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David Bason
Born (1973-02-22) February 22, 1973 (age 51)
Occupation(s)Music manager
LabelsRCA Records, Roadrunner Records, Decca Records, Century Media Records, Red Bull Records

David Bason (born February 22, 1973) is a music manager and record executive.[1] Working in A&R at RCA Records, Roadrunner Records, Decca Records, Century Media Records and Red Bull Records, he signed The Strokes, The Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer, New York Dolls, Matt Skiba, Blaqk Audio, Jesse Malin, Badflower and The Cult.[2]

Artist management[edit]

Bason has managed Thirty Seconds To Mars, James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins/A Perfect Circle), Laura Jane Grace, Flora Cash, Cerebral Ballzy, Beta Radio, Justin Tranter's band Semi Precious Weapons, Pink Mountaintops, Black Mountain, Zipper Club, Strand of Oaks, The Joy Formidable, Ryan Hadlock, Ron Gallo, Eli Thomson and Blondfire, as well as Grammy-winning, platinum producer/engineers, including Ryan Hadlock (Zach Bryan, The Lumineers, Brandi Carlile, Vance Joy) Karen Kosowski (Mickey Guyton, Pentatonix) Ted Hutt (Dropkick Murphys, Gaslight Anthem, Old Crow Medicine Show), David Kahne (Lana Del Rey, Sublime), Dennis Herring (Elvis Costello, Counting Crows), Jon Kaplan (Cage the Elephant, Gavin DeGraw), David Bendeth (Paramore, Bring Me The Horizon), Elvis Baskette (Slash, Incubus) Chris Shaw (Public Enemy, Bob Dylan), and Kenny Carkeet (Night Riots, Bear Hands).[3]

Career[edit]

Bason began his career as tour manager of Treble Charger in 1997, where he met David Bendeth, a subsequent management client.[4] In 2001, after leading the charge at RCA Records to sign the band The Strokes, Bason began running the alternative arm of Roadrunner Records, where his first signing was The Dresden Dolls – whose lead singer Amanda Palmer went on to become a Kickstarter cover girl and New York Times Best-Selling author, as well as signing The Cult and The New York Dolls for their 2006 comeback album, One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This.[5]

In 2006, Bason founded the Universal Music-distributed Stay Gold Records where he signed punk rock bands and produced several dub reggae remixes.[6]

In 2009, after seven years at Roadrunner Records and A&R stints with Red Bull Records, Decca Records and Century Media records (where he signed Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba and an AFI side project), Bason was recruited to join the LA-based boutique firm The MGMT Company.[7] While there, Bason managed Thirty Seconds to Mars, the Atlanta-based group The Constellations (Virgin Records), guided the indie-pop band Blondfire to a bidding war deal with Warner Bros., and signed the infamous New York black punk band Cerebral Ballzy to Julian Casablancas' Cult Records label.[8]

In 2014, Bason was asked by Phil McGraw to be president of Hundred Handed Records which released Coheed and Cambria's albums including The Color Before the Sun.[9]

In 2017, Bason became a partner at Wax Audio Group, a label releasing audio books on vinyl with the book publishers HarperCollins and Hachette. Releases include David Foster Wallace, Jerry Garcia, Amanda Palmer, Nelson Mandela and Joe Hill. Wax has also reissued the classic Bad Brains album Black Dots.[10]

Bason has headed the west coast at 7S Management since 2019.[11] Bason also sings and writes for the band Barfbag (with members of The Dresden Dolls and AWOLNATION), the band War Orphan (with ex-member of Sick of It All Richie Cipriano), and the band Lords of The Drift (with ex-members of Thirty Seconds to Mars, Black Mountain and Strand of Oaks).[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Annual Directory of A&R" (PDF). Music Connection Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "A&R Registry September/October 2016" (PDF). Red Peters. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
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    - "Decca Records". Skim Leads.
    - "Red Bull Records". Skim Leads.
  3. ^ "David Bason Discography at Discogs". Discogs.
    - "About James Iha". James Iha.
    - "Contact". Beta Radio. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
    - Bush, Brett (October 13, 2016). "Signing Story: Zipper Club". Music Connection. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
    - "Blondfire: From Blogs to Major Label". Music Connection Magazine. October 31, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
    - "Contact David". David Bendeth.
    - "Contact Strand of Oaks". Strand of Oaks.
  4. ^ "David Bason Bio". Loud.
  5. ^ "Wizzle World: April 2008". Wizzle World.
    - "New York Dolls have signed to Roadrunner Records". Retrieved April 7, 2018.
    - "Born Into This". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Shetler Island Sound". Shetler Island Sound. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
    - "Punk/Dub Remixers Cry Tuff Council Puts Their Spin On Estelle".
  7. ^ Goetz, Rick. "The Evolving Role of Managers". Music Consultant.
  8. ^ "Better In Leather". Record of The Day.
    - "Jaded & Faded". AllMusic.
    - "The Constellations". The Constellations. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  9. ^ "Hundred Handed Artist The Golden Hippie Featured". The Free Library. [dead link]
  10. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Hachette Audio & Wax Audio Group Launch Vinyl Audiobook Series". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
    - "Hachette Audio & Wax Audio Group Announce Partnership". Force Field PR.
  11. ^ "Bason Drums For 7S". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
    - "David Bason Joins 7S Management To Lead Los Angeles Expansion". Celebrity Access. July 25, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
    - "7S Management Expands with New Los Angeles Office and Taps David Bason to Lead LA Operations". Broadway World. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  12. ^ "Hear Barfbag's New Punk Protest Anthem Featuring AWOLNATION, Dresden Dolls Alums". Revolver Magazine. April 22, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
    - Callwood, Brett (September 10, 2020). "Barfbag Revives Protest Punk". LA Weekly. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
    - Kamiński, Karol (August 3, 2020). "Top 10 Favorite Protest Songs, by socio-political protest band BARFBAG". IDIOTEQ. Retrieved September 21, 2020."War Orphan (Feat. Ex-Sick Of It All, Reach) Release First Single "Autonomous Zone"". Volatile Weekly. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
    - "War Orphan Lambastes Trump; Issues Warning To Voters With New Single "Prop Up The Polls"". Metal Devastation Radio.
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    - "Check out the new track by War Orphan!". LoudHacker. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
    - "War Orphan (Ft. Ex-sick Of It All, Reach) Release First Single "Autonomous Zone"". The Magic of Metal. September 7, 2020.
    - Callwood, Brett (September 29, 2020). "My Favorite Album: WarOrphan's David Bason". LA Weekly.
    - Mann, Peter (June 14, 2020). "Iconic Music Manager and Record Executive David Bason Has a New Hardcore Project Barfbag And a New Single Titled "Pornocracy"". mxdwn Music.
    - "BARFBAG Takes Aim At Human Trafficking In New Song "She Doesn't Want To Be Here"". Metal In Metal Out. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
    - "BARFBAG Rails Against Kleptocratic Gov't In Seething New Punk Song, "Right To Fight Back"". Volatile Weekly. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
    - "Barfbag Calls Out The President In Scathing New Politicaly [sic] Charged Hardcore Track "pornocracy"". Metal Devastation Radio.
    - "BARFBAG Calls for Action on 'Street Crime'". Girl Underground Music. August 27, 2020.
    - Swingle, Emily (April 28, 2020). "BARFBAG – Right To Fight Back". Bittersweet Press.
    - "Barfbag Take Aim At Human Trafficking In New Song". The Moshville Times. September 17, 2020.

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