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Sony partner with Raw Power on new rock label
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 26 March 2012
London-based management company Raw Power has announced an alliance with Sony Music UK which will see the creation of a new rock label to be called Search & Destroy. It will be headed up by Raw Power’s Tristan Lillingston, a former Sony A&R man. The first signings will be Don Broco and While She Sleeps.
Confirming the new label venture and Sony partnership, Raw Power CEO Craig Jennings told reporters last week: “Having grown up listening to so many great Sony artists, it’s a great privilege to be starting a joint venture with [Sony UK chief] Nick Gatfield and his team that I look forward to lasting for many years to come. Some of my favourite artists and releases have been with Sony, including the Clash and Iggy And The Stooges, from whom we have borrowed the Search And Destroy moniker, it being the opening song on the classic ‘Raw Power’ album”.
Gatfield added: “Craig Jennings is widely acknowledged as the industry’s leading rock management and artist development expert – no one understands the artists, music and global marketing of the genre better. The creation of the Search & Destroy label is the natural extension and outlet for his knowledge and expertise and will undoubtedly be the leading rock label in the market. I’m delighted Craig has chosen Sony to partner with on the venture and I look forward to global success with him in the near future”.
