Tributes paid after Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey, Backstreet Boys manager Peter Katsis dies, aged 69

Peter Katsis, the renowned music manager who worked with Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey, Backstreet Boys and more has died. His passing was confirmed yesterday (Thursday August 6), and is being widely reported as being due to congestive heart failure complications. He was aged 69. Starting out in the ‘80s, Katsis first turned heads when he took on the industrial rock group Ministry in his Chicago hometown. He would later relocate to Los Angeles in the ‘90s and go on to work with The Cramps and Jane’s Addiction, as well as nu-metal pioneers Limp Bizkit and KoRn. As his notoriety grew, he began taking on pop and hip-hop artists as well, including Snoop Dogg and Backstreet Boys, as well as 311, Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair and more. Following news of his death, tributes have quickly rolled in across social media. Rest in power Pete,” Ministry wrote on Facebook. “He was our first manager in 1981. May your next journey be as prodigious as this one. We (Ministry camp) loved you. Safe travels my friend.” Morrissey took to his own website to share an image of the music manager alongside the simple caption “Peter Katsis, RIP”, and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan shared his own message...