“Between his people skills and genuine Mo-ness we were able to shift gears,” Anthony Kiedis said of Mo Ostin’s place in signing the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Warner Records.
was getting courted by new labels including Ostin’s.wrote, Ostin called the band regardless to congratulate them, and the band was so moved they chose to work with him instead. Their first album under Warner was the major breakthrough“He was comfortable breaking bread with royalty or punks from the gutters of Hollywood — it was kind of special.”
After leaving Warner in 1994, Ostin also worked with Dreamworks in 1995 to found the entertainment company’s music division. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, introduced by Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon and Young. “I love Mo, and you talk about a phrase that means something different today than what it used to mean, it’s called behind the music. That phrase now connotes soap operas to me, but this man Mo Ostin was behind the music,” Young said at the induction. “He was behind making it happen, he was behind letting it happen however it was going to happen, and he was behind keeping it happening. And that’s why Reprise and Warner Brothers were the greatest label ever in music, as far as I’m concerned.
Ostin is survived by his son Michael; his wife Evelyn died in 2005, and Ostin’s two other sons Kenny and Randy died in 2004 and 2013, respectively. “In an era when creative entrepreneurs are revered, we celebrate Mo Ostin as a pioneer who wrote the rulebook for others to follow,” Warner Music Group’s CEO of recorded music Max Lousada said in a statement. “Warner Music Group and Warner Records wouldn’t exist without his passion, vision, and intelligence. He not only helped build one of the world’s greatest music companies, but he inspired a culture driven by bravery and ingenuity.
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