Gerard Cosloy

Cosloy's house was destroyed by fire in August, 2009. Cosloy, who worked out of his home, and another resident were awakened and evacuated around 3 a.m. by an officer of the Austin Police Department. Cosloy was quoted as saying, "There are a lot of people who have a lot less than I do who deal with a lot worse, but this is pretty bad."

For a time Cosloy lived in London working with Matador's UK and US operations. As of Autumn 2004, he has been living in Austin, Texas, continuing his partnership with Lombardi.

Cosloy is also a musician and is a member of Air Traffic Controllers as well as working with punk singer GG Allin for a short period. From 1992-1996, he fronted the New York quartet Envelope, while briefly filling in as bassist for the Dustdevils during Mark Ibold's tenure in Pavement.

Cosloy next worked with Matador Records. The label was started in 1989 by Dutch East employee Chris Lombardi and Cosloy joined into the partnership in 1990.

In 1984, Cosloy got a job at Homestead Records an independent label created by the Dutch East India Trading Co., a Long Island-based record distributor. He moved to New York for the position. Homestead put out many of the mid-80s defining alt-rock records, from Big Black, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., My Dad Is Dead, The Membranes and many others. He continued to publish Conflict during this time.

Gerard Cosloy (born 1964) is an American music industry executive.