The Music Business – Yesterday and Today

by Terry Selders   Badlees Story Related Articles Acknowledgements Badlees.com Everyone knows that the music business is radically different than it was 10 or 15 years ago, but changes were already in motion early in the career of The Badlees. Soundscan started tracking record sales in 1991. The next year, radio airplay monitoring services moved … Read more

Badlees Related Articles

Badlees Story Related Articles Acknowledgements Badlees.com Badlees Profile Supporting Articles Full Disclosure by Ric Albano An open and honest revealing of the relationship over the years between members of the Badlees and their families, and the primary authors of this profile and how that shaped its writing.   The Backbone of the Band by J.D. … Read more

Badlees Profile Acknowledgements

Badlees Story Related Articles Acknowledgements Badlees.com   This profile would not possible, if we did not “stand on the shoulders” of those who were following, documenting, and writing about the Badlees story from the beginning. About a year ago, I came across a web page put together by Alan K. Stout that linked to all … Read more

The Badlees Story, Part 6

Badlees Story Related Articles Acknowledgements Badlees.com   Intro    Part 1    Part 2    Part 3    Part 4    Part 5    Part 6    Part 7                   

The Badlees Story, Part 5

Badlees Story Related Articles Acknowledgements Badlees.com The decision to make a new album was spearheaded by Chris Fetchko, a 27-year-old native of West Hazleton, PA, who eventually replaced Terry Selders as the The Badlees’ new manager. Fetchko, who also worked at Capitol Records in New York City, had actively lobbied the band to let him … Read more

The Badlees Story, Part 4

Badlees Story Related Articles Acknowledgements Badlees.com There would be yet another delay in the release of the now finished Up There, Down Here album, this time from Fall 1998 to “date uncertain” and there were no marketing or tour support plans coming from Universal for the foreseeable future. Worst of all, there was no one … Read more