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The Popdose Interview: Gunnar Nelson
Gunnar and Matthew Nelson have been forced to live without your love and affection for almost 20 years. Now, Nelson returns with a new album that sounds classic. Will commercial lightning strike twice
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 39
Shane MacGowan's teeth show up this week on Bottom Feeders and surprisingly they don't scare off Chrissie Hynde, Johnny Rotten or Iggy Pop.
Read More »Revival House: Eleven Great Comedies
Everybody can use a good chuckle now and then, but the feeling one gets from uncontrollable laughter is hard to beat. I’m talking about the kind of laughter that makes your face turn red,
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 70
Dave Steed's Bottom Feeders moves into week three of the letter P, which means it's time for things to get mighty purple around here -- and hey, is that the Web Sheriff's siren we
Read More »The Producers: Tommy’s Trials and Tribulations
I called my daughters to talk about Michael Jackson, because I know how important he was to them when they were teenagers. Young people all over the world were saying, “Now I know how
Read More »The Producers: Ted Nugent Babysits, a Meaty “Free-for-All,” and Tom Werman’s “Greatest Misses”
The last installment prompted a number of responses having to do with a couple of bands that I and some of the readers feel should have been more successful. I thought that before we
Read More »The Producers: Tom Werman, Chapter Seven
In this week's installment of The Producers, Tom Werman revisits the roaring '70s, including his work with the Nuge, Mother's Finest, and Boston -- and a very memorable brush with the Boss
Read More »The Producers: Tom Werman, Chapter Six
He's been on vacation for two weeks, but now Tom Werman is back with another installment of the series that looks back at his multiplatinum career
Read More »The Producers: Tom Werman, Chapter Four
[Editor's Note: Earlier this week, a large chunk of this installment was lost in one of the Internet's many tubes. We've since expanded it to its intended length, and are now re-publishing it here
Read More »The Producers: Tom Werman, Chapter Three
The office I was given at Epic was located between the offices of Barry Kornfeld and Sandy Linzer, who were both A&R men and producers, as well. Both had been there for some time,
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