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Cees Wessels, the label's founder, remained as CEO. Employees at Roadrunner nicknamed WMG's acquisition of the company "The Red Wedding", in reference to the Game of Thrones episode " The Rains of Castamere ".
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Feb 17, 2023 · In 2022, industry veterans David Rath, former head of A&R at the esteemed Roadrunner Records, and Cees Wessels, founder of Roadrunner Records, formed Blue Grape Music. The name will be familiar...
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Apr 27, 2023 · By Dave Everley. ( Metal Hammer ) published 27 April 2023. How members of Slipknot, Machine Head, Fear Factory and Trivium came together to celebrate metal's most legendary label. (Image credit: John McMurtrie) In 2004, Roadrunner Records founder Cees Wessels called a meeting.
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Feb 17, 2023 · F Former Roadrunner Records executives Dave Rath and Cees Wessels are spearheading a fresh rock label, Blue Grape Music (BGM), Billboard can exclusively reveal. Rath, former head of A&R at...
Apr 5, 2023 · by George Garner. April 5th 2023 at 7:03AM. In 2022, an exciting new player emerged in the world of heavy music. Founded by Roadrunner Records veterans David Rath and Cees Wessels, Blue Grape...
Nov 8, 2022 · “When I was first starting, [Roadrunner Records founder] Cees Wessels was always very open, he’d listen, even when I went off on my tangents! Ha ha! [Possessed manager] Debbie Abono showed me friendship and trust, loyalty and love. She also had five children, and she was a single mom, and so we shared a lot in common.
Aug 21, 2020 · Founded in Holland in 1980 by Cees Wessels, Roadrunner started out licensing albums by artists as diverse as British jazz-rocker Robert Wyatt and hardcore punk pioneers Black Flag. By the mid-80s, they had pinned their colours to the metal mast, picking up albums by Metallica, Slayer and Mercyful Fate, and opened an office in New York.
