A number of bands have tried to expose Maximus Entertainment (aka Atlantic Pacific entertainment) in the past only to be threatened by the ex-con shady ass owner / CEO Robert Devine. The man is a complete psychopath, who threatened that if “they didn’t take the articles about how Maximus Entertainment had screwed them over” he would call the police on them / threaten to sue / have a private investigator “look into what they were doing” and call the cops and have “their door kicked in” because they probably had some marijuana in their apartment.
Now it is many years after the fact and I would like to publish one bands story, whom Maximus Entertainment (and Robert Devine) tried to “manage out of existance” and bully when they decided to speak up.
If you are solicited by a guy name Robert Divine, that works with a band booking / music management company named Maximus Entertainment (formerly Atlantic Pacific Entertainment), do not do business with this prick. The guy is a scam artist who runs a shiesty telemarketing operation that preys on hungry bands. They promise professional representation, “shopping them to music conventions”, booking tours for them, getting a record deal or about a million other bullshit stories. His Modus Operandi is to ask for $300.00 (or as much as he thinks he can get – it probably has gone up by now) and will do NOTHING for you. That’s right he will take that money and do NOTHING! The guy DOES talk a mean game on the phone, so watch out!
You may as well take your money and burn it.
The fact is, the guy is a greedy, incompetent, lying bastard and a scam artist. He is only after easy money, does not care how he does it. He has no clue about what’s going on in music today, is not afraid to waste your time, and has NO real connections in the music business.
I wouldn’t be so pissed about this, had I called him. The fact is: he came to us with a fist full of empty promises. From what I understand, he is still HEAVILY soliciting bands for this same scam. If you look on the website www.MaximusEntertainment.com you will see where it says, “Representing World Class Talent Since 1987″. Here’s a little fact you need to know Robert Divine Aka Atlantic Pacific Entertainment: This lying fuck in prison from 1989 for a felony drug dealing conviction. I guess now he is running another criminal racket. That doesn’t even matter, if they are trying to run an honest business…cool, but that is not the case here!! He makes his living booking such dinosaur bands such as Nazareth, Molly Hatchet, Rick Derringer, and Georgia Satellites that he sold drugs to in the 80s.
Many bands have contacted about them, asking what they’ve been doing for us. So, that is the whole reason I’ve spent this much time exposing this scam. I’m sure he’s pulling plenty of shit I don’t know about too!! If you are in a band don’t let these idiots waste your time and money, like they did for me. I’m not so pissed about the money, these assholes effectively killed my promising career in music just as it was starting to take off.
Now in 2009 it seems they are still pulling the same shit, only now having expanded this scam to California and Florida. Their main office is still in Austin, Teaxas, where I am sure he is not allowed to leave as a condition of his parole. He still appears to be swindling bands and leaching off dreams almost 10 years later.
Fuck Maximus Entertainment (aka Atlantic Pacific entertainment) and Robert Divine.
The man is a human parasite.
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Jay, many years ago i booked you on Howard Stern’s show. I also booked you in the most popular rock club in NYC to go with that show.
I am confused! In my opinion i did the job you requested. $300 was a commission added in advance.
I know you were upset because you thought the Stern show could make the band more popular and in demand. IT DIDNT WORK! I made at least 30 phone calls and nobday was interested due to the name of your band and they also had no idea how many tickets you could sell.
This slander must halt immediatly. If you wish i can file a lawsuit here in Austin and you can waste a bunch of time and money .
This web link you have is slander.
Please advise me how you wish to handle this.
I am demanding it be removed immediatly or i am forced to take legal action and also follow thur with a private detective in your area.
Your statements are regarding $300 and you performed the Howard Stern Show and the venue in NYC. Why and what are you attempting to accoplish by this webiste slander posting?
Do you want $300 back or do you just feel you want to slander me & my business?.
Please think about this and decide which way you wish to go.
I demand you remove this slander immediatly or i am going to take immediate action against you and all involved.
I did well over $300 worth of work. Nobody would hire the band.
Make a choice and let me know. I have my attorney’s in pocekt with 2 dectives and we have to make a decision immediatly.
