Judge & Jury Records
Judge & Jury Records is an American record label and production company founded in 2021 by Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson (P.O.D, My Chemical Romance, Daughtry), and Canadian musician Neil Sanderson, drummer and co-founder of Multi-platinum Hard Rock band Three Days Grace, who have sold more than 13 million albums in the US. Based in Los Angeles, the company focuses primarily on rock and metal artists, and includes engineer Mike Plotnikoff (Papa Roach, Kiss, Van Halen) and producer/mixer Joe Rickard (Starset, In Flames, Limp Bizkit) among its core collaborators.
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Judge & Jury Records is an American record label and production company founded in 2021 by Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson (P.O.D, My Chemical Romance, Daughtry), and Canadian musician Neil Sanderson, drummer and co-founder of Multi-platinum Hard Rock band Three Days Grace, who have sold more than 13 million albums in the US. Based in Los Angeles, the company focuses primarily on rock and metal artists, and includes engineer Mike Plotnikoff (Papa Roach, Kiss, Van Halen) and producer/mixer Joe Rickard (Starset, In Flames, Limp Bizkit) among its core collaborators.
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Key facts
• Name — Judge & Jury Records • Founded — 2021 • Founder — Howard Benson and Neil Sanderson • Genre — Alternative rock, rock, metal • Country — United States • Location — Los Angeles, California • Url — https: judgeandjuryrecords.com
History
History
The partnership between Benson and Sanderson dates back to 2006, when Benson produced Three Days Grace's triple-platinum sophomore album One-X., which would go on to become their most commercially successful album to date, featuring the hit singles "Animal I Have Become", "Pain", "Riot", and "Never Too Late". Benson later produced the band's follow-ups Life Starts Now, Outsider, Explosions, and Alienation. In an interview with Grammy.com, Benson stated that the idea for launching the label stemmed from his desire for greater creative and commercial control over projects he produced, citing frustration with traditional royalty structures and project outcomes. Benson and Sanderson first signed singer Diamante to a production deal and self-financed her record after she was dropped by her previous label; that collaboration's success ultimately led to the formation of Judge & Jury Records in 2021. The company achieved early recognition with the release of Waiting on the Sky to Change, a collaboration between Starset and Breaking Benjamin, which reached No. 1 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart in 2022. Since then, the label's roster has expanded to include artists such as Saliva, Butcher Babies, and Alien Ant Farm, among others.
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Operations
Judge & Jury was launched by Howard Benson and Neil Sanderson to bridge the gap between traditional record production and the evolving needs of modern artists, operating as both a record label and production entity, emphasizing artist partnerships that integrate creative direction, marketing, and distribution strategies. Over time, Judge & Jury Records expanded into full-scale releases, worldwide distribution collaborations, and cross-platform media campaigns, while Benson and Sanderson built an in-house production and songwriting team, working with a range of prominent rock and metal acts. The label operates on a self-financed model that allows for a 50/50 royalty split with artists — a major departure from the lower royalty percentages typical of traditional producer agreements. The label has also earned recognition for its cross-generational approach, working with legacy acts while supporting new and emerging artists. Judge & Jury's success model has been highlighted by outlets such as Forbes and Billboard for adapting the traditional label system into a producer-driven framework that allows both creative and financial independence for artists and producers alike.
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Artists
Judge & Jury's roster includes a variety of active rock, alternative, and metal artists. The label is known for balancing veteran acts with rising talent. • 12 Stones • Alien Ant Farm • Bobby Amaru • Butcher Babies • Caleb Hyles • Dead Rabbitts • Dream Beard • Earshot • Emily Wolfe • GORODA • Hoobastank • Jonathan Young • Judge & Jury • LYLVC • Lyric Noel • Saliva • Silos • Stitched Up Heart • Veda
