Lindy Goetz
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Lindy David Goetz (born December 5, 1947)[http://quanki.com/person.php?person=08S77ZV3N3T Particulars of Lindy David Goetz]; quanki.com. Retrieved 2017-06-21. is notable as the longtime manager of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
History
Lindy Goetz was a promotion person for record companies, who later became a talent manager in the Los Angeles area. In 1972, Goetz, then a promotion person at MCA Records, was instrumental in forming the Stone Canyon Band for Ricky Nelson, within days after Nelson's original band members had resigned.[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3024501.Sheree_Homer Sheree Homer], [https://books.google.com/books?id=DBiPOnnsslwC&dq=Lindy+Goetz&pg=PA103 Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer] (McFarland, 2012), p. 103. Retrieved 2017-06-26. Band members approached and organized by Goetz were Dennis Larden on guitar, [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-dewitt-white-mn0001535007 Jay DeWitt White] on bass and [http://www.beefheart.com/the-tragic-band/ Ty Grimes] on drums. Larden had encountered previous success as a member of Every Mother's Son. Grimes later played with Captain Beefheart, as a member of [http://www.beefheart.com/the-tragic-band/ The Tragic Band]. Larden and DeWitt White would later become members of [http://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/toast-in-1980 Toast], the backing band for The Monkees in the late 1970s. Goetz had also managed the Ohio Players,Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue (Hyperion Books, 2004), p. 122. Goetz' management of the Ohio Players was particularly attractive to Keidis and Flea, since the Ohio Players were one of the band members' favorite groups. during his time as a promotion person with Mercury Records.
As an existing talent manager in the Los Angeles area,Managing, as an example, Thelonious Monster, including Bob Forrest. Both Forrest and Thelonious Monster would become part of the development history of Red Hot Chili Peppers. See Robert Hilburn, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-07-ca-1266-story.html The Education of Bob Forrest]. Los Angeles Times, November 7, 1992. Retrieved 2017-06-12. Goetz first heard the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1983, playing at the [https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-jun-20-la-fi-hollywood-boulevard-20130620-story.html Kit Kat Club], a burlesque bar owned by Eddie Nash.Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue (Hyperion Books, 2004), pp. 121-122. Band members Anthony Kiedis and Flea thereafter visited Goetz' offices and proposed that he manage the group, which he agreed to do. Goetz thereafter negotiated a seven-album contract for the band with EMI Records.[https://twitter.com/chippedhip?lang=en Alex Hudson], [http://exclaim.ca/music/article/red_hot_chili_peppers-miraculous_masters_of_mayhem Red Hot Chili Peppers Miraculous Masters of Mayhem]. Exclaim!, August 22, 2011. Retrieved 2017-06-21. Goetz was also instrumental in negotiations when the band wished to change record labels, ultimately moving to Warner Bros. Records in 1990.Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue (Hyperion Books, 2004), pp. 259-262. Goetz remained as manager of the band until 1998, when he chose to leave music management and retire to Ojai, California.Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue (Hyperion Books, 2004), p. 392. Keidis contends that Goetz' retirement was precipitated by the recent death of Goetz' wife and the influence of a new girlfriend. His consistent loyalty to the band is considered to have been instrumental to its success.[https://www.amazon.com/Jeff-Apter/e/B001K8COVE Jeff Apter], [https://books.google.com/books?id=cd1Mfte7wuEC&dq=lindy+goetz&pg=PT160 Fornication: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story], Omnibus Press, 2009. Retrieved 2017-06-21. As stated by Kim Fowley, "Lindy Goetz...was Brian Epstein, he was Colonel Parker, he was Malcolm McLaren. I have nothing but good things to say about Lindy Goetz and his 25-hour-a-day belief in that band."
In 1995, Goetz was the executive producer of Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon,[https://www.discogs.com/Various-Working-Class-Hero-A-Tribute-To-John-Lennon/release/1895088 Credits - Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon]; Discogs. Retrieved 2017-07-01. featuring various Alternative rock and mainstream rock acts performing Lennon songs.