Thru Records have earned several silver, gold, and platinum albums and singles, that have been certified by RIAA, CRIA and BPI.

Certified Release

YearArtistReleaseSales
2000New Found GloryNew Found Glory
  • UK: Silver
  • US: Gold
2002New Found GlorySticks and Stones
  • UK Silver
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Gold
    • 2004New Found GloryCatalyst
  • US: Gold
    • 2006HellogoodbyeHere
  • US: Platinum

    • List of former bands

    * denotes inactive band. † denotes former Rushmore Records signee.

    Release catalog

    This is the release list of Drive-Thru Records in order of release number.
    1. Cousin Oliver - '
    2. Various Artists - Where's the Beef?
    3. Riverfenix - Riverfenix
    4. Various Artists - A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong
    5. The Pharmaceutical Bandits - Those Damn Bandits
    6. Allister - You Can't Do that on Vinyl 7" vinyl
    7. Various Artists - Mulletcore
    8. Mothermania - The Sound and the Fury
    9. Caught Inside - Bolts in the Machine EP
    10. Rx Bandits - Halfway Between Here and There
    11. Last Summer - Remember Those Days
    12. Midtown - The Sacrifice of Life EP
    13. New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay
    14. Allister - Dead Ends and Girlfriends
    15. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview picture vinyl
    16. Not used
    17. Various Artists - You'll Never Eat Fast Food Again
    18. Midtown - Save the World, Lose the Girl
    19. New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo EP
    20. Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance
    21. The Benjamins - The Art of Disappointment
    22. Rx Bandits - Progress
    23. The Starting Line - With Hopes of Starting Over EP
    24. Finch - Falling into Place EP
    25. Something Corporate - Audioboxer EP
    26. The Movielife - The Movielife Has a Gambling Problem EP
    27. Various Artists - Welcome to the Family
    28. Finch - What It Is to Burn
    29. Home Grown - 3 Song Sampler
    30. Home Grown - Kings of Pop
    31. The Starting Line - 3 Song Sampler
    32. The Starting Line - Say It Like You Mean It
    33. Allister - Last Stop Suburbia
    34. The Early November - For All of This EP
    35. The Early November - The Acoustic EP
    36. Steel Train - For You My Dear EP
    37. Inadvertently, there were two releases with the release number 37:
    38. * Various Artists - Drive-Thru 2002 Summer Invasion Compilation
    39. * The Movielife - Forty Hour Train Back to Penn
    40. Senses Fail - From the Depths of Dreams EP
    41. Rx Bandits - The Resignation
    42. The Starting Line - The Make Yourself at Home EP
    43. Various Artists - Drive-Thru Invasion Tour Compilation
    44. The Early November - The Room's Too Cold
    45. Hidden in Plain View - Hidden in Plain View EP
    46. Steel Train - 1969 EP
    47. Jenoah - Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes Up EP
    48. Hellogoodbye - Hellogoodbye EP
    49. New Found Glory - Catalyst
    50. I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business - I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business
    51. Home Grown - When It All Comes Down EP
    52. An Angle - And Take It with a Grain of Salt
    53. Various Artists - Happy Holidays from Drive-Thru Records
    54. Halifax - A Writer's Reference EP
    55. Various Artists - '
    56. Hidden in Plain View - Life in Dreaming
    57. Steel Train - Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun
    58. An Angle - We Can Breathe under Alcohol
    59. Adelphi - Walking on the Ceiling of the Sky EP
    60. The Early November/I Am the Avalanche - Split
    61. Various Artists - '
    62. Socratic - Lunch for the Sky
    63. I Am the Avalanche - I Am the Avalanche
    64. The Early November - The Room's Too Cold re-release
    65. Allister - Before the Blackout
    66. Various Artists - Drive-Thru Records Greatest Hits
    67. Halifax - 3 Song Sampler
    68. Halifax - The Inevitability of a Strange World
    69. Dave Melillo - Talk Is Cheap EP
    70. The Early November - The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path
    71. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
    72. House of Fools - House of Fools EP
    73. Self Against City - Telling Secrets to Strangers
    74. Hidden In Plain View - Resolution
    75. House of Fools - Live and Learn
    76. Inadvertently, there were two releases with the release number 74:
    77. * Socratic - Just Turn EP
    78. * An Angle - The truth is that you are alive
    79. New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II
    80. Steel Train - Trampoline
    81. Inadvertently, there were two releases with the release number 77:
    82. * Say No More - What You Thought You Knew
    83. * Ace Enders and A Million Different People - The Secret Wars EP
    84. Hellogoodbye - EP/DVD Split
    85. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! And More!
    86. Not used
    87. Socratic - Spread The Rumors
    88. Not used
    89. Houston Calls' - The End of an Error''

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