Introducing Nick Terzo, legendary A&R Music Executive who discovered and signed the ground-breaking Grunge band Alice In Chains, Mother Love Bone, and guided such artists as Candlebox, Rob Halford (post Judas Priest). He also worked with Madonna in creating her entertainment company Maverick which released ground-breaking albums from Alannis Morissette (33+ MILLION albums sold worldwide of "Jagged Little Pill"), The Prodigy, Candlebox, Muse and many others, as well as releasing the blockbuster film The Matrix in 1999!  We dive DEEP into his signing and development of Alice In Chains from the early days through their landmark album DIRT! Terzo has served in executive and creative roles at The Walt Disney Company, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group. He more recently served as Vice President of Business Development & Operations for the international booking and artist management company, Madison House and as Vice President of Strategy Development at music royalty finance platform,Royalty Exchange. He currently serves as Head of Catalog + Label Partnerships at music distributor Stem.  We talk about the changes in the music industry and how the rolls of A&R personnel and Executives have completely changed from when he began his career! It's a fascinating conversation on what the Music Industry is and what it is becoming with a true Music Insider!:) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices