Rise Records

History

Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Nevada City, California. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and his first CD release came in 2000, from the group One Last Thing.

Rise Records' releases are distributed in the U.S. by ADA and BMG. In July 2013, the company moved from Portland to neighboring Beaverton, Oregon. The label has a distribution deal with Alternative Distribution Alliance, the indie distributor owned by Warner Music Group and directly in Europe and Australia with Warner Music and BMG.

On 9 September, Australian label UNFD announced a distribution partnership with Rise. On 18 May 2015, BMG announced the acquisition of the label. Rise will maintain its headquarters and Ericson will remain in charge. BMG will help with back office operations and provide Rise a more international reach.

On 8 December 2017, Craig Ericson announced his departure from the label. Sean Heydorn stepped up and took over Rise Records.

In 2020, Rise Records moved their operation into the BMG Los Angeles office, located at 5670 Wilshire Blvd, where Sean Heydorn continues to oversee the label today.

On February 18, 2021, Rise Records announced a partnership with Blue Swan Records which is founded by Dance Gavin Dance guitarist Will Swan.

Artists

Current artists

• The Acacia Strain
• Alkaline Trio
• American Nightmare
• Angels & Airwaves
• Billy Howerdel
• Blessthefall
• Chuck Ragan
• Covey
• Crown the Empire
• Dance Gavin Dance
• Dave Hause
• The Distillers
• Eidola
• Flogging Molly
• Gone Is Gone
• Haunted Mouths
• I Promised the World
• Jetty Bones
• Keith Wallen
• Kublai Khan
• Kvelertak
• Le Butcherettes
• Mark Morton
• Memphis May Fire
• Miyavi
• Mothica
• Placebo
• Polyphia
• PUP
• Royal Coda
• Secret Band
• Spiritbox
• Tiger Army
• Touché Amoré
• Tilian
• Winona Fighter
• Wolf & Bear

Former artists

• 7 Seconds (active)
• A Different Breed of Killer (active, unsigned)
• Abandon All Ships (disbanded)
• Acceptance (active, Equal Vision Records)
• AFI (active, Run for Cover Records)
• The Air I breathe (disbanded)
• Alive Like Me (disbanded)
• American Me (active, unsigned)
• Arlington (active, unsigned)
• At the Drive-In (on hiatus)
• Attack Attack! (active, Oxide Records)
• At the Throne of Judgment (disbanded)
• Before Their Eyes (active, InVogue Records)
• Black Peaks (disbanded)
• The Bled (disbanded)
• Bleeding Through (active, SharpTone Records)
• The Bouncing Souls (active, Pure Noise Records)
• Breathe Carolina (active, Spinnin' Records)
• Burden of a Day (disbanded)
• Buried in Verona (disbanded)
• Cane Hill (active, Out of Line Music)
• Casey (active, Hassle Records)
• Catherine (disbanded)
• Cheap Girls (disbanded)
• Chelsea Grin (active, unsigned)
• Circa Survive (disbanded)
• Coretta Scott (disbanded)
• The Color Morale (active, Fearless Records)
• DangerKids (active, Paid Vacation Records)
• Dead Letter Circus
• Decoder (disbanded)
• The Devil Wears Prada (active, Solid State Records)
• Dream On, Dreamer (disbanded)
• Drop Dead, Gorgeous (disbanded)
• Daytrader (on hiatus)
• Dualesc (disbanded)
• The Early November (active, Pure Noise Records)
• Eighteen Visions (active, unsigned)
• Emarosa (active, Out of Line Music)
• Ever We Fall (disbanded)
• Evergreen Terrace
• Fear Before (on hiatus)
• Fire from the Gods (active, Better Noise Music)
• The Flatliners (active, Dine Alone Records and Fat Wreck Chords)
• For the Fallen Dreams (active, Arising Empire)
• From First to Last (active, unsigned)
• Further Seems Forever
• Face to Face (active, Fat Wreck Chords)
• Galactic Empire (active, Pure Noise Records)
• Goldfinger (active, Big Noise)
• Hand of Mercy (disbanded)
• Hands Like Houses (active)
• Here I Come Falling (disbanded)
• Hot Water Music (active, Equal Vision Records)
• I Can Make a Mess
• In Fear and Faith (on hiatus)
• In Hearts Wake (active, UNFD)
• Isles & Glaciers (disbanded, vinyl release only)
• Issues (disbanded)
• It Prevails (active, Stay Sick Recordings)
• The Jealous Sound (disbanded)
• Jonny Craig
• Kevin Seconds
• Knuckle Puck (active, Wax Bodega)
• Like Moths to Flames (active, UNFD)
• The Living End
• Make Do and Mend
• Make Them Suffer (active, Greyscale & SharpTone)
• Makeout (active, unsigned)
• Man Overboard
• Matty Mullins (active in Memphis May Fire & on Black River Entertainment)
• Mayday Parade (active, Many Hats Endeavors)
• MikeyWhiskeyHands
• Misser
• Miss May I (active, Solid State Records)
• The Movielife (active, unsigned)
• My Ticket Home (active, Spinefarm Records)
• Northlane (active, Worldeater Records)
• Oceana (now known as Polyenso)
• Of Machines (disbanded)
• Of Mice & Men (active, Century Media)
• One Last Thing
• Only Crime
• Orange Island (disbanded)
• Palisades (disbanded)
• Piebald
• The Plot in You (active, Fearless Records)
• PMtoday (disbanded)
• Poison the Well
• Polar Bear Club (on hiatus)
• Pvris (active, Hopeless Records)
• Rarity
• The Red Shore (disbanded)
• Secrets (active, Velocity Records)
• Sevendust (active, Napalm Records)
• Sharks (disbanded)
• Silverstein (active, UNFD)
• Sleeping with Sirens (active, Sumerian Records)
• Small Towns Burn a Little Slower (disbanded)
• Storm the Sky (disbanded)
• Sum 41 (disbanded)
• SWMRS (active, Fueled by Ramen)
• T.S.O.L.
• Take the Crown (disbanded)
• Teenage Bottlerocket (active, Fat Wreck Chords)
• That's Outrageous! (disbanded)
• This Is Hell
• Thousand Below (active)
• Tides of Man (active, unsigned)
• Transit (disbanded)
• Tyler Carter
• Watchout! Theres Ghosts (disbanded)
• Woe, Is Me (active)
• The Word Alive (active, Thriller Records)
• You Me at Six (disbanded)
• Your Demise (disbanded)

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