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Bob Pfeifer was with Epic Records and it was he who brought Alice to Epic for the 'Trash' album. He was probably the record executive at Epic who worked the closest with Alice and was most involved in the huge success of "Trash". He went on to be the President of Hollywood Records and was one of the reasons that Alice chose to sign with Hollywood Records around 1995. He didn`t stay long though and left which is possibly why nothing was released by Alice on Hollywood.
Alice was interested in going to Hollywood Records even before 'The Last Temptation' was released because Bob Pfeifer, who originally signed Alice to Epic, was now the President of Hollywood Records. After 'The Last Temptation' was finished, Alice requested that Sony/Epic let him go so that he could make the switch to Hollywood. He just wanted to go where his friends are.
(Renfield Feb. 1995)
In fact, Alice never released anything on Hollywood. 'A Fistful Of Alice' was intended to be released (and was scheduled) by them but by the time it emerged, Bob Pfeifer had moved on and the album was licensed to EMI subsidiary Guardian.
Pfeifer now heads a Internet Music company that works with Metallica amongst others.
In the late 70s/early 80s Bob (as Rob) was actually in a band himself, under the name "Human Switchboard". They released on album, 'Who's Landing In My Hanger' in 1982 and Bob also released a solo album "After Words" in 1987 before moving behind a desk at Epic. (source)
In February 2006 Pfeifer was "indicted on one count each of witness intimidation and aiding and abetting wiretapping". He was refused bail.
L.A. Times February 8th 2006
A music producer indicted in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case was ordered held without bail Tuesday after a federal magistrate judge ruled that he was a risk to flee the court's jurisdiction.
Robert Pfeifer was one of seven people named Monday in a sweeping 110-count indictment accusing Pellicano, a disgraced former private investigator, of heading a vast conspiracy to conduct wiretaps and dig up dirt on celebrities, reporters and entertainment executives.
The indictment is the first major blow in what is expected to be a wave of charges targeting misconduct in the entertainment and legal communities.
Pfeifer was former president of Disney-owned Hollywood Records and owns a multimedia business.
During a hearing Tuesday, prosecutors presented e-mails in which Pfeifer allegedly told a friend that he would commit suicide or flee rather than face losing his business and serving time in jail.
"I will know before I get served an indictment. And you know I am not sticking around for that," Pfeifer wrote in a Nov. 13, 2003, message to his friend Rosemary Carroll. "I would kill myself before I went to jail or trial. But first I would run."
Pfeifer's attorney, Leonard Sharenow, argued that his client, who was indicted on one count each of witness intimidation and aiding and abetting wiretapping, could face no more than two years in jail, not enough to prompt him to flee.
The e-mails were obtained by Pfeifer's estranged wife. Sharenow said that a judge hearing the couple's acrimonious child custody battle stated that she displayed an "appalling" lack of credibility.
But Magistrate Judge Stephen J. Hillman said the e-mails showed that Pfeifer was experiencing "intensely volatile emotions" and had tried to play a "cat and mouse game" with authorities, tracking when the indictment would be returned so he could leave the country, and ordered him held.