By 1983, Aerosmith manager David Krebs and assistant Paul O'Neill had signed a managing contract with Anvil and convinced Attic to release the band from its contract, so the band could sign with a major label. However, after initial interest, Krebs eventually stopped returning phone calls and did not get the band a major label recording contract; he eventually released the band from the managing contract allowing the band to find their own record deal in mid-1986. In 2012, during an interview with Metal Shock Finland's Chief Editor, Mohsen Fayyazi, Kudlow said, when he was asked about Krebs: