[5][9] Musician and longtime friend of Van Zandt, Jean Beauvoir, took a break to serve as CEO and Managing Director of the company for six and a half years, from 2004 to 2011, before returning to performing.
Van Zandt made the decision after hiring him to put together the lighting for The Rascals' Once Upon a Dream tour.
In 2007, Wicked Cool had a partnership with retailer Best Buy so that albums heard on Underground Garage could be easily found in stores.
[12] Other early releases include Strange Magic by The Charms, The Mindbending Sounds of...The Chesterfield Kings, Mastermind by the Cocktail Slippers, and the tribute album CBGB Forever.
[17] Renegade Radio focuses on publishing Underground Garage and Sirius XM's Outlaw Country.
[5] Created in 2006, Renegade Theatre focuses on producing Broadway shows, including Eddie Brigati: After the Rascals,[18] Vincent Pastore's play Crazy Horse,[19] and This One's for Jack, a tribute to Renegade Theatre member Jack Ferry, who passed away at age 42.