American Music Producer, Manager and Songwriter. Pearlman, who was one of rock and roll's most revered producers, will best remembered for his work with Blue Oyster Cult, producing nine of the band's albums, including 'Tyranny and Mutation', 'Secret Treaties' and 'Agents Of Fortune'. Born Samuel Clarke Pearlman, he graduated in 1966 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he promoted concerts. He went on to graduate study at Brandeis University. He was one of the first staff members at 'Crawdaddy', one of rock music's first serious publications, and was also a songwriter and band manager with clients that included the Dictators, Romeo Void, Aldo Nova and Black Sabbath. Among other bands he produced for were the Clash and Dream Syndicate. In 1986, he founded Alpha & Omega Recording and in 1989, he bought the San Francisco new wave and alternative-rock label 415 Records, renaming it Popular Metaphysics. Later, he was a founding vice president of Goodnoise Corporation, an early company selling MP3 files online, which later changed its name to eMusic.
American Music Producer, Manager and Songwriter. Pearlman, who was one of rock and roll's most revered producers, will best remembered for his work with Blue Oyster Cult, producing nine of the band's albums, including 'Tyranny and Mutation', 'Secret Treaties' and 'Agents Of Fortune'. Born Samuel Clarke Pearlman, he graduated in 1966 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he promoted concerts. He went on to graduate study at Brandeis University. He was one of the first staff members at 'Crawdaddy', one of rock music's first serious publications, and was also a songwriter and band manager with clients that included the Dictators, Romeo Void, Aldo Nova and Black Sabbath. Among other bands he produced for were the Clash and Dream Syndicate. In 1986, he founded Alpha & Omega Recording and in 1989, he bought the San Francisco new wave and alternative-rock label 415 Records, renaming it Popular Metaphysics. Later, he was a founding vice president of Goodnoise Corporation, an early company selling MP3 files online, which later changed its name to eMusic.
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