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For over a decade Dennis's Menace company has worked with a diverse range of artists like Lisa Millett, I Monster, Steve Edwards The All Seeing I, Mojave 3 and former Slowdive members Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell as well as several record producers including Matt Aitken , Mark van Hoen and Gary Benson. Menace Music has represented many successful US songwriters in the UK including Maria Mckee, Skip Scarborough, Bryan Maclean and Doug Sahm as well as a number of UK writers including Frankie Miller and Feargal Sharkey. Menace also has a long-term, world-wide co-venture agreement with Universal Music Publishing to which singer Steve Edwards and Mojave 3's leader Neil Halstead became the 1st signings.He started his music industry career in 1975 at Chrysalis Music then joined RCA Records and by late 1977 was at new publishing set up Riva Music signing The Clash, Rod Stewart, John Mellencamp, Billy Nicholls and Air Supply. By1980 he was MD and in 1984 was appointed Exec VP of Riva's USA recording and music publishing companies.In 1985 he took over as MD of RCA- Ariola Music where he worked with acts including Eurythmics. Sisters of Mercy and signed Steve 'Silk 'Hurley, the Mission, All About Eve, Bruce Hornsby, Lisa Stansfield, Steve Earle, David Grant, Imagination's Lee John and Ashley Ingram, Maria McKee and Clannad He soon established the renamed BMG Music Publishing as one of the UK's top 5 music publishers.In 1988 he moved to EG Group, working with writers like Gary Benson, Youth, Killing Joke and KLF's Jimmy Cautey and established an independent US presence for EG's music interests in LA. He revamped the marketing of the EG label's back catalogue of albums by Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, King Crimson and Brian Eno, He also acquired several significant US and European music publishing catalogues. EG's decision to sell most of their music interests to Virgin Records and BMG Music in early 1991, followed by a brief spell working with the inimitable Jazz and Tim at Big Life Music led to his decision to establish his own firm.
Dennis has served extensively on various Music Industry bodies including the PRS General Council (from 1984) and the Music Publishers' Association Council (from 1987)
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