The Lord Horatio story begins with the death of William, 9th Earl of Hucklebuck, who was allowed by a quirk in British estate law to pass on his hereditary status as a “peer of the realm” and his seat in the House of Lords to his cat. Although there was much grumbling and harrumphing to be heard when he was first seated as a member, Horatio quickly won over his fellow Lords and became a well-liked and respected figure in the halls of Parliament.
With his agile feline mind, Lord Horatio soon found that he needed more than politics to remain intellectually and spiritually stimulated. Naturally, he turned to the world of entertainment representation, specifically, the demanding and lucrative field of pop group management. This new venture brought out Horatio’s instincts for hunting and stalking, as he cast his eye over the musical landscape in much the same way his ancestors had surveyed the African savanna looking for weak and wounded antelope and wildebeest to devour. With his vast inherited fortune behind him, Lord Horatio fearlessly pursued whatever groups and artists caught his fancy, often paying absurd signing bonuses to somewhat marginal acts simply for the pleasure of stealing them away from his rivals. Such tactics ensured that he would not enjoy the same popularity in the cutthroat music world that he did in the rarified air of Westminster.
While having little (actually nothing) to show in the way of chart success or sales figures, LHH Talent, LLC (Horatio’s corporate entity) does have a strong track record of getting its acts featured in the tabloid press (see the recent Sun article “Folk-Rock Louts in Pub Brawl Mayhem” or the Daily Mirror piece “Trouser-Dropping Scandal in West End: Local Drummer Nabbed on Public Indecency Charge”). Working on the theory that “there is no such thing as bad publicity”, Lord Horatio has been accused by some of encouraging antisocial behavior in his clients. With his first American signing, The Decent Boys, he hopes to remake his image into that of a purveyor of clean, wholesome (though guitar-based) pop music. Haircuts, regular nail trimming, and earwax removal will be only part of the image-building regimen in store for the Decent Boys as Lord Horatio strives to justify his standard 85% commission.
