Music managers Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch announced a plan to join forces with manager Aaron Frank and operate under the company name Q Prime AF.

Frank will bring his company's team along in the merger, as well as the several artists he manages. These include Greta Van Fleet, Marcus King, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Houndmouth and All Them Witches.

The new management team will operate under the Q Prime umbrella, which also houses Q Prime South and Q Prime UK. Q Prime's current roster of artists includes Metallica, Muse, Foals, Disturbed, Cage The Elephant, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Three Days Grace and several others.

"Cliff and Peter are the reason I became a manager," Frank said in a news release about the merger. "They have always been the gold standard of managers in my eyes, and their independent spirit and savviness is unmatched. I'm so excited to join their amazing team to elevate our work, and excited for what we can build together at Q Prime AF."

The deal will allow Frank's team to tap into the resources of Q Prime and the expertise of Burnstein and Mensch, according to the release.

Mensch said the partnership will elevate Q Prime's standard beyond the 'Gold, platinum standard' that already exists.

"We wanted to establish a new standard," he said.

About Q Prime and Aaron Frank

Burnstein and Mensch founded their music management company in 1982. They are regularly featured in Billboard's Power list for their influence and leadership in the industry.

Frank began his management career in 2009 with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's management company, Night Castle Management in New York City. He relocated to Nashville in 2014 and co-founded ABI Management.

He broke off on his own to form AMFM with Greta Van Fleet as his first client.

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville's Q Prime to merge with Aaron Frank, create new company