Former Artists Rights Spartacus, David Fagin’s new Britpop Tribute Causes a Stir
NY, NY — David Fagin is no stranger to controversy. In the early 00’s his band, The Rosenbergs, was credited as the first to go viral after they turned down a horrifically bad deal with Universal Music’s “Farmclub”, a start-up label and TV show, and precursor to American Idol.
Fast forward almost a quarter-century, past lectures on the music biz at universities such as NYU, Emory, Vanderbilt, even Harvard, past partnerships with Napster and Robert Fripp, tours with Echo and The Bunnymen and Modern English, past opening slots for The Strokes and Duran Duran, an appearance on Howard Stern w/ Gene Simmons, week-long stints on Carson Daly, numerous appearances on Dennis Miller, past his testimony on Capitol Hill alongside Alanis Morrisette on behalf of artists nationwide, past a failed ...