In the mid 1980’s, my public junior high school in Texas brought in a presenter to speak to the entire student body. The message was basically, if you listen to heavy metal, you are going to hell. I thought to myself, I am a really good kid, love my family, never got in any trouble, […]

From the Atlantic accounting department to the head of Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s Manticore Records, Mario Medious is a legendary record executive. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mario-medious/id1316200737?i=1000718834384       https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/c714432d-29c3-4db2-a965-b32874c7df6f/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-mario-medious

There are other artists I love more than Billy Joel, but I’ve always respected his talent and craft. Paul McCartney’s comment about Just The Way You Are—that it’s the song he most wishes he would have written—I swear I’ve heard him say the same thing about God Only Knows. Billy was right, Just The Way […]

Well written Bob. I feel very privileged to have worked with Ozzy .First at Virgin Music Publishing and then when I was brought in to run Epic Associated by Tommy Mottola. I hired Michael Goldstone to be my AnR guy and asked him to work with Ozzy on his next album. No More Tears! Goldie […]