Arts: `Svengali? Me? I'm more like a butler'; Simon Napier-Bell has been managing bands since the Sixties. Steve Jelbert talks to him about sex, drugs and what passes for rock'n'roll these days.(Features)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: March 20, 2001| Author: Jelbert, Steve | Copyright information

"You feel a bit like someone who's made a good living cleaning toilets when you've managed a pop band. It's not like you're a star, or a songwriter. You're just someone who's run around and done the dirt." Simon Napier-Bell, the last of the legendary managerial figures of the Sixties to retain an interest in the business, is disparaging about his own role.

"Management isn't really much fun," he reveals. "The level it puts you at is fun, and the money is fun. It's nice w...

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