03/12/2024

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Mushroom Group's Warren Costello Passes Away: ‘A True Music Man’

Mushroom Group's Warren Costello Passes Away: ‘A True Music Man’

Mushroom Group's Warren Costello Passes Away: ‘A True Music Man’

Australian audio business legend Warren Costello has handed away.

A assertion from Mushroom Team confirmed that Costello experienced passed next “a long battle with illness”.

“Waz to start with joined our label division in 1990 and ever considering the fact that he has been an vital fabric of everyday living at Mushroom,” Mushroom Group reported.

“He was a correct music person, a beloved mate to our artists and integral to the results of our enterprise about the past 3 many years. Warren was renowned for his constructive vitality, integrity and loved ones values, all of which are now etched into the DNA of Mushroom without end.

“We deliver our endless appreciate to Warren’s family members and mates.”

Costello joined Mushroom in 1990 and remained with the small business until 1999 adhering to the sale of Mushroom Records, rejoining in 2000 when he founded the now revered Liberation label along with Michael Gudinski, having on the purpose of handling director for the company’s labels. 

In 2017, Costello and Gudinski announced the start of the new Bloodlines label, house to some of the most iconic names in Australian tunes. 

Very last September it announced that Costello had stepped down from his job at Mushroom Group to concentrate on his overall health and to commit time with spouse and children.

At the time Mushroom Group CEO Matt Gudinski compensated tribute to Costello’s crucial role in the Mushroom Group all over his vocation.

“Waz’s unwavering loyalty, passion, and determination to the excellent Mushroom culture in excess of the earlier 40 yrs has been integral to Mushroom turning into the organization it is these days,” he mentioned. 

“I would also like to acknowledge that our two family members are really close and that he and his wife Leith have normally been confidantes of my mother & father so this particular romantic relationship is a cherished just one. 

“Mushroom staying the family organization that it is, Warren’s youngest brother Paul and all a few daughters Caitlin, Alex and Hannah will often be component of the Mushroom family members.

“We’re extremely sad to see Waz depart but as Father generally explained ‘family and well being arrives 1st and no just one at any time really leaves Mushroom’.”