Peter Katsis
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Peter Katsis is an American music manager.
In 2002, a Vanity Fair
article called him "The Best Music Manager In The Business".
At the age of 23 he managed his first group, the infamous Chicago alt-rock band Ministry
.
During the mid-80's while in Chicago Katsis was closely involved with the birth of house music as he acted as the main agent for the Chicago house acts sending artists like Marshal Jefferson and Adonis to London and New York.
Since then he has been involved with the careers of over 30 platinum recording artists including Jane's Addiction, KORN, Limp Bizkit, Audioslave, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and Backstreet Boys. http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/peter-katsis/720549
His accomplishments include producing the only concert by an American rock band in the Castro era in Cuba, when Audioslave played a free show in Havana in 2005 for over 100,000 fans.http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/0511/03/accent/6audioslav.htm
In 2002, a Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
article called him "The Best Music Manager In The Business".
At the age of 23 he managed his first group, the infamous Chicago alt-rock band Ministry
Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
.
During the mid-80's while in Chicago Katsis was closely involved with the birth of house music as he acted as the main agent for the Chicago house acts sending artists like Marshal Jefferson and Adonis to London and New York.
Since then he has been involved with the careers of over 30 platinum recording artists including Jane's Addiction, KORN, Limp Bizkit, Audioslave, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and Backstreet Boys. http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/peter-katsis/720549
His accomplishments include producing the only concert by an American rock band in the Castro era in Cuba, when Audioslave played a free show in Havana in 2005 for over 100,000 fans.http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/0511/03/accent/6audioslav.htm