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The Vinyl Diaries: Atlanta Rhythm Section, “Champagne Jam”
Southern rock's studio pros make their finest record
Read More »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 »The Friday Mixtape: 9/04/09
Last week marