BRUCE ALLEN INC
PALM COAST, FLORIDA

bruce allen For more than thirty-seven years, Bruce Allen has been a cornerstone in the Canadian entertainment industry, guiding the careers of musicians, producers, and sports figures. Due to Bruce's shrewd judgment of talent, Bruce Allen Talent has become one of the most powerful management agencies in North America. A native of Vancouver's Dunbar neighbourhood, Allen attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied labour relations and considered a career as a union organizer. His love of music however, took precedent, and in 1966 he formed a booking agency and proceeded to build a company that controlled most of the live music in clubs, high schools and universities by the early 1970's. The company was the forerunner of Sam Feldman and Associates, the partner Bruce brought into the company when his focus turned to management. In 2003 he added Michael Bublé, a Burnaby native, to his roster. A mere one year later, Bublé won a Juno for Best New Artist and saw his self-titled debut album nominated for Album of the Year. In the nine years since, Bublé has won three Grammy Awards, 10 Junos and sold more than 35 million albums worldwide. His 2010 release "Crazy Love", charted in the top five in over a dozen countries and his 2011 seasonal release "Christmas", took the #1 spot on charts in 20 countries and sold an astounding 6.8 million copies worldwide in just 9 weeks. It closed out 2011 on the U.S. Billboard charts as the second largest selling album of the year. In 2008 Allen added award-winning songstress Jann Arden to his management roster. In her 17-year career to date, Arden has had 17 top ten singles, recorded 9 albums and received 8 Juno Awards. Arden is also a broadcaster and a best-selling author. Allen's success in the entertainment industry however, is only part of the story. Well-known in his home city of Vancouver for his civic engagement, Allen has raised money for a variety of causes. Allen's entry for Vancouver's "Orcas in the City" project - "Orca Presley" - helped raise over $400,000 for the BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities and the Canucks for Kids Fund. In 1998, he took part in a climb of the 5,895-metre Mount Kilimanjaro, in a fundraising effort for the Alzheimer Society of BC. His efforts paid off by bringing in more than two-thirds of the $80,000 raised by the charity climb. In 1985, he was named Manager of the Year by two top music industry publications The Record and Billboard. In 1986, Vancouver's Brotherhood Inter-Faith Society named Allen "Man of the Year," and then Mayor, Mike Harcourt proclaimed February 4th, 1986 "Bruce Allen Day." In 2008, he was only the second Canadian manager to be awarded the prestigious Honour Roll for Canadian Managers. In August of 2010, Bruce was awarded the PNE President's Lifetime Achievement Award for furthering the ongoing success of the exhibition. Allen is also well known in Vancouver through an established radio presence. For 16 years he was the host of "Sound Off with Bruce Allen" on CFOX Radio, "Bruce Break" on JACK-FM and currently he is on the airwaves with his popular and controversial daily "Reality Check" commentary on CKNW. 1996 -- BC Business Magazine - Entrepreneur of the Year - Pacific Canada - Services Category  1986 -- February 4th - Bruce Allen Day - proclaimed by Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt  Rock’s innate skill for production was obvious from the very beginning. During any time off from writing, recording or touring with The Payola$, Bob could be found in the studio engineering projects alongside the now late producer, Bruce Fairbairn. The pair were responsible for numerous hit albums including Loverboy’s “Loverboy” and “Wildside”, Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet” and “New Jersey” and Aerosmith’s “Permanent Vacation”. In 1988, Rock produced the debut album from Germany’s Kingdom Come. The record put Bob into the production spotlight and by 1990 Rock had secured production gigs with Blue Murder, Loverboy, The Cult, Motley Crue, David Lee Roth and Cher. The collaboration between Motley Crue and Rock, titled “Dr. Feelgood”, resulted in a No. 1 album – the first for both Rock and the band. “Dr. Feelgood” has sold well over 7 million copies worldwide, and remained on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart for more than two years. Bob produced Metallica’s “St. Anger”, (their sixth together). The CD preceded the release of the critically acclaimed documentary Some Kind of Monster that chronicled the difficulty encountered during the making of the album. Later that year Bob produced the eponymous release by American Band and “Uplifter” by 311 and then finished work on Ron Sexmith’s “Long Player Late Bloomer”, as well as “Everything Always Now” by the reunited Bush. 2011 had Bob in the studio with The Offspring as well as producing “Uncover Me 2” by Canadian singer/songwriter Jann Arden and well as tracks for Michael Buble’s multi-million selling “Christmas”.