Rod Smallwood, co-manager of heavy metal band, Iron Maiden and co-founder in 1976 of Sanctuary Records, now the world's largest music management company. The company was named after the Maiden song by the same name. His business partner is Andy Taylor, who he met when students at Trinity College, Cambridge. Prior to managing Iron Maiden, Smallwood managed Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. The experience was so unpleasant, he almost quit music management permanently. The Iron Maiden b-side "Sheriff of Huddersfield" was written by Iron Maiden about Rod Smallwood, and was released on the 1986 single "Wasted Years". It likens Smallwood to the Sheriff of Nottingham, due to his notorious stinginess with money, and refers to his frequent complaining about a (then recent) move to Los Angeles. Smallwood didn't know about the song until the single was released. As with his stinginess, Smallwood is usually nicknamed "Rodney Smallpocket" by the music press.
