Miles Copeland

Miles Copeland is a notorious icon and Svengali of the music business known primarily as manager for such superstars as The Police, Sting, Jools Holland, Squeeze, and The Bangles. He is also the founder of IRS Records, the most influential music label of the 80s, which launched the careers of The Go-Go s, R.E.M., Fine Young Cannibals, The Alarm, Concrete Blonde, and Timbuk 3. As agent, manager, or record company, he has worked with artists as varied as the Sex Pistols, Keith Urban, Wishbone Ash...See more

Miles Copeland is a notorious icon and Svengali of the music business known primarily as manager for such superstars as The Police, Sting, Jools Holland, Squeeze, and The Bangles. He is also the founder of IRS Records, the most influential music label of the 80s, which launched the careers of The Go-Go s, R.E.M., Fine Young Cannibals, The Alarm, Concrete Blonde, and Timbuk 3. As agent, manager, or record company, he has worked with artists as varied as the Sex Pistols, Keith Urban, Wishbone Ash, Zucchero, Buzzcocks, The Cramps, Wall Of Voodoo, Blondie, The Moody Blues, and a host of others. See less