Bill Aucoin

William Martin Aucoin (December 29, 1943 – June 28, 2010) was an American band manager, known for his work with the rock band Kiss and Billy Idol.

Early life, family and education Aucoin was born in 1943 in Ayer, Massachusetts. He had two sisters, Betty Britton and Janet Bankowski.

He attended Northeastern University, graduating with a degree in Business Administration.

Career Aucoin worked at WGBH in Boston during his college years and after. He later worked at Teletape Productions as a cinematographer. and his drug abuse, but later worked with the band on various DVD projects.

Aucoin was involved in the development of a television show Supermarket Sweep in the early 1970s, and went on to manage and engineer the rise of commercially successful solo acts, such as Billy Squier and Billy Idol, after managing them both in their respective bands, Piper and Generation X, in the mid to late 1970s. From 2005 to 2007, Aucoin went into the Broadway business with a staging of The Who's Quadrophenia, which showed intermittently for two years in Anaheim and Los Angeles.

In 2006, Aucoin had reentered the management business with his company Aucoin Globe Entertainment and worked with several artists up until his death.

Personal life and death Aucoin died from surgical complications while being treated for prostate cancer and was survived by his partner of 15 years, Roman Fernandez.

Roman spread some ashes over Bill's parents' grave sites in Ayer and, in March 2021, spread additional ashes in a crevasse in the Fagradasfjall volcano in Iceland. Roman kept some ashes for himself.

A statement from Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of Kiss described him as "our irreplaceable original manager, mentor and dear friend… Words cannot convey his impact on us or those close to him."

List of acts managed

Kiss, 1973–1982 Piper 1975–1978 Billy Squier 1979-1985 Virgin 1977–1979 New England 1978–1981 Spider, 1979–1981 Manowar, 1981 Kid Rocker, 1981–1983 Toby Beau, 1978–1980 Zeus 1978-1980 Skatt Bros. 1979–1981 Shawn Sommers 1984 Gen X 1980–1981 Billy Idol, 1981–1986 Endgames, 1983–1985 Brunette, 1988–1989 Rising Star, 1989–1990 Sic Vikki, 1990–1992 Flipp, 1998–2003 CREATURE, 1998–2002 Starz, 1977–1979 vanSolo, 2007–2008 Crossbreed, 2003–2010 Lordi, 2006–2010 Nothing Rhymes with Orange, 2007–2010 Evan Saffer, 2007–2010 NAKED 2009–2010 BEX, 2010 The Early Strike, 2010 Tantric, 2010 RoqueZa, 1998–2001 Dreaming in Stereo, 2010