Ice Nine Publishing Co.

Music rights and print publishing company of the and heirs of deceased of Robert Hunter as CEO. It has been associated with both BMI and ASCAP in the past.

May appear as:
Ice Nine Pub. Co.
Ice Nine Publishing Company

Please consider also:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.

History:

The Grateful Dead, chose the name based on Ice-9, a new form of water, which once released from its vial would crystallize all forms of water on the planet to permanent ice from Kurt Vonnegut's novel, 'Cat's Cradle'.
Ice Nine's logo is the I Ching hexagram for 'Gathering Together' changing to 'Holding Together'.

Hal Kant in 1970.

As an Independent company Ice Nine handled North American music rights and the Dead's newsletter. Janet Soto-Knudsen took care of the clerical, bookkeeping and financial istration functions at various times.