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Seymour Stein was regarded as one of the most legendary talent spotters in the music business.

A champion of punk and new wave, his label helped break Talking Heads, the Replacements, Dead Boys, the Smiths, the Pretenders, the Saints, and many others

Seymour Stein, whose label Sire Records launched Madonna’s career and signed iconic acts including the Ramones and Talking Heads, has died.

“True West” is a new biography of a playwright and actor who was laconic in person but spoke volumes in his work.

The record industry maverick made Sire Records a force when he signed the Ramones and Talking Heads, followed by Madonna, Depeche Mode, Seal and others, including San Diego's Candye Kane and The Unknowns

Seymour Stein signed the Talking Heads, Madonna, Ice-T, Depeche Mode and dozens of other artists to Sire Records, which he co-founded in 1967.

Donald Pleasence was a working actor. Looking at his filmography, you'll see how he didn't want to spend too much time away from a film set. He appeared in big

‘Punk is as cynically commercial as anything else, and that it was pretty much designed that way from the start.’ Anouchka Grose on the birth and death and rebirth of punk.

What seems to be happening is burgeoning tolerance in some parts of young people’s world view, especially around issues of identity

>> how should it be done? >> no pyrotechnics, no phoney showmanship. pure rock n roll energy, pure good stamina. ♪ ♪ ♪ blitzkrieg bop ♪ >> its just real and raw and theres no crap involved. as opposed to the standard shalack we hear on the top 40. >> the ramones were one part of a wider new york scene. >> you have people like patty smith -- >> im an artist. rock n roll is my art. >> the new york dolls -- >> the dead boys. >> rock n roll anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> i belong ...