It’s you call. Remove the website or we will let a judge and the police decide what the outcome will be.
Rob Devine.
I demand a response in 48 hours or i will take every action possible to provide the courts and Atlanta and all area’s you attend and end this forever.
Jay, You are forcing me into taking legal action. I request 1 more time before i proceed with a press release and a lwasuit of your actions and the slander against a cooperation which i am a part of.
I book well over $100,000 worth of show for david Allan Coe and many other bands. I only get paid when they get paid. This is all false and slwander. So would you prefer to remove thse slander remarks or shoud i have my attorneys follow thru with legal action?
It’s a simple question. Yes or No! Or are you a chicken shit that wants to see if i will do it? I will immediatly! I will also have you arrested as you claim in the former accusations.
You are a drug dealer and addict and also played aand act as a pip documented on TV with Jerry Springer. Jerry Will be more then happy to prove my case and so will howard Stern. Unless you are a rich boy you will have a class action lawsuit filed without a doubt.
It also is amazing you havent printede my past response.
Print this or do you have something to hide? Tour statements are slander and twsited lies.
Be real= rarely anyone cand get famous ina a unknow ban by playing the Howard Stern show. It’s never happened and i doubt it ever will Ask Howard. I will be glad to have him send you a letter!
Your looking at big financial damages and jailtime along with your associates.
Look at the date you played that show which i booked for you.
YEARS! This is too stupid to address i am only warning you of the out come.
It’s a Austin Texas Case. if you don’t show up i gert whatever i ask for ina judgement from the court.
Are you crazzy?
Excuse the mispelled words. I rarely have time for this stupid offensive on-line lies.
Plus there is no spell check on this cehap website.
Rob Devine.
Revove these lies oe we will be in Travis County Courthouse for Civil acion with multiple paties and also i expect you and you friends will continue to go in and out of jail as you have in the years since this drama started!
Bring it asshole. I have mad loot to spend on lawyers and no threat of worrying about the law.
You are a scam artist, my story is the truth, and you can go suck a dick.
Yes most of this is got to be true. I ve heard of this guy before do not do business with him he is a psycho. He builds you up so you will hold on with empty promises and lies. He is not even licensed as an booking agent check it out.
I agree… Rob Devine is the sleasiest son of a bitch I’ve ever dealt with! I hope he gets whats coming to him. Anyone thinking of doing any so called business with him, my advice is….RUN! He will screw you over and has no class, he cant even spell. I hope you read this Rob you prick, these people are doing nothing but speaking the truth. By the way, websites don’t have spell check, computers do so that must be your cheap computer mispelling everything or maybe it was the idiot writing. FUCK YOU ROB DEVINE!!!
“He is not even licensed as an booking agent” – hahaha
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“A number of bands have tried to expose Maximus Entertainment”
It appears that there is ONE band and that is your looser band. If you paid this agency $300 I’m sure it was a commission well-earned since they had to deal with an asshole such as yourself. You claim that Maximus Entertainment “killed your promising career in music.” Anyone that is the least bit familiar with the music industry would know that that statement is ridiculous. If you did have talent as a musician then you wouldn’t be sitting around on your little “gay ass” website making false accusations about businesses (I can see that Maximus Entertainment is not the only one). You are a real piece of work. You need to forget about music (there is obviously no talent there) and concentrate on your FICTION. You could write a novel titled “My Life as a Looser.”
This asshole wanta be musician just shows the emails that bashes Maximus Entertainment and Rob Devine. If anyone else puts a positive comment about this company it gets deleted. Get over it man – you have no talent except you can put up a website that makes you feel better about your downfall as a musician. GET A LIFE!!!
Shut up Rob’s secretary!!
We just played a very successful in Austin, TX. Despite the numerous threats from Rob Devine and Maximus Entertainment, nobody showed up to anything at our gig. Rob Devine is all talk, except he will gladly steal musician money out of one side of his mouth while setting up the next group from the other.
Fuck Rob Devine and fuck Maximus Entertainment. Google speaks the truth.