Pt 1. Signing Gwen Stefani / No Doubt & Joining Interscope Before it Was Born — Tony Ferguson

Tony Ferguson is from the U.K. and one of the very first hires at Interscope Records before the label even existed. He's also a consummate musician, music producer and all around good human. He was also my mentor when i worked in the music business. He signed and discovered Gwen Stefani / No Doubt and fought to keep them on the label when the label wanted to drop them(Gwen and No Doubt would go onto sell 50+ million copies worldwide). EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS // + Growing up playing in bands in London + Touring with ZZ Top and going through the racist south as a Brit + Where he was when he heard the john Lennon had been killed + Touring post riot Detroit + Getting the unexpected / fateful phone call from Jimmy Iovine + Managing bands with Jimmy Iovine + Ted Fields wealthy financier comes in to back Interscope + The very first hit Interscope had.. a cheesy Latin hip hop song + Signing Gwen Stefani & No Doubt, Jimmy wanting to break up the band + How Tony was harshly judged by his peers for signing No Doubt + How Tony ended up discovering No Doubt and how ZERO Producers wanted to work with Gwen and the band at first