# Sebastian Chase

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{{Short description|Australian talent manager, record label owner}}
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| birth_place   = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| occupation    = [Manager](/source/Talent_manager), record label owner, record distributor
| years_active  = 1972–present
| spouse             = Cheryle ? (?–1988, {{abbr|div.|divorced<!-- maiden name, length of marriage not yet found -->}})
| partner            = Kylie Greenlees (?–2015, her death)
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| known_for     = [MGM Distribution](/source/MGM_Distribution)
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'''Sebastian Chase''' is an Australian music industry businessman. He is the founding CEO of [MGM Distribution](/source/MGM_Distribution) from April 1998. Chase began his career as a [manager](/source/talent_manager) in the early 1970s, working for [Band of Light](/source/Band_of_Light), [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo_(band)), [Rose Tattoo](/source/Rose_Tattoo), [Dragon](/source/Dragon_(band)) and [the Reels](/source/the_Reels). By 1984 he had established his own label Chase Records. Four&nbsp;years later he formed [rooArt](/source/rooArt) with [C.M. Murphy](/source/Chris_Murphy_(band_manager)) and Justin Van Stom, but left that label for [Phantom Records](/source/Phantom_Records) in 1991. He established MGM Distribution with his domestic partner, Kylie Greenlees. Greenlees died in 2015, aged 52. At the [2016 ARIA Music Awards](/source/2016_ARIA_Music_Awards) Chase received the [ARIA Icon Award](/source/ARIA_Achievement_Awards) for his contributions to the Australian music industry.

== Biography ==
Sebastian Chase is the son of Italian immigrants, who changed his name to avoid racism during the 1960s in Sydney.<ref name="Mathieson" /> He grew up in the western suburbs and after leaving compulsory schooling, his first job was promoting local dances.<ref name="Mathieson" /><ref name="Yorke">{{cite web 
| url=http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/2005/02/sebastian_chase.php
| title=Sebastian Chase
| author=Yorke, Ritchie
| website=X-Press Online
| date=16 February 2005
| via=National Library of Australia
| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050720011740/http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/2005/02/sebastian_chase.php
| archive-date=20 July 2005
| access-date=16 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 1972, Chase was booking entertainers for Chequers nightclub, Sydney and met Phil Key.<ref name="Yorke" /> New Zealand-born Key was leaving [the La De Da's](/source/the_La_De_Da's) and wanted help to form a new [blues rock](/source/blues_rock) group, [Band of Light](/source/Band_of_Light), which they assembled by October.<ref name="Yorke" /> He established Chase Management and became their [manager](/source/talent_manager).<ref name="Yorke" /> Soon, he was also working for hard rockers, [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo_(band)),<ref name="Buffalo">{{cite web
| url=http://isd.canberra.edu.au/~jdw/davetice/artbuff4.html
| title=Buffalo/Articles
| author=various
| website=isd.canberra.edu.au
| via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia)
| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000609162739/http://isd.canberra.edu.au/~jdw/davetice/artbuff4.html
| archive-date=9 June 2000
| access-date=10 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> While managing Band of Light he met their bass guitarist, [Ian Rilen](/source/Ian_Rilen).<ref name="Walker">{{Cite web 
|url=https://www.clintonwalker.com.au/ian-rilen.html 
|title=Ian Rilen 
|first=Clinton 
|last=Walker 
|author-link=Clinton Walker 
|website=clintonwalker.com.au 
|date= 
|access-date=12 April 2025 }}</ref>

Buffalo and Chase were on tour in [Perth](/source/Perth) in late October 1975 when they discovered New Zealand group, [Dragon](/source/Dragon_(band)) had been abandoned by their manager Wayne De Gruchy.<ref name="Moffatt">{{Cite web |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/paul-hewson-in-the-dragon-s-lair |title=Paul Hewson - in the Dragon's Lair - Article |website=AudioCulture |first=Glen |last=Moffatt |date=1 September 2014 |access-date=15 April 2025 }}</ref> Dragon's members could not afford return airfares to Sydney.<ref name="Moffatt" /> Chase convinced the local promoter to fund Dragon and became their manager.<ref name="Moffatt" /> Buffalo's bass guitarist [Pete Wells](/source/Peter_Wells_(guitarist)) formed [Rose Tattoo](/source/Rose_Tattoo) in 1976, which Chase also managed and introduced Rilen so that Wells could move to slide guitar.<ref name="Walker" /> Chase and Wells devised the band member's early image, "bright orange hair, no eyebrows, whiteface and black pants and tops."<ref name="Eliezer 2">{{Cite web
