Stephen Pavlovic was born on 1966 and is an Australian music entrepreneur.
20 Facts About Steve Pavlovic
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Steve Pavlovic began promoting music tours, events and concerts in 1990.
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Steve Pavlovic was born in Canberra in 1966 and is of Croatian descent.
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Steve Pavlovic started booking live music venues with bands like The Celibate Rifles, Ratcat, Hummingbirds, The Clean, Straitjacket Fits and The Cruel Sea.
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Widely known as "Pav", Stephen Steve Pavlovic built a successful career as a promoter for local bands in the city of Sydney before he started touring International bands Mudhoney, Fugazi, My Bloody Valentine, The Lemonheads and Nirvana in the early 1990s.
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Steve Pavlovic followed this with a string of tours for Hole, Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and The Offspring.
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In 1995 Steve Pavlovic launched his own festival, Summersault, headlined by The Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Beck and Rancid.
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Steve Pavlovic later followed this with tours from Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fatboy Slim, LCD Sound System and Hot Chip.
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In 2007 Steve Pavlovic toured French electro duo Daft Punk as part of Modular's Nevereverland festival.
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In 1998, upon receiving a demo tape from then unsigned Melbourne band Quentin's Brittle Bones, Steve Pavlovic founded the independent record label Modular Recordings.
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Subsequently, Steve Pavlovic signed local artists Rocket Science, Eskimo Joe, Cut Copy, The Presets, Van She and opened offices in London and New York where he signed New Young Pony Club.
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Steve Pavlovic licensed international artists The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Klaxons, Kindness, Robyn, Jack Johnson, Whitest Boy Alive, MSTKFT for Australian releases.
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In 1995 Steve Pavlovic launched Summersault, a touring art and music festival that toured Australia during 1995 and 1996.
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In 2011 Steve Pavlovic was invited to curate the Vivid Live festival at the Sydney Opera House.
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In collaboration with Mike D from The Beastie Boys in 1995, Steve Pavlovic opened the X-Large Clothing Store in Sydney, introducing for the first time in Australia street ware labels like X- Large, Kim Gordon's X Girl, Bathing Ape, Fuct, Holmes and Hysteric Glamour.
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Universal Music Australia claims that on Christmas Eve 2014 Modular Recordings owner Steve Pavlovic agreed to sign a separation deal, under which he would give, without compensation, Universal his half of Modular, together with music, trademarks, websites and other assets.
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Universal claimed that since then Steve Pavlovic Welshed on the deal, refusing to transfer the shares or hand over some assets.
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Steve Pavlovic claimed that without signing the deed of release, the deal was never binding.
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Steve Pavlovic appealed the decision and took the matter to the NSW court of appeal where the previous judgment was unanimously overturned in the NSW court of appeal by the chief Justice of NSW, His honour Bathurst CJ, the president of the Court of appeal, her honour Margaret Beazley, and court of appeal Judge his honour Meagher JA.
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Steve Pavlovic's son is Otis Steve Pavlovic of the band Royel Otis.