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401K to represent Shaun Ryder’s Black Grape catalogue
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 12 December 2014
Shaun Ryder has signed a new worldwide publishing deal with Brooklyn-based 401K Music, covering songs he wrote as part of Black Grape.
Says 401K founder Veronica Gretton: “Shaun is one of my favourite people in the music business and I’m delighted to be back working with him. I first worked with Shaun nearly 20 years ago while at Radioactive Records. Next year is the 20th anniversary of [Black Grape’s] number one debut album, ‘It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah!’, and I think its distinct mix of rap, house, rock and pop has yet to be duplicated by anyone. I can’t wait for us to start working the songs and bringing them to new audiences”.
She adds: “I’m pleased that he’s happy and healthy and got his life back on track and we’re here to clean up some business dealing that took advantage of him back in the day. First order of business on the publishing and recording side is to do a worldwide sweep of the monies due to him, to tidy up copyright registrations worldwide, and get his share of monies rolling in to him immediately. We’re going to team up with the label, Universal, to pitch all the music supervisors and ad companies. We want them all to know that Shaun Ryder and Black Grape are very much open for business”.
As well as pushing Black Grape’s music for sync in 2015, Ryder will be touring with The Happy Monday’s to mark the 25th anniversary of their ‘Pills, Thrills And Bellyaches’ album, and working on a number of TV projects, including the second series of ‘Shaun Ryder On UFOs’ for The History Channel.
