- Gary
Kurfirst (8 July 1947 – 13
January 2009) was an
American music promoter, producer, manager, publisher, and
record label executive.
Kurfirst founded...
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record label. It was
formed as a
joint venture between talent manager Gary
Kurfirst (who
managed such acts as the Ramones, Big
Audio Dynamite, Deee-Lite and...
- were
designed by
manager Gary
Kurfirst, with no
input from the band, due to a
dispute over
merchandising royalties.
Kurfirst was an art
collector and "would...
- was
Kurfirst who was
adamant that the band
should change their sound, and that the
decision was not
arrived at "organically" by the band.
Kurfirst suggested...
- The film was
directed by
Jonathan Demme and
executive produced by Gary
Kurfirst, the band’s
longtime manager. The film was shot over four
nights in December...
- the
movie Pet
Sematary Two (1992). The
producer of the soundtrack, Gary
Kurfirst,
signed Lords to his
company Radioactive Records. She was
later featured...
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Parlophone declined to
release the group's
second album Hammer and Tongs. Gary
Kurfirst, who
managed Talking Heads and
Debbie Harry,
bought the
Mackenzies contract...
- band the
Modern Lovers, on keyboards, guitar, and
backing vocals. Gary
Kurfirst started managing Talking Heads in 1977. The
first Talking Heads album,...
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offer to
Ryder after hearing the demos, but by this time
Kurfirst was in
talks with him.
Kurfirst wanted to sign
Ryder as a solo artist,
though he preferred...
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which released a self-titled EP in 1996.
Radioactive Records chairman Gary
Kurfirst moved the band to his new
subsidiary label Radiouniverse, and the band's...