R.I.P. Seymour Stein

brianlux · April 2023

Gift article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/arts/music/seymour-stein-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=p00PaodxIFPipdGBhQVfwW7Hptmdq9eKjlsB-XxD4P7M4EV1zjCZI2Y6QUf4BrptsWokJVRcSPL6neSJmAT4zq8IkCDHaG9v-8YXPeWl4rp8ToaORcYkz4p2z9GOhBqEmYNj5m8Gd2b85oEp1MBFCGLJ5Fa1n9zuuafF-ToPx6PsEHmK1lYgTlI3h82gcQXCQ-RwGVPKUQQaEJodA8w6ESt7GRk4RniBprsCkyEwvpRHrE0X27qCgNtMk8brmPSUUOH04_xoBeYUz86CJArfTry_PwveJJRExp7ppEX40mZuEmlropiOJUhxwIHZJETbZdX5K03g7vPM8GXb-HVNrQ&smid=url-share

A portrait of Seymour Stein leaning against a stone building while wearing a short-sleeve white button-up shirt with a blue pattern

Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80

With an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music, he championed acts including the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders on his label Sire, and helped found the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

I very much hope Mr Stein is recognized on these forums for the huge impact he had on music (and not meaning that as a shame). If it were not for Seymour Stein and a few others like him, there may not have been a Pearl Jam or a lot of other bands that road the wave Stein and the bands he worked with set into motion.

Seymour Stein was one of the major figures who helped move rock and music in general beyond my generation's music and as much as I love the music of the 50 and 60's I grew up on, I have long been grateful for Mr. Stein and some others like him to give the music a much need and, to me, greatly appreciated boost. A huge thank you, Mr. Seymour Stein, may you rest in peace.

Eraserhead · April 2023

He signed Ministry to Sire Records too. RIP

Loujoe · April 2023

Ok. I rarely think of the people behind the scenes. Thanks for scrambling my brain with ministry

RIP

josevolution · April 2023

I guess I guess you could say he was a pioneer putting some really great artists on the map!

RIP

Loujoe · April 2023

I know ministry was really odd discoish pop back then. Prior to Twitch. Twich got pretty experimental then the heaviness settled in. Read about their later release. 'Jesus Built My Hotrod' was made with a $75,000 advance from the lable [not sure if it was sire]. AJ said they smoked and shot up all that money and put something noisy together. Label thought they were done and it was a hit! Still never heard that one.
Kind of surprised how some drug abusers lived through all that. Lucky I guess. Also believe that if drugs were not partly there to inspire mental short circuts...most of this music never would have been created.

Maybe I'll but out my Madonna lp in his honor.

F..k Ministry...let's kill

Anyway. RIP

brianlux · April 2023

Loujoe said:

Ok. I rarely think of the people behind the scenes. Thanks for scrambling my brain with ministry
RIP

Yeah, it's easy to overlook some of the people behind the scenes who are/were involved in the evolution of music. Amongst those, there are both the famous and the infamous and some who where maybe both. Would the Beatles have gone as far as they did without "the fifth Beatle", George Martin? Would Jimi Hendrix have survived longer without the pressure imposed by Mike Jeffries? Would Buffalo Springfield have been as big as The Beatles and The Stones if they had been managed by Ahmet Ertegun instead of Charles Greene and Brian Stone? What would ambient and electronic musics be like without Brian Eno or Aphex Twin? Would punk have thrived as well as it did without Danny Fields?

Producers, managers, engineers, promoters, and other record company executives have had a huge impact on the music we know and love. I would rank Seymour Stein as one of the greats, for sure.

Loujoe · April 2023

I like what he did for the clothing industry.

Wait that was Seymore....

Bad dad joke. .blah blah blah

Sorry not sorry. Hope people chuckle when I pass on.

Busted out some Madonna now while cleaning. good laundry folding music. La Isla Bonita 45 maxi single

Thank you Seymour.

brianlux · April 2023

Loujoe said:

I like what he did for the clothing industry.

Wait that was Seymore....

Bad dad joke. .blah blah blah

Sorry not sorry. Hope people chuckle when I pass on.

Busted out some Madonna now while cleaning. good laundry folding music. La Isla Bonita 45 maxi single

Thank you Seymour.

And then there's always Ken More.

And more bad jokes. And more and more and more...

Loujoe · April 2023

Never heard that one. Touche

Like a Virgin on now.
This whole soundtrack maaaakkkeees me feeeeel....a little less like a grumpy son of a gun.
That's not easy to do.

brianlux · April 2023

Loujoe said:

Never heard that one. Touche
Like a Virgin on now.
This whole soundtrack maaaakkkeees me feeeeel....a little less like a grumpy son of a gun.
That's not easy to do.

Music makes a whole lot of things in life better, Loujoe. I always thought it cool that Henry Rollins once said, "I medicate with music.". Still in a dither about losing my wallet, I told my wife last night, I'm going to go put on some musical Prozac. It was good (Dream Syndicate, How We Found Ourselves... Everywhere!)

JOEJOEJOE · April 2023

A sad loss. He helped define my musical taste in the early 80s.

Being on Sire records added credibility to all of their artists.

brianlux · April 2023

JOEJOEJOE said:

A sad loss. He helped define my musical taste in the early 80s.

Being on Sire records added credibility to all of their artists.

Well said, Joe.

R.I.P. Seymour Stein

Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80

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