Irving Azoff is an American record executive and talent manager. He is the chairman of Full Stop Management, a company that represents recording artists. During the course of his career, he has also b
Azoff in 2018
REO Speedwagon, or simply REO, was an American rock band formed in Champaign, Illinois, in 1967. The band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout
Irving Azoff
…student at Danville High School and then in college at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His first management client was Champaign-based REO Speedwagon; his second was Dan Fogelberg. In 1972, Azoff moved to Los Angeles with Fogelberg, where he worked for Geffen-Roberts Management. There he began working…
REO Speedwagon in 1982. From left to right: Neal Doughty, Bruce Hall, Gary Richrath, Kevin Cronin and Alan Gratzer
Advertisement for a REO Speed Wagon
A newspaper advertisement for a concert featuring REO in Indianapolis in 1973
Main Street in Champaign, named REO Speedwagon Way in honor of the band