Eric Greif
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Eric Greif is a lawyer and entertainment personality known first for a management career within the heavy metal musical genre in the 1980s and later within the legal profession.
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[edit] Youth
Greif grew up in Calgary but wanting to be "where all the record labels were", left when he turned 18 for Los Angeles.[1] He attended the University of Sound Arts in Hollywood wanted to become a recording engineer but soon switched to production when suggested by mentor Ron Fair.[1]
[edit] Entertainment career
Greif's first work was with the Greg Leon Invasion after a show at The Troubadour.[1] Greg Leon then introduced Greif to Tommy Lee and this lead to his work with Mötley Crüe.[1]
By 1985, Greenworld Distribution had signed contract with the vast majority of bands Greif mentioned to them and their bankruptcy caused severe problems.[1] Enigma Records, Greenworld's largest creditor, refused to return any of the master tapes and was not interested in promoting anything that Greenworld had been working on.[1]
[edit] Legal career
Eric Greif is a member of the Canadian Bar Association; from 1998 he studied law at Lancaster University, and was twice awarded its Iredell Fellowship in Law, a national teaching fellowship for PhD candidates.[2][3]
[edit] Personal life
Greif says that he has always opposed the abuse of hard drugs, especially after seeing it "destroy" a few lives.[1] Greif has been an insulin-dependent diabetic for most of his life.[1]
