Seymour Stein: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2005

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/seymour-stein/bio/

Stein helped found Sire Records in 1966. Stein signed a number of important acts over the years including:

The Ramones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlX7P0nhaI

The Talking Heads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM

The Pretenders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YARxccf0Uno

Madonna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSaC-YbSDpo

He renamed punk music “new wave” to avoid the negative connotations. His wife was murdered in 2007 and Stein has not remarried. He remains president at Sire to this day.