Tim Collins (band manager)
former manager for the band Aerosmith
Tim Collins is a businessman and band manager, most noted for being the American hard rock band Aerosmith's manager from 1984 until 1996.
Personal history
While students at St. Mary's High School in Waltham, Massachusetts, Collins, on guitar, formed the band Valley Decision with John Voymus on keyboard, Kevin Wormsley on drums, and Bill Walsh on bass guitar. The band was named after the Walt Whitman poem and competed in the Waltham Battle of the Bands.
At 14, Collins joined the band Tax Free. He played guitar but also had responsibility for managing booking and finances. While in the band and going to school, Collins worked full-time as a salesman at Anderson-Little, a men's clothing retailer, using his earnings to buy the band a sound system and a truck. In 1970, Tax Free replaced Collins as guitarist, telling him "you make a better manager than a guitarist”, and he became their manager.
Collins attended Bentley College in Waltham, graduating with a degree in Organizational Behavior and Marketing.
While continuing to manage Tax Free, Collins formed Bands Unlimited Productions to book local Boston talent playing area colleges and night clubs.
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