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A&M Octone Records was an American record label owned as a joint venture between Universal Music Group and Octone Records. A full-service artist development label, it was founded in 2007 as a merger between Octone and Interscope Geffen A&M 's defunct A&M Records label.
This is a list of artists who recorded for A&M Records. Listed in parentheses are the names of A&M-affiliated labels for which the artist recorded. Contents:
A&M/Octone Records was a New York-based record label, which operated through the Universal Music Group. The label represents a merger of Universal Music's A&M Records label with Octone. Headquartered in New York City, A&M/Octone Records was home to Maroon 5, Flyleaf and Hollywood Undead.
2007: Universal merges A&M with Octone Records and places Octone's management in charge of combined label as A&M/Octone Records (except in Japan and the UK). 2013: A&M/Octone is absorbed by Interscope.
DGC Records was revived as a direct subsidiary of the unit while A&M Records was revitalized as A&M Octone Records. With DGC, Beck, Weezer and Sonic Youth were brought back into the fold, while many of A&M's artists were moved to either Geffen or Interscope including the Black Eyed Peas.
Less than eight years later, A&M was relaunched as A&M Octone Records, before being absorbed by Interscope again in 2013. Popular A&M Records songs All for a Reason
A&M Records (via Interscope Records) The once independent, New York City based Octone Records was launched in 2000 by James Diener, David Boxenbaum and Ben Berkman while the label's CEO and President, James Diener, was working at the RCA Group's J Records .
