Eric Sherman Quietly Leaves FUSE

Did I call it or what?

Eric Sherman, who was responsible for much of the reality tv crap we've been seeing on FUSE (including "Redemption Song" and "The Brooklyn Way") was quietly pushed out of the network months ago.

The music industry is plummeting; let's start a label!!

I'm not sure how no one else has picked up on this, but the geniuses at FUSE tv were planning to start a record label this past fall. Their first signing was to be The Lordz (of Brooklyn) - a hip hop / rock group started in the early '90s by the McLeer brothers, Ad Money (DJ ADM) and Kaves - who's FUSE reality show "The Brooklyn Way" tanked last summer. Maybe I'm crazy but shouldn't a network like FUSE, who's programming in my opinion was better than MTV's (keyword: WAS) put their money into more of a buzz band? How would The Lordz generate money for Fuse...or better yet help their image? A Paramore-ish or NOFX type should have been their choice. Not a group who's touring with Everlast and hasn't had a hit or real buzz in over 10 years.

Anyhoo label plans were nixed. Maybe it had to do with the axing of one of their execs a few months ago. How does this story end? To be continued.