Lindy Goetz

Lindy David Goetz (born December 5, 1947)^[1] 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.^[2] Goetz had also managed the Ohio Players,^[3] during his time as a promotion person with Mercury Records.

As an existing talent manager in the Los Angeles area,^[4] Goetz first heard the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1983, playing at the Kit Kat Club, a burlesque bar owned by Eddie Nash.^[5] Band members Anthony Kiedis and Flea thereafter visited Goetz' offices and proposed that he manage the group, which he agreed to do.^[3] Goetz thereafter negotiated a seven-album contract for the band with EMI Records.^[6] Goetz was also instrumental in negotiations when the band wished to change record labels, ultimately moving to Warner Bros. Records in 1990.^[7] Goetz remained as manager of the band until 1998,^[6] when he chose to leave music management and retire to Ojai, California.^[8] His consistent loyalty to the band is considered to have been instrumental to its success.^[9]

In 1995, Goetz was the executive producer of Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon,^[10] featuring various Alternative rock and mainstream rock acts performing Lennon songs.

References

1. Particulars of Lindy David Goetz; quanki.com. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
2. Sheree Homer, 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, Jay DeWitt White on bass and 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 The Tragic Band. Larden and DeWitt White would later become members of Toast, the backing band for The Monkees in the late 1970s.
3. 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.
4. 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, The Education of Bob Forrest. Los Angeles Times, November 7, 1992. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
5. Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue (Hyperion Books, 2004), pp. 121-122.
6. Alex Hudson, Red Hot Chili Peppers Miraculous Masters of Mayhem. Exclaim!, August 22, 2011. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
7. Anthony Kiedis, Scar Tissue (Hyperion Books, 2004), pp. 259-262.
8. 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.
9. Jeff Apter, 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."
10. Credits - Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon; Discogs. Retrieved 2017-07-01.