A decorated road manager of noted European multi-platinum artists, in 1997, Svein Suede signed Atomic Junkshot as his first American act and would go on to found Virginia Perl Management. The son of noted Swedish jazz musicians, Suede had dreams of following in his parents’ footsteps until a bus accident near Schwartzwald, Germany, took the use of his fingers and left eye. But Suede's prolific knowledge of the music industry paved a pathway into road management—helping build lucrative careers. He periodically refers to those early, drug-induced years on the road as, “Champagne on a beer budget," often competing in competitive bearding events for spare cash and adding obscure tattoos in each country they visited. But the grind built expertise and his legend in successfully managing emerging bands grew. Under his guidance, noted French punk rock band Serpents en Pantalone exploded in popularity — opening for Tenacious D, Metallica and Gordon Lightfoot — and he grew so close with so many of his colleagues that Jack Black attributes the beast in the Tenacious D song "Tribute" to Suede after a bar fight in Aix et Provence. Reach Svein at virginiaperlmusic@gmail.com.
The third-cousin of actor Aaron Paul, Atomic Junkshot publicist Ari Paul built his career as a deputy press secretary in the Clinton White House, notably managing media strategy around the Monica Lewinksy scandal and Whitewater investigation. But the day-to-day rigors of politics grew tiring and Paul left Washington to work in Los Angeles
The third-cousin of actor Aaron Paul, Atomic Junkshot publicist Ari Paul built his career as a deputy press secretary in the Clinton White House, notably managing media strategy around the Monica Lewinksy scandal and Whitewater investigation. But the day-to-day rigors of politics grew tiring and Paul left Washington to work in Los Angeles on behalf of emerging and established music acts. In 2002, he was working with Spandau Ballet in Scottsdale, Arizona, when he saw Atomic Junkshot performing at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix. Paul was struck by the band's stage presence, frontman Aaron Perlut's lyrical tension, and Atomic's thundering hooks. He met the band afterwards in the Scottsdale bar Giligin's, and the rest, as they say, is his....story.
Crystal McGee serves as Atomic Junkshot’s director of social media, unearthing horribly horrible content that appeals to band members related to Muppets, rednecks, redneck Muppets, colonoscopies, deep extra-wide colonoscopies, urethras, extra-wide urethras and adult entertainment to be displayed and enjoyed via the band’s social media acc
Crystal McGee serves as Atomic Junkshot’s director of social media, unearthing horribly horrible content that appeals to band members related to Muppets, rednecks, redneck Muppets, colonoscopies, deep extra-wide colonoscopies, urethras, extra-wide urethras and adult entertainment to be displayed and enjoyed via the band’s social media accounts. As the official band archivist, she’s also responsible for cataloguing all use by band members of black-tar heroin, rectal thermometers, karate headbands, number two pencils and mustache wax.