Matt Bates: from Shrewsbury to ’shambles
Primary Talent’s Matt Bates has built a reputation as a wizard of artist development over a phenomenal 20 years in the business
Feature By Gordon Masson | 22 January 2019
Many of us, when young, dreamt idly of running away with a band or the circus. When Babyshambles kick-started his career as an agent, Matt Bates did both.
Growing up in Shrewsbury in a house where Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac and Status Quo were on heavy rotation, Bates was initially into Michael Jackson, New Kids On The Block and Ace of Base. The release of Blur’s Parklife in 1994 was to prove the catalyst for music taking over his life.
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