Mojo Records was a California-based

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the prod ...

founded in 1995 by producer

Jay Rifkin Jay Rifkin is an American record and film producer. Rifkin co-founded the company Media Ventures with Hans Zimmer, a childhood friend. As CEO of the company from 1988,joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

with

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in 1996 and then sold to the Zomba Group in 2001, who placed it under their subsidiary

Jive Records Jive Records was an American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary to the Zomba Group. In the US, the label had offices in New York City and Chicago. Jive was best known for its successes with hip hop, R&B, ...

.Digicorp Media
The label has been largely inactive since Zomba was purchased and restructured under BMG in 2003, save for a few reissues of older material.

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Admiral Twin Admiral Twin is an American pop rock/power pop band, formed in 1997 by members of the Mellowdramatic Wallflowers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their name comes from the Admiral Twin Drive-In, a popular drive-in theater that operated in Tulsa from 1951 unt ...

(alternative rock) **''Mock Heroic'' (2000) *

Amorphis Amorphis is a Finnish heavy metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive metal, ...

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Far from the Sun ''Far from the Sun'' is the sixth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. It was the first album to feature drummer Jan Rechberger since 1994's '' Tales from the Thousand Lakes'', replacing Pekka Kasari who had quit the band to spe ...

'' (2003) * Cherry Poppin' Daddies (rock/ska/swing) **''

Zoot Suit Riot The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that took place from June 3–8, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, United States, involving American servicemen stationed in Southern California and young Latino and Mexican American city resident ...

'' (1997) **'' Soul Caddy'' (2000) *

The Ernies The Ernies were a popular American alternative rock/ ska punk band from Richmond, Virginia. They released two albums on an independent label before signing to Mojo Records and releasing their third album entitled ''Meson Ray''. History The Ern ...

(alternative rock/ska punk) **'' Meson Ray'' (1999) *

Factory 81 Factory 81 were an American nu metal band from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Formed in 1997, the band was active until 2003. Biography The band had not initially decided on a name until Nathan Wallace wore a shirt bearing a patch which rea ...

(nu metal) **''

Mankind Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, an ...

'' (1999) * Goldfinger (ska punk/pop punk) **'' Goldfinger'' (1996) **'' Stomping Ground'' (2000) **'' Foot in Mouth'' (2001) **'' Open Your Eyes'' (2002) **''

Best of Goldfinger Goldfinger is an American punk rock and ska punk band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994. In their early years the band was considered a contributor to the movement of third-wave ska, a mid-1990s revitalization in the popularity of ...

'' (2005) *

Pilfers Pilfers are an American ska band formed in 1997, when former Toasters vocalist, Coolie Ranx, at the urging of Pietaster's vocalist Steve Jackson, joined with former Bim Skala Bim trombonist, Vinny Nobile. To complete the lineup, they recrui ...

(ska/rock) **''

Chawalaleng ''Chawalaleng'' is the Pilfers' second full-length album, and their first and only to be released on a major label. It was released on September 21, 1999 through Mojo Records. ''Chawalaleng'' is a record that blends pop, metal, reggae, dub, har ...

'' (1999) * Plastiscene (Britpop/Rock) **'' Plastiscene EP'' (1997) **'' Seeing Stars'' (1998) *

Reel Big Fish Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Orange County, California. The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold-certified album '' Turn the Radio Off''. Soon ...

(ska punk) **''

Turn the Radio Off ''Turn the Radio Off'' is the second full-length album by ska punk band Reel Big Fish. It was released in the U.S. in 1996 on Mojo Records. The single " Sell Out" both received extensive radio airplay and had mainstream success during 1997. "Sel ...

'' (1996) **''

Why Do They Rock So Hard? ''Why Do They Rock So Hard?'' is the third full-length studio album by the ska punk band Reel Big Fish. This is the only Reel Big Fish studio album where the band line-up has not changed from the previous album. Aaron Barrett has said in two i ...

'' (1998) **'' Cheer Up!'' (2002) **'' Favorite Noise'' (2002) **'' We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy'' (2005) *

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(pop punk) **''The Massed Albert Sounds'' (2000) * White Hot Odyssey (glam rock) **'' White Hot Odyssey'' (2004)

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