Evan Winiker

Evan Winiker is an American music manager and former musician who played in the bands Steel Train and for a short time in Fun. Over the years he has managed Thirty Seconds To Mars, Jared Leto, sky ferreira, Nicky Romero, MAX, Daya, The Disco Biscuits and Walk off The Earth at Range Media.
Early life and music career
Steel Train formed in 2002. The band soon signed to Drive Thru Records/MCA and flew to Los Angeles to record with Jon Naclerio at Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures Studios. The outcome of this session was the band's first EP, 2003's ‘‘For You My Dear’’.

On November 1, 2010 the band was the first musical guest on Conan O'Brien’s new show, ‘‘Conan’’, in a joke episode titled "Show Zero". The band, along with actor Jim Parsons (‘’The Big Bang Theory’’) performed one chord off their new record, “,” in a short version of the show. On January 11, the band returned to Conan O'Brien's Conan, performing their single "You and I Undercover.", followed by a performance of their single “Bullet” on the George Lopez show.
That April, Evan joined at the Coachella Music Festival and a run of subsequent shows to follow. He would continue to play with into the summer, joining them on tour with Panic at the Disco, Weezer and Foxy Shazam.
In January 2013, Steel Train played their final shows at famed New Jersey venue Maxwell's, and The Bowery Ballroom. Fans flew from all across the world to be there. In June 2016, the band reunited to headline Jack Antonoff's Shadow of the City festival.
In 2017, Evan contributed bass to Bleachers Gone Now album for the track “Hate That You Know Me,” and in 2018 he made a cameo in the Bleachers video “Alfie’s Song.”
Management career
In January 2013, he joined Brandon Creed's The Creed Company. The company managed Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and Sara Bareilles. In his five years there he looked after Atlas Genius (Warner Bros), Hunter Hunted (RCA), Falls (Universal), Cardiknox (Warner Bros), sirenXX (Warner Bros), Sky Ferreira (Capitol), Secret Weapons (Epic), and Lia Marie Johnson(Capitol).
In March 2017, he joined Brandon Creed, Jeffrey Azoff and Irving Azoff at their new company Full Stop Management. He currently looks after MAX, Daya, The Disco Biscuits, Walk off the Earth, and Skyler Stonestreet.
In March 2021, it was announced by Variety Magazine that he was named a managing partner in the music division of Range Media.

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