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• Year — Artist — Title — Featured Artists • 2021 — Jonathan Young — "Land of the Living" (Single) — — • Jonathan Young — "Divided" (Single) — — • Jonathan Young — "Damage Done" (Single) — RichaadEB • Jonathan Young — "Rebel Yell" (Single) — Lukas Rossi • Mitch Jones — Broken (EP) ("Emily" and "West Coast Tragedy" Only) — Kala; Ouse; Maya • Edge of Paradise — "Love Reign Over Me" (Single) • 2022 — Mitch Jones — "West Coast Tragedy (Judge & Jury Mix)" (Single) — Kala • Mitch Jones — "Darkness" (Single) — Escape the Fate • Starset — "Waiting on the Sky to Change" (Single) — Breaking Benjamin • 2023 — Kala — Diary of a Depressed Creative — Kellin Quinn; Luke Holland; Billy Martin • Left To Suffer — Noah (EP) • Heirloom — Romanticize — Lauren Babic; Taylor Barber (Left to Suffer) • Judge & Jury — "The Urge" (Single) — Tyler Connolly (Theory of A Deadman) • Judge & Jury — "Disarm" (Single) — Caleb Hyles; Edge Of Paradise • Judge & Jury — "Eventually" (Single) — Neil Sanderson (Three Days Grace) • 2024 — Silos — Insatiable (Remixes, Vol. 1) (Remix EP) — Orgy; BLVCK CROWZ; • Silos — Insatiable (Remixes, Vol. 2) (Remix EP) — Pixel Terror, The Haunt, CrazyTown; Traveler • Jonathan Young — Children of the Night — Matthew K. Heafy; Barry Stock (Three Days Grace); Caleb Hyles; Colm McGuinness, Lauren Babic; Jonathan Young • Veda — "Wannabe Me" (Single) — — • Butcher Babies — "Sincerity" (Single) — — • Veda — "I Breakdown" (Single) — — • Judge & Jury — "Euphoria" (Single) — Trevor McNevan (Thousand Foot Krutch) • Caleb Hyles — The Darkness Before the Dawn — Lacey Sturm; Manafest; Ashes Remain; Adelitas Way; Trevor McNevan (Thousand Foot Krutch); Jonathan Young • Silos — Apocalips — Crazy Town; Orgy; The Haunt; Escape the Fate; From Ashes to New; Boonn • 2025 — Saliva — Revelation: Retold — Candlebox; Lauren Babic; Peyton Parrish • Dead Rabbitts — Redefined — Wednesday 13; HIGHSOCIETY; Lauren Babic; Stitched Up Heart • Saliva — "They Don’t Really Care About Us" (Single) — — • Bobby Amaru & Veda — "Somebody That I Used To Know" (Single) • Bobby Amaru & Veda — "Just Pretend" (Single) — — • LYLVC — "Barely Human" (Single) — — • Bobby Amaru & Veda — "Somewhere I Belong" (Single) — — • Silos — Apocalypse 2.0 (Remix EP) — HIGHSOCIETY; From Ashes to New; The Haunt; Escape the Fate • Bobby Amaru & Veda — "Somebody’s Watching Me" (Single) — — • Saliva — "Hit ’Em Where It Hurts" (Single) — — • Saliva — "Too Broke to Fix" (Single) — The Founder • Butcher Babies — Insincerity (EP) — Saliva; Lyric Noel; Harper; Sleeping In Silence; Alyxx; Shawn O'Donnell; Original Self; Gina Fritz; Kinda Happy; Chad Kowal; neversleep; Erik "Shredz" Jensen; Cage Fight; Ben Jewell • Dream Beard — "SPRAY" (Single) — Sada Baby • Fallen Within — "Worlds Apart" (Single) — Saliva • Stitched Up Heart — "SICK SICK SICK" (Single) — Lauren Babic; Eyes Set To Kill • Bobby Amaru & Veda — "Last Resort" (Single) — — • Thrower — "Happy When We're Bleeding" (Single) — Craig Mabbitt (Escape The Fate) • Alien Ant Farm — "Bad Attitude" (Single) — — • 2026 — Dream Beard — "VOID" (Single) — Sada Baby • Stitched Up Heart — "GLITCH BITCH" (Single) — Conquer Divide • Alien Ant Farm — "Actitud" (Single) — — • 12 Stones — "Golden Child" (Single) — — • Bobby Amaru & Veda — "Running Up That Hill" (Single) — — • Lyric Noel — "Shades of Black" (Single) — — • Butcher Babies — "Lost In Your Touch" (Single) — — • Alien Ant Farm — "Reasons" (Single) — — • LYLVC — "Starless" — Bobby Amaru, Saliva • Stitched Up Heart — "CANNIBAL" — Butcher Babies • 12 Stones — "World So Cold" — Lyric Noel • Butcher Babies — "Black Dove" — — • Dream Beard — "HIGH LIFE" — Dropout Kings • Saliva — "Cope" — Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch • Emily Wolfe — "Crave Me" — — • "Lips" — Eagles of Death Metal • Stitched Up Heart — "BEAST" — Nonpoint • "MEET ME AFTER LIFE" — NOAPOLOGY • Butcher Babies — "Blame It On The Wind" — — • Saliva — "Sadistic Love" — — • Caleb Hyles — "Not Your Savior (Acoustic)" — — • Stitched Up Heart — "MEDUSA" — Austin John Winkler (the Founder), Lauren Babic, Eyes Set To Kill, Conquer Divide, Butcher Babies, NOAPOLOGY, Lyric Noel, Nonpoint, Geena Fontanella • Hoobastank — "How Do You Sleep?" — — • Saliva — "Edge of a Knife" — — • GORODA — "Do Something Wrong" — Bobby Amaru of Saliva • Saliva — "Longshot" — Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd • Lyric Noel — "Acid Bloom" — Mixi Demner of Stitched Up Heart • Emily Wolfe — "Power" — — • Saliva — "Breaking Through" — Trevor McNevan (Thousand Foot Krutch), Austin John Winkler (the Founder), Johnny Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) • Earshot — "Love Left" — — • Butcher Babies — "Leaving California" — —
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