{"id":5643,"date":"2026-08-07T05:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T05:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5643"},"modified":"2026-08-07T05:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T05:06:07","slug":"peter-katsis-veteran-manager-for-backstreet-boys-korn-janes-addiction-and-more-dies-at-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5643","title":{"rendered":"Peter Katsis, Veteran Manager for Backstreet Boys, Korn, Jane\u2019s Addiction and More, Dies at 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nPeter Katsis, a co-founder of the management companies the Firm and Prospect Park who over the course of a 35-year career managed an unusually wide wide variety of artists including Backstreet Boys, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Jane\u2019s Addiction Morrissey, Ministry and more, died Thursday due to complications from congestive heart failure, a rep confirms to <em>Variety<\/em>. He was 69.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5641\">\u2018Michael\u2019 Boosts Lionsgate Quarterly Results as Studio Narrows Loss to $29 Million<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tA native of Chicago, Katsis cut his teeth at the concert board at Northern Illinois University and got his professional start in the early \u201980s, managing the alternative band Ministry, who were a synth-pop group at the time but would soon be among the leaders of the genre known as industrial. An active figure on the Chicago dance-music scene of the era, he also worked as an A&amp;R executive at Trax Precision Records booked many of those acts, including Marshal Jefferson and Adonis.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn 1990 he relocated to Los Angeles and worked with such artists as English Beat spinoff General Public, the Cramps and jazz duo Tuck and Patti. In 1997 he became a partner at the powerhouse management company the Firm, where along with partner and Firm CEO Jeff Kwatinetz, he played a pivotal role in the careers of Backstreet Boys, Korn, Enrique Iglesias, 30 Seconds to Mars, Snoop Dogg, OneRepublic, Audioslave, Limp Bizkit and others. His touring background helped guide the Backstreet Boys, at the time one of the biggest groups in the world, from arenas to stadiums. He won a Pollstar Award for Most Creative Stage Design for the group\u2019s \u201cMillennium\u201d tour.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCounterintuitively, at the same time he was a major force in the nu-metal genre of the era, managing such titans as Korn and Limp Bizkit, as well as Jared Leto\u2019s group 30 Seconds to Mars and Audioslave, which featured ex-Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell and members of Rage Against the Machine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5639\">\u2018The Big Bang Theory\u2019 Star Melissa Rauch on Her Larger-Than-Life Surprise Role on \u2018Stuart Fails to Save the Universe\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFrom 2008 to 2014, Katsis, Kwatinetz and Rich Frank founded Prospect Park Entertainment, working with several of the above artists as well as the Smashing Pumpkins, Jane\u2019s Addiction and Ice Cube. However, after a 25-year partnership, he and Kwatinetz had a bitter split in 2015 and parted ways, but reunited and re-partnered several years later.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the following years, he continued to work with the Pumpkins and Jane\u2019s Addiction, as well as Morrissey, Liz Phair, Bush, 311, Pentatonix, and 5 Seconds of Summer. The acts thrived on tour; it\u2019s safe to say he oversaw the most productive era of Morrissey\u2019s career since the early \u201890s, including two nights at the Hollywood Bowl, a five-night stand in London and a mini-residency on Broadway. He also helped the Pumpkins return to arena status and oversaw Phair\u2019s 2023 tour for behind the 30th Anniversary tour of her classic \u201cExile in Guyville\u201d album.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5637\">LISTEN: Fear, Loathing and Endless Potential: AI4 Conference Takes Stock of Transformative Technologies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tKatsis is survived by his sister, Anastasia Katsis, and his son Ian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Katsis, who over the course of a 35-year career managed Backstreet Boys, Korn, Morrissey, Limp Bizkit, Ministry and more, has died. 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