![]() ![]() In his later years, Stein signed more alternative acts including Regina Spektor and Tegan and Sara in 1998, Scottish rock band Belle and Sebastian released Seymour Stein, a song about his decision to not to sign the group. Seymour Stein (right) with Michael Jackson at a 2003 party in Los Angeles. Madonna went on to sell more than 64m albums in the US alone, with three No 1 albums, 10 No 1 singles and 23 top-10 hits with Sire before launching her own imprint in 1992. Stein signed the singer to a $45,000 contract for three singles, with an option for an album. ‘Don’t worry, you’ve got a deal,’ I assured her.” “‘Look, just tell me what I have to do to get a fucking record deal in this town!’ she hit back, sounding deflated. As a rule, I’m always careful around artists, but Madonna had bigger balls than the four men in the room put together. “‘What?’ I snapped back, which was unusual for me. Peering into the back of my head with those Madonna eyes, she said, ‘And now, you give me the money.’ ![]() she didn’t take long to cut through all the small talk and go straight for the kill. “She wasn’t even interested in hearing me explain how much I liked her demo. “She was all dolled up in cheap punky gear, the kind of club kid who looked absurdly out of place in a cardiac ward,” Stein wrote in his 2018 memoir Siren Song: My Life in Music. Over the next two decades, the label signed a varied list of acts including the Replacements, Echo & the Bunnymen, Madness, the Undertones, the Smiths and lead singer Morrissey, Brian Wilson, kd lang, Seal, Wilco, Ice-T, Lou Reed, Everything But the Girl, My Bloody Valentine and Australian band the Saints.īut Stein’s biggest commercial success was Madonna, who was signed to Sire after he heard her demo for Everybody while recovering from open-heart surgery, and summoned her to his hospital bed. Sire was acquired by Warner Bros in 1978. After playing with Chris Spedding, she joined Jack Rabbit she quickly left the band and formed the Berk Brothers.Seymour and Linda Stein (centre) with Iggy Pop and the Ramones at New York club CBGB in 1976. She also worked in Malcolm McLaren’s SEX boutique before she began performing. British rock journalist Nick Kent helped her begin writing for New Musical Express she wrote for the newspaper during the mid-’70s. Originally from Akron, Ohio, Hynde moved to England in the early ’70s, when she was in her twenties. The band supported Fleetwood Mac on their UK stadium tour in June 2019, which included two shows at Wembley Stadium. The Pretenders most recent album, 2016’s Alone was a critical success and a welcome return for the line-up, coming eight years after 2008’s Break Up The Concrete. It is the first album to be recorded with the now long-standing touring line-up of the group and the first to be written collaboratively by Chrissie Hynde and electrifyingly dynamic guitarist James Walbourne. ![]() Produced by the revered Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur) Hate For Sale is The Pretenders’ eleventh studio album. Made entirely under lockdown, the video was produced and directed by the band’s longtime collaborator John Minton, who has also worked with the likes of Noel Gallagher, Portishead and Savages previously. The Pretenders have today revealed the brand-new video for their current single The Buzz, taken from their new album Hate For Sale, out 17 July via BMG. ![]()
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