Kevin Zinger is an entrepreneur, entertainment industry executive, and documentary film producer who has spent the last 30 years building a self-contained empire.
Zinger found himself producing and promoting shows all over SD County by the age of 19. “I was so young that I couldn’t even get into the venues where I was hosting and producing,” Zinger laughs. The production company, “SRH - Supporting Radical Habits - Productions” would later evolve into a lifestyle brand and clothing line that is still owned and managed by Zinger and Co-Founder, Ryan White, 27 years later.
Zinger and White paved the way for bands like Sublime, Blink182, Cypress Hill and other legacy acts from the ‘90s SoCal in the punk and hip-hop genres to break on to the scene. “Some of these bands played their first shows at an SRH Productions show, and it was special to be a part of that,” recounts Zinger.
In natural progression, Zinger started managing the bands that he booked, overseeing everything from touring to day-to-day admin. Today, Kevin oversees several top managers and agents as a Co-Founder of The Regime Management with partner Ivory Daniel.
The Regime Management firm is a team of industry professionals who oversee the day-to-day careers of a wide range of high profile clients in the music, art, film, and sports sectors. His roster includes legacy household names such as House Of Pain, Everlast, Matisyahu, Gangster Doodles, and RISK, to new kids on the scene like the Common Kings, Makua Rothman, and Sammy J.
The Regime also houses The Empire Agency, which is a full-fledge booking agency for musicians, bands + personalities. The Empire Agency celebrates over 50 working artists and bands on their roster.
Also owned and operated by Zinger are Suburban Noize Records + his other record labels, Battle Axe and Island Empire. Each label is completely self-funded with thriving artist rosters + catalogues. Zinger and his label groups have had over 30 records in the top 100 + focus on a wide variety of music from Rock to Hip Hop.
In addition to Suburban Noize, The Regime, + SRH, Zinger has helped build the Skratch N’ Sniff radio program. The radio show takes some of the biggest songs from rock + hip-hop and blends them together to make an unbelievable mix show that fans of both genres are tuning into in droves. Since its debut on 91X in San Diego, the show has become a smash radio success with syndication to nearly 65 affiliates throughout the U.S., including New York, Boston, Tampa + Atlanta.
His most recent film endeavor is Saving Banksy, a documentary film released on Netflix that climbed to the #1 spot for several weeks in 2017. Saving Banksy guides viewers through the struggles of preserving a piece of Banksy’s street art, and educates viewers on the underground street and graffiti art culture. Zinger is currently working on the Can’t Be Stopped Documentary, as well as several TV Shows and Feature Films set to be released in 2018 and 2019.
Kevin also recently co-founded The Regime Art Collective and Wild Evidence, the first Artist Management platform, designed to support artists and lock in opportunities for greater recognition and revenue. Buckshot Gallery, the RAC’s art gallery has hosted gallery shows for some of the biggest names in art including Risk, Seen, Bates, TAZ, Estevan Oriol.