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“Your son has shellac in his veins”
That's what Seymour Stein's parents were told by legendary King Records owner Sid Nathan back when Stein was just a boy. Alongside shellac, it's obvious from this evening's interview alongside Tommy Ramone, conducted by XFM's John Kennedy, that music still runs through his veins too.
After signing The Ramones when finished watching the band perform 18 songs in 15 minutes in a New York studio, Stein defended the outcries of his friends, who asked 'How can you fuck up your label with this king of band?' - the response drew enthusiastic applause from the audience: “ I thought this music was fucking brilliant. I didn't care what anyone thought – I never do...”.
Asked by Kennedy if his reading of Ramones' history did indeed include a confession of their admiration of the Bay City Rollers. Tommy confirmed that they all had wide-ranging tastes (his own involvement in a bluegrass label confirms that) – as an aside he also confirmed that The Ramones had “an amazing sense of irony”.
Stein's list of mentors gave a sense of the making of the man – Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, Sid Nathan to name but a few.
Asked by a delegate, if he was starting out these days, which technological tool he would use – well, his response was pure Seymour:
“My ears".
That's what Seymour Stein's parents were told by legendary King Records owner Sid Nathan back when Stein was just a boy. Alongside shellac, it's obvious from this evening's interview alongside Tommy Ramone, conducted by XFM's John Kennedy, that music still runs through his veins too.
After signing The Ramones when finished watching the band perform 18 songs in 15 minutes in a New York studio, Stein defended the outcries of his friends, who asked 'How can you fuck up your label with this king of band?' - the response drew enthusiastic applause from the audience: “ I thought this music was fucking brilliant. I didn't care what anyone thought – I never do...”.
Asked by Kennedy if his reading of Ramones' history did indeed include a confession of their admiration of the Bay City Rollers. Tommy confirmed that they all had wide-ranging tastes (his own involvement in a bluegrass label confirms that) – as an aside he also confirmed that The Ramones had “an amazing sense of irony”.
Stein's list of mentors gave a sense of the making of the man – Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, Sid Nathan to name but a few.
Asked by a delegate, if he was starting out these days, which technological tool he would use – well, his response was pure Seymour:
“My ears".
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