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William Martin Aucoin (December 29, 1943 – June 28, 2010)[1][2] was an American band manager, well known for his work with the rock band Kiss and Billy Idol.
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| Born | William Martin Aucoin December 29, 1943 Ayer, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 28, 2010 (aged 66) Aventura, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Band manager |
| Partner | Roman Fernandez |
Early life, family and education
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Aucoin was born in 1943 in Ayer, Massachusetts. He had two sisters Betty Britton and Janet Bankowski.
He attended Northeastern University, graduating with a degree in film.[3]
Career
editAucoin worked at WGBH in Boston during his college years and after. He later worked at Teletape Productions as a cinematographer.[3] Credited with discovering Kiss, Aucoin managed the group for nearly a decade. He was fired in 1982 due to the band's declining album sales, his managerial decisions,[4] and his drug abuse,[5] but later worked with the band on various DVD projects.
Aucoin was involved in the development of a television show Supermarket Sweep in the early 1970s, and went on to manage and engineer the rise of commercially successful solo acts, such as Billy Squier and Billy Idol, after managing them both in their respective bands (Piper. Generation X) in the mid to late 1970s.[6] [7] From 2005 to 2007, Aucoin went into the Broadway business with a staging of The Who's Quadrophenia, which showed intermittently for two years in Anaheim and Los Angeles.
In 2006, Aucoin had reentered the management business with his company Aucoin Globe Entertainment, and worked with several artists up until his death.
Personal life and demise
editAucoin died from surgical complications while being treated for prostate cancer. He had a partner, Roman Fernandez.
A statement from Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons described him as "our irreplaceable original manager, mentor and dear friend… Words cannot convey his impact on us or those close to him."[8]
List of acts managed
edit- Kiss, 1973–1982
- Piper 1975–1978
- Billy Squier 1979-1985
- Virgin 1977–1979
- New England 1978–1981
- Spider, 1979–1981
- Manowar, 1981
- Kid Rocker, 1981–1983
- Toby Beau, 1978–1980
- Zeus 1978-1980
- Skatt Bros. 1979–1981
- Shawn Sommers 1984
- Gen X 1980–1981
- Billy Idol, 1981–1986
- Endgames, 1983–1985
- Brunette, 1988–1989
- Rising Star, 1989–1990
- Sic Vikki, 1990–1992
- Flipp, 1998–2003
- CREATURE, 1998–2002
- Starz, 1977–1979
- vanSolo, 2007–2008
- Crossbreed, 2003–2010
- Lordi, 2006–2010
- Nothing Rhymes with Orange, 2007–2010
- Evan Saffer, 2007–2010
- NAKED 2009–2010
- BEX, 2010
- The Early Strike, 2010
- Tantric, 2010
- RoqueZa, 1998–2001
- Dreaming in Stereo, 2010[9]
References
edit- ^ "KISS Manager Bill Aucoin Dies". Allaccess.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Aucoin, manager who discovered Kiss, dies at 66 - Yahoo! News". 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "About Bill Aucoin - Rock & Roll Manager". aucoin.biz. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
- ^ Symmons, J. (2023). The Rise of the Fox: 1950-1982, Eric Carr Revealed, Volume 1, an unauthorized biography. Spirit of Inquiry. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-7390695-1-3.
- ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (1997-02-23). "The Bad Boys Start Watching Their Pockets". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- ^ "Piper".
- ^ Perrone, Pierre (July 12, 2010). "Bill Aucoin: Manager who masterminded the rise of KISS and made Billy Idol a solo star". independent.co.uk. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
He helped develop the much-exported format of Supermarket Sweep and for NBC devised a show called Flipside
- ^ Ling, Dave (August 2010). "The Dirt: Bill Aucoin". Classic Rock. No. 148. p. 20.
- ^ "Aucoin_Globe_page". Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2010-06-29.