Roadrunner Bids Farewell To Legendary A&R Man Monte Conner
August 2, 2012, 12 years ago
Roadrunner A&R; man Monte Conner, who signed countless bands to the label over the years (an incomplete list of highlights includes ANNIHILATOR, BIOHAZARD, BRUJERIA, JERRY CANTRELL, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, CHIMAIRA, COAL CHAMBER, CYNIC, DEATH, DEICIDE, DEVILDRIVER, FEAR FACTORY, GOJIRA, GORGUTS, LIFE OF AGONY, MACHINE HEAD, MALEVOLENT CREATION, MURDERDOLLS, NAILBOMB, OBITUARY, PESTILENCE, PORCUPINE TREE, RUSH, SEPULTURA, SLIPKNOT, SOLITUDE AETURNUS, SOULFLY, STONE SOUR, STORM CORROSION, SUFFOCATION, TIMES OF GRACE, TRIVIUM, and TYPE O NEGATIVE), has left Roadrunner after more than 20 years.
The label couldn't let him just slip quietly out the door, so he was visited in his office by a special guest - Troy Norr, vocalist for the KING DIAMOND tribute act THEM.
