American music executive and music journalist (1959–2022)
Terry Tolkin
Born
(1959-09-10)September 10, 1959
Kansas, U.S.
Died
January 21, 2022(2022-01-21) (aged 62)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
A&R representative, music executive, music journalist
Known for
Touch & Go Records, Rough Trade Records, No.6 Records, Elektra Records
Terry Tolkin (September 10, 1959 – January 21, 2022) was an American music executive and music journalist.
In the 1980s, Tolkin worked for several record labels, including Touch & Go Records, Rough Trade Records, and his own No.6 Records. From 1992 to 1996, he was an A&R representative for Elektra Records, where he signed alternative groups such as Stereolab and Afghan Whigs.
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and Ween. The label's A&R department included former music journalist TerryTolkin, who was credited with coining the term "alternative music" in the late...
dishwashers, the group was unhappy about the album being released on Ward 9. TerryTolkin, a friend and their East Coast booking agent, signed the band to Corey...
music to which it refers were known by a variety of terms. In 1979, TerryTolkin used the term Alternative Music to describe the groups he was writing...
band released Karmic on No. 6 Records, a label run by Elektra A&R head TerryTolkin. That summer, as Nada Surf toured the United States with Superdrag, their...
Washington, D.C. With the label under their ownership, the Rusks hired TerryTolkin who signed the Butthole Surfers and Virgin Prunes to the label, and also...
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Britta". In 1992, Wareham signed a demo deal with Elektra Records' A&R VP TerryTolkin and recorded a number of tracks with Mercury Rev drummer Jimy Chambers...
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nova singer Karolos Trikolidis, 74, Austrian classical conductor 21 – TerryTolkin, 62, American music journalist and music executive (Elektra Records)...
eventually land the pair a contract with Elektra Records. In April 1994, TerryTolkin, then an A&R VP for Elektra, offered them a deal. In January 1996, the...
Hill Records for the similarities between the two tracks. 99 employee TerryTolkin and Liquid Liquid member Richard McGuire have both accused Sugar Hill...
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"The Foxey Playground" and "Kill Whitey" co-written with David Park and TerryTolkin; all music is composed by Unrest Adapted from the Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation...
writer along with Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, and head writer Mel Tolkin. The writing staff proved widely influential. Reiner, as creator of The...
pilot for HBO called 1% directed by Alan Taylor and written by Michael Tolkin. The show never aired on HBO due to creative conflicts with early Hells...
show is based on the fantasy novel series The Sword of Truth written by Terry Goodkind and follows a woods guide who, after being thrust into a world...
Lanes Paramount Pictures Roger Michell (director); Chap Taylor, Michael Tolkin (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack...
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