PRIMARY WAVE SIGNS WORLDWIDE CO-PUBLISHING DEAL WITH THE ONE AND ONLY PPL MVR
The World’s Craziest & Hairiest Band that Broke onto the Scene At the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
New York, N.Y. (June 16, 2015) — The One and Only PPL MVR (pronounced People Mover), has signed a worldwide co-publishing deal with Primary Wave Music Publishing under their joint venture with BMG. The rock band, who has been dubbed as the craziest and hairiest band in the world, has been making spectacles nationwide since they first walked off the mountains and hit the scene at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Signed to Elektra Records, the three band creatures released their debut EP “The One and Only PPL MVR” on April 20, which features their self-titled, first single “People Mover,” that premiered on NPR, and introduced the world to their garage-rock sound with roaring synth-effected vocals and paired with ragging guitars, grunts and growls.
As Billboard explains, “They look like three deranged versions of Chewbacca from Star Wars, and they communicate largely with screams, groans, and foot stomps,” but when they hit the stage their music is not a spectacle or joke, it’s real and generating great buzz from music critics. PPL MVR was recognized by Alternative Press Magazine as one of the “100 Bands to Watch in 2015;” NME chose them as their “Buzz Band of the Week;” Kerrang! Magazine added PPL MVR to their list of “21 Artists Shaping the Future of Rock;” and just recently, Vice exclusively premiered their new music video for “Let’s Take This Outside.” Additionally, the primal-rock trio sold out Hollywood’s Bardot Lounge in February and has upcoming shows at iHeartComix Los Globos (6/23 in Los Angeles), Summerfest 2015 (6/30 in Milwaukee), Pemberton Music Festival (7/18 in Canada), Rock The Shores (7/19 in Canada), and Festival Supreme(10/10 in Los Angeles). Additionally, PPL MVR is signed to the Talent Management roster at Primary Wave Entertainment and is currently working on new music.
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ABOUT PRIMARY WAVE:
Primary Wave (PW) is one of the largest independent music & entertainment marketing, talent management and music publishing companies in the United States, founded in 2006. PW creates marketing and branding strategies for its diverse roster of Music, Film, TV & Literary talent, through their six in-house operating divisions: Talent & Literary Management, Television/Film Development, Music Publishing, Brand Marketing, Recorded Music, and Digital Marketing, to help cross promote our artists and brand relationships. Under the Primary Wave umbrella, there are two core businesses, Primary Wave Music Publishing and the talent management company, Primary Wave Entertainment, which has recently expanded their reach in the Film & TV industry by merging with top talent management company’s Evolution and Intellectual Artist Management. By uniting Primary Wave’s expertise in music, digital, and branding with Intellectual and Evolution’s strong hold on the film/TV industry, this new powerhouse talent management company will provide full access and opportunities for their roster across multiple platforms from music and film to TV and literary. Collectively, the new talent management roster includes: CeeLo Green, Melissa Etheridge, Cypress Hill, Eric Benét, Natalie Imbruglia, Isac Elliot, The Go-Go’s, Trevor Jackson, PPL MVR, Goodie Mob, Cris Cab, Big Gipp, producer/DJ Audien, on-air personality Nicole Ryan (Sirius; Vh1), plus music writers/producers Jon Levine, Mag and Mitch Allan; and the Film/TV roster includes, Jane Lynch, Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez, Mayim Bialik, David Arquette, Elle McPherson, Peter Facinelli, Gabrielle Union, AJ Cook, William Fichtner, Nia Long, Donald Faison, Manu Bennett, Cole Hauser, as well as Oscar winning screenwriters/directors Jim Rash (Descendants), Mike Radford (Il Postino) and Bobby Moresco (Crash), Oni Press, among others. Primary Wave Entertainment markets their unique music, Film/TV, and literary talent by using multi-media strategies that are developed and executed by the teamwork of their in-house branding company, Brand Synergy Group; digital marketing company, BrightShop; touring division; publicity and Television & Film production / development team, which all support the management and publishing roster as well as retain third party clients.
Primary Wave’s music publishing company, PWMP, entered into a partnership with BMG Rights in September 2013, and strategically sold a large portion of its publishing assets for a significant profit to BMG. Prior to this transaction, Primary Wave’s publishing repertoire included an interest in the Beatles songs written by John Lennon, the catalogs of Kurt Cobain/Nirvana, Steven Tyler/Aerosmith, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Chicago, Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire), Steve Earle, Daniel Johnston, Marvin Hamlisch, The Matrix, Lamont Dozier and Steven Curtis Chapman, as well as developing artists such as Airborne Toxic Event, Albert Hammond Jr., John Forte, The Boxer Rebellion, New Boyz, Taddy Porter, Anberlin and writers such as Gregg Alexander, among others. The repertoire also included marketing and administration agreements with Jimmy Webb, Graham Parker, Evolution Entertainment/Twisted Pictures, Hammer Films, and many others. Primary Wave Music Publishing retained over 5,000 copyrights that it still controls including, Def Leppard, RoccStar, LP, Mac Davis, Katrina and the Waves, Foy Vance, and Tummy Touch. The publishing company has continued to grow its roster and since the BMG partnership, they have signed many artists to the publishing roster including, John Oates, Kate Davis, Aalias (producer/Eminem), Bobby Brackins, Sigma, Will Anderson of Parachute, and more.