Daily: “The Police couldn’t get arrested!” – MILES COPELAND’s maverick life in music

<p>What if you discovered that your Dad was living a double life, and really worked in the CIA? Does managing The Police prepare you for advising the Pentagon? From his chateau in France, maverick music manager <strong>Miles Copeland</strong> chats to Dorian Lynskey about his memoirs <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Miles-Copeland/Two-Steps-Forward-One-Step-Back--My-Life-In-The-Music-Business/25765078" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Two Steps Forward, One Step Back</a>, moving from the Middle East and London, and how his record label IRS launched the careers of The Go-Gos, The Bangles, and R.E.M.</p><ul><li><em>“I already knew my Dad was in the CIA when I was fourteen years old.”</em></li><li><em>“If you don't LIKE the music, how can you really sell it?”</em></li><li><em>“When I heard Roxanne, I knew it was a song that would change our lives.”</em></li><li><em>“Most bands think once they've made it, then they’ve made it. But what goes up must come down.”</em></li><li><em>“There are many Iraqi women who preferred life under Saddam Hussein.”</em></li></ul><p>Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. <strong>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>