Merck Mercuriadis
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| Background information | |
| Born | October 2, 1963 Schefferville, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Pop, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | CEo, founder and managing partner at hipgnosis music ltd. |
| Years active | 34 |
| Labels | Hipgnosis Music, Sanctuary Group |
| Associated acts | Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Elton John, Morrissey, Kiss, Pet Shop Boys, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, Black Sabbath, Semi Precious Weapons, Robert Plant, Nelly, Jane's Addiction, Mary J. Blige, Joss Stone, Diane Warren, The-Dream, Ghost Town, Lou Reed, Bruce Dickinson, and Antony and the Johnsons. |
| Website | www.allmusic.com/artist |
Merck Mercuriadis (born October 2, 1963, in Schefferville, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian–American music executive and a music manager. He is the current CEO, Founder and managing partner of Hipgnosis Music Ltd., an artist management firm, publisher and record label based in London and Los Angeles. Mercuriadis is also known as the former manager of several notable rock and pop bands and musicians including Guns N' Roses,Iron Maiden,Elton John,Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, Macy Gray, Mary J. Blige, Joss Stone and Jane's Addiction. Mercuriadis is notable for serving from October1986 to June 2007, as director and CEO of the Sanctuary Group PLC, a major management company, an independent record label, a merchandise company, and a booking agency based in London, New York and Los Angeles.
At the age of 12, Mercuriadis traveled 100 miles from his home town to watch a Kiss concert. According to him, this event was the defining moment that led him to embrace a career in music.
Mercuriadis is the current CEO, Founder and managing partner at Hipgnosis Music Ltd. He was the CEO of The Sanctuary Group PLC from October1986 to June 2007. Earlier, he was an A&R and marketing director at Virgin Records where he started his career at the age of 19. Mercuriadis is known for his contributions to several well ranked albums and singles including Ringleader of the Tormentors (number 1 album) and You Are the Quarry (number 2 album) by Morrissey,Changes (number 1 single) with Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne, number 2 single Elton John's Electricity, and several number 1 albums with Iron Maiden. He was also part of the Mercury Music Prize with Antony and the Johnsons's I Am a Bird Now. In addition, Mercuriadis was the first music manager to feature on the cover of Billboard magazine with Elton John on September 10, 2005.
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