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Eddie Rosenblatt Dies: Geffen Records President During Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana Era Was 89
Eddie Rosenblatt, president of Geffen Records during its days as one of the hottest record labels in the music business, died Tuesday at a hospital in Santa Barbara of pneumonia at 89. Rosenblatt led Geffen in the 1980s and 1990s, helming a roster that included Whitesnake, Peter Gabriel, Sonic Youth, XTC, and the aforementioned Guns […]
Rosenblatt led Geffen in the 1980s and 1990s, helming a roster that included Whitesnake, Peter Gabriel, Sonic Youth, XTC, and the aforementioned Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana. The Geffen label had early hits with albums by Asia, Sammy Hagar, Quarterflash and others, and signed Peter Gabriel, Don Henley, and Neil Young. From there, it built momentum in the mid-1980s with Whitesnake and Guns N’ Roses, and on its DGC offshoot, with alternative artists Sonic Youth, Weezer, Hole, Beck, and Nirvana.
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