 |url=https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/25-fascinating-stories-behind-rock-star-stage-names/
 |title=25 fascinating stories behind rock star stage names
 |first=Christie
 |last=Eliezer
 |website=mixdownmage.com.au
 |date=22 April 2025
 |access-date=3 July 2025 }}</ref> Chase and Rilen had both left Rose Tattoo by October 1977.<ref name="Walker" /> Later that year, Chase was nominated as Manager of the Year at the Australian Rock Music Awards.<ref name="CanTimes">{{cite news 
|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110881776
|title=Mother Goose at Work
|newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times)
|volume=52
|issue=14,952
|date=8 December 1977
|access-date=10 April 2025
|page=22
|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Into the late 1970s he continued with Dragon,<ref name="Chase Mgt" /> and took up with [the Reels](/source/the_Reels).<ref name="Mathieson" /><ref name="Dale">{{Cite web 
|url=https://themusic.com.au/features/the-power-50-2019-mgm-distribution-sebastian-chase-jessica-dale/NKgsJikoKyo/04-05-20 
|title=The Power 50: Sebastian Chase 
|first=Jessica 
|last=Dale 
|work=theMusic.com.au 
|date=4 May 2020 
|access-date=11 April 2025 }}</ref><ref name="Dragon 1">{{cite news 
|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110919225 
|title=Dragon being sued 
|newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times) 
|volume=53 
|issue=15,740 
|date=26 October 1978 
|access-date=10 April 2025 
|page=20 
|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He managed the latter group for three years, including relocating to London with them for an unsuccessful attempt to enter the United Kingdom's charts.<ref name="Mathieson" />

In the mid-1980s, he established Chase Records, which was distributed by [CBS Records](/source/Sony_Music). The label issued [the Delltones](/source/the_Delltones)' album, ''Tickled Pink'' in 1984.<ref name="Kent">{{Cite book
|title=[Australian Chart Book 1970–1992](/source/Kent_Music_Report) 
|last=Kent 
|first=David 
|author-link=David Kent (historian) 
|publisher=Australian Chart Book 
|location=[St Ives, NSW](/source/St_Ives%2C_New_South_Wales) 
|year=1993 
|isbn=0-646-11917-6 }}</ref><ref name="ARIA Charts">{{cite Ryan
|page=78 }}</ref> It reached the top&nbsp;100 on the [Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report) albums chart.<ref name="Kent" /><ref name="ARIA Charts" /> The lead single, "[Papa Oom Mow Mow](/source/Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow)", appeared on the related singles chart.<ref name="Kent" /><ref name="ARIA Charts" /> Wells' domestic partner Patricia Anne Clements {{abbr|p.k.a.|performer known as}} Lucy De Soto on lead vocals, piano and Hammond organ formed an [eponym](/source/eponym)ous band with Wells on slide guitar and his Rose Tattoo bandmate, Geordie Leach (p.k.a. Fast Eddie) on guitar and Ross Mercer on drums. They issued their debut album, ''Three Girls and a Sailor'', via Chase Records in 1985.<ref name="McFarlane PW">McFarlane, {{webarchive 
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040615081648/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=772 
|date=15 June 2004 
|title='Peter Wells' entry }}. Archived from 
[http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=772 the original] on 15 June 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2014.</ref><ref name="Holmgren PW">[Australian Rock Database](/source/Australian_Rock_Database) entries:
* Peter Wells:&nbsp;{{cite web
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040303221932/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/w/wellspeter.html 
 |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/w/wellspeter.html
 |title=Peter Wells 
 |publisher=Australian Rock Database
 |last1=Holmgren 
 |first1=Magnus 
 |first2=Eddy 
 |last2=Staarink 
 |archive-date=3 March 2004
 |access-date=12 April 2025
 |url-status=usurped
}}
* Rose Tattoo (1976–83):&nbsp;{{cite web
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040301035514/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/r/rosetattoo.html 
 |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/r/rosetattoo.html
 |title=Rose Tattoo
 |publisher=Australian Rock Database
 |last1=Holmgren 
 |first1=Magnus 
 |first2=Mark 
 |last2=McGrath 
 |first3=Per 
 |last3=Claesson 
 |archive-date=1 March 2004
 |access-date=12 April 2025
 |url-status=usurped
}}
* Lucy De Soto Band (1985–86, 1999):&nbsp;{{cite web
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040317035125/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/desotolucy.html 
 |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/desotolucy.html
 |title=Lucy De Soto
 |publisher=Australian Rock Database
 |last1=Holmgren 
 |first1=Magnus 
 |archive-date=17 March 2004
 |accessdate=12 April 2025
 |url-status=usurped
}}
</ref> Chase also issued her second album, ''Help Me Rhonda, My Boyfriend's Back'' (1986).<ref name="McFarlane PW" /><ref name="Holmgren PW" /><ref name="Gray">{{cite web | url=https://australianrockreview.com/2018/07/14/from-the-archives-desoto-take-this-veil-album-review-2000/
| title=From the Archives: Desoto: ''Take This Veil'' Album Review (2000)
| author=Gray, Col
| website=Australian Rock Review
| via=National Library of Australia
| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20200916163055/https://australianrockreview.com/2018/07/14/from-the-archives-desoto-take-this-veil-album-review-2000/
| archive-date=16 September 2020
| access-date=12 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The record label, [rooArt](/source/rooArt) was established in 1988 by Chase with [C.M. Murphy](/source/Chris_Murphy_(band_manager)) (INXS' manager, Murphy Media Academy [MMA] CEO) and Justin Van Stom, who had previously worked for MMA.<ref name="Mathieson" /><ref name="Barber">{{cite web | url=http://www.truetone.com.au/truetone-articles/1988/8/26/how-the-minors-created-a-major/
| title=How the Minors Created a Major
| author=Barber, Lydney
| website=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)
| date=26 August 1988
| via=National Library of Australia
| archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130502190208/http://www.truetone.com.au/truetone-articles/1988/8/26/how-the-minors-created-a-major/
| archive-date=2 May 2013
| access-date=13 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="McFarlane IRL">McFarlane, {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828074835/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=941
|date=28 August 2004
|title='Independent Record Labels' entry }}. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=941 the original] on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2014.</ref> Initially their artists' releases were distribution by [Polygram](/source/Polygram_Records).<ref name="Barber" /> For two years he was based in New York, "directing international activities for the dynamic Aus independent and travelling widely to implement those ambitious objectives", before returning to Sydney.<ref name="Yorke" /> Two of the label's early commercial successes were the Hummingbirds' ''[loveBUZZ](/source/loveBUZZ)'' (1989), which reached the [ARIA albums chart](/source/ARIA_Charts) top&nbsp;40,<ref name="Aus Hummingbirds">{{cite web
 |url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Hummingbirds
 |title=Discography The Hummingbirds
 |first=Steffen
 |last=Hung
 |publisher=Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien)
 |access-date=13 April 2025 }}</ref> and Ratcat's ''[Blind Love](/source/Blind_Love_(album))'' (1991),<ref name="Mathieson" /><ref name="McFarlane IRL" /> which peaked at number&nbsp;one.<ref name="Aus Ratcat">{{cite web
 |url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ratcat
 |title=Discography Ratcat
 |first=Steffen
 |last=Hung
 |publisher=Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien)
 |access-date=13 April 2025 }}</ref> Chase left rooArt in the 1990s after an acrimonious falling out with Murphy.<ref name="Mathieson" /> Chase joined existing label, [Phantom Records](/source/Phantom_Records) with the Hummingbirds following.<ref name="Holmgren tH">{{cite web
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040310061114/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hummingbirds.html
| url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hummingbirds.html
| title = The Hummingbirds
| publisher = [Australian Rock Database](/source/Australian_Rock_Database)
| first = Magnus
| last = Holmgren
| archive-date = 10 March 2004
|url-status = usurped
| access-date = 13 April 2025 }}</ref> He became a director alongside his domestic partner, Kylie Greenlees and label-founder, Jules Normington.<ref name="immdeia 1">{{cite web
| url=http://www.immedia.com.au/amid/Jan97/Publishers/Publishers-p-r.html
| title=Publishers P–R
| website=immedia.com.au
| date=January 1997
| via=National Library of Australia
| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040819162154/http://www.immedia.com.au/amid/Jan97/Publishers/Publishers-p-r.html
| archive-date=19 August 2004
| access-date=13 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Chase and Greenlees established [MGM Distribution](/source/MGM_Distribution) (Metropolitan Groove Merchants) in April 1998.<ref name="Speaker Jun10">{{Cite web
|url=http://www.songsummit.com.au/speakers/SChase.html
|title=Sebastian Chase
|publisher=[APRA AMCOS](/source/APRA_AMCOS) (Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society)
|date=21 June 2010
|work=Song Summit 2010
|access-date=7 April 2025
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223064649/http://www.songsummit.com.au//speakers/SChase.html
|archive-date=23 February 2011
|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Sandercoe">{{Cite web
|url=http://sebastianchase.iansandercoe.com/
|title=Sebastian Chase
|website=sebastianchase.iansandercoe.com
|access-date=14 April 2011
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407065919/http://sebastianchase.iansandercoe.com/
|archive-date=7 April 2008
|df=dmy-all}}</ref> They set it up to handle independent record labels and their artists.<ref name="Speaker Jun10" /> One of MGM Distribution's early signings was [John Butler Trio](/source/John_Butler_Trio), which independently issued their debut album, ''[John Butler](/source/John_Butler_(album))'' (December 1998). Another early act signed by Chase was [Tim Freedman](/source/Tim_Freedman) and his band [the Whitlams](/source/the_Whitlams).<ref name="Eliezer 3">{{Cite web
 |url=https://themusic.com.au/features/why-whitlams-black-stump-keep-selling-out-their-regional-tours/GI-mCg0MDw4/05-09-24
 |title=Why Whitlams Black Stump Keep Selling Out Their Regional Tours
 |first=Christie
 |last=Eliezer
 |website=themusic.com.au
 |date=5 September 2024
 |access-date=3 July 2025 }}</ref> Chase had advised his clients to "set themselves up as companies, with chief members as CEOs. They handled as much of their business as possible, including their own record labels, publishing, and merchandising. When their records went platinum and more, they made more money than acts on major labels."<ref name="Eliezer 3" /> In 2002 MGM continued their relationship with [John Butler](/source/John_Butler_(musician)) (of John Butler Trio) as a solo artist, who also co-owned [Jarrah Records](/source/Jarrah_Records).<ref name="Bell">{{Cite web |url=https://themusic.com.au/industry/how-john-butler-trio-changed-the-aussie-music-landscape-with-sunrise-over-sea/6OVW-v38__4/07-03-24 |title=How John Butler Trio Changed the Aussie Music Landscape with ''Sunrise Over Sea'' |first=Steve |last=Bell |website=theMusic.com.au |date=7 March 2024 |access-date=17 April 2025 }}</ref> MGM also signed Jararah labelmates, [Joshua Cunningham](/source/Josh_Cunningham), [Donna Simpson](/source/Donna_Simpson_(musician)) and [Vikki Thorn (née Simpson)](/source/Vikki_Thorn) (all three from the Waifs) to MGM by 2004.<ref name="Cashmere T">{{cite web 
| url=http://www.undercover.com.au/urwaifsupallnight.html
| title=The Waifs, ''Up All Night''
| author=Cashmere, Tim
| author-link=Paul Cashmere#Personal life
| website=undercover.com.au
| via=National Library of Australia
| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040915113745/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/11299/20030329-0000/www.undercover.com.au/urwaifsupallnight.html
| archive-date=15 September 2004 
| access-date=17 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> John Butler Trio's album ''[Sunrise Over Sea](/source/Sunrise_Over_Sea)'' (March 2004) became the first wholly independent – label (Jarrah) and distributor (MGM) - Australian album to debut at No.&nbsp;1 on the ARIA albums chart.<ref name="Barber" /><ref name="ARIA Report 733">{{cite journal | date = 15 March 2004 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191108000724/https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040406140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040407-0000/Issue733.pdf | title = Week Commencing ~ 15th March 2004 ~ Issue #733 | last = Kellaghan | first = Ronan | work = The ARIA Report | format = PDF | publisher = [Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) (ARIA) | issue = 733 | pages = 2, 5, 9, 11 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue733.pdf | archive-date = 8 November 2019 | access-date = 17 April 2025 }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}'''n.b.''' You Am I's ''Hourly, Daily'' (1996) was released by independent label, Ra but distributed by major label Warner.</ref>

By 2005 Chase was appointed to the [Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) (ARIA) board as MGM had become the "most diverse distributor of Australian music, working with many indie artists including John Butler, The Waifs, and The Beautiful Girls" and Chase "has played an integral role in the evolution of Australian music".<ref name="ARIA Board 2005">{{cite web
| url=http://aria.com.au/pages/more-information.htm
| title=Who We Are
| website=Who We Are
| publisher=[Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) (ARIA)
| date=2005
| via=National Library of Australia
| archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080718215730/http://aria.com.au/pages/more-information.htm
| archive-date=18 July 2008
| access-date=16 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Also in 2005 Chase became one of 12&nbsp;patrons of the [Australian Music Prize](/source/Australian_Music_Prize), providing a cash prize for "the best contemporary music album" of a given year.<ref name="Eliezer">{{cite web
| url=http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/372a/iv-AMP.shtml
| title=The Australian Music Prize 2005
| author=Eliezer, Christie
| website=dB magazine
| date=13 December 2005
| issue=372
| via=National Library of Australia
| archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091024103139/http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/372a/iv-AMP.shtml
| archive-date=24 October 2009
| url-status=usurped
| access-date=16 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> At the [2016 ARIA Music Awards](/source/2016_ARIA_Music_Awards) Chase received the [Icon Award](/source/ARIA_Achievement_Awards) for his contributions to the Australian music industry.<ref name="Icon">{{cite web
|url=https://ariaawards.com.au/history/icon-award?view=list
|title=Winners by Award – Icon Awards 
|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
|accessdate= 28 December 2019 }}</ref><ref name="MediaWeek 2017">{{cite web 
| url = https://www.mediaweek.com.au/2017-aria-awards/ 
| title = Sony Music's Gang of Youths dominate memorable 2017 ARIA Awards ceremony 
| work = MediaWeek 
| date = 29 November 2017 
| accessdate = 15 October 2020 }}</ref><ref name="ARIA 2019 Wins">{{cite news 
| url = https://www.ariaawards.com.au/News/2019/2019-ARIA-Award-Winners-Announced 
| title = 2019 ARIA Award Winners Announced 
| publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) 
| date = 27 November 2019 
| accessdate = 30 January 2020 }}</ref> By February 2022, Chase had left the ARIA board and was replaced by Chris Maund.<ref name="ARIA Feb22">{{Cite web
 |url=https://www.aria.com.au/industry/news/michelle-tier-welcomed-as-aria-board-observership-program-participant-for-2022
 |title=Michelle Tier welcomed as ARIA Board Observership Program participant for 2022
 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
 |date=17 February 2022
 |access-date=10 May 2025 }}</ref> After seven&nbsp;years as a board member of charity, [Support Act](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Australia) for entertainment artists, Chase resigned in December of that year.<ref name="Brandle">{{Cite web
 |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/sally-howland-seb-chase-support-act-board/
 |title=Sally Howland, Seb Chase Step Down from Support Act Board
 |first=lars |last=Brandle
 |website=theMusicNetwork.com
 |date=2 December 2022
 |access-date=10 May 2025 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Sebastian Chase and his wife Cheryle were expecting their first child in February 1979.<ref name="Chase Mgt">{{cite web | url=http://www.dragon-the-band.com/press/theirway.pdf
| title=Dragon; (Doing It) Their Way
| website=dragon-the-band.com
| date=23 February 1979
| via=National Library of Australia
| archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080720031321/http://www.dragon-the-band.com/press/theirway.pdf
| archive-date=20 July 2008
| access-date=14 April 2025 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Chase was divorced by 1988 and living in [Woolloomooloo](/source/Woolloomooloo).<ref name="Mathieson">{{Cite book
 |last=Mathieson
 |first=Craig
 |author-link=Craig Mathieson
 |title=The Sell-in: How the Music Business Seduced Alternative Rock
 |chapter=The End of the Eighties
 |year=2000
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFnJSg-Obx0C&pg=PA44
 |publisher=Allen & Unwin
 |pages=11–14, 17, 19
 |isbn=978-1-86508-412-1 }}</ref> Kylie Greenlees became his domestic partner in about 1990.<ref name="TMN Oct15">{{Cite web
 |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/funeral-details-announced-for-sebastian-chases-partner-kylie-greenlees/
 |title=Funeral details announced for Sebastian Chase's partner Kylie Greenlees
 |last=TMN
 |website=theMusicNetwork
 |date=27 October 2015
 |access-date=10 May 2025 }}</ref> Chase and Greelees co-founded MGM Distribution and both were its co-CEOs.<ref name="Staff 1" /> Greenlees died on 11 July 2015, aged 52.<ref name="Staff 1">{{Cite web 
|url=https://themusic.com.au/news/memorial-funeral-to-be-held-for-mgm-co-founder-kylie-greenlees/IA4zMjU0NzY/17-07-15 
|title=Memorial Funeral to Be Held for MGM Co-Founder Kylie Greenlees 
|last=Staff writer 
|website=theMusic.com.au 
|date=17 July 2017 
|access-date=11 April 2025 }}</ref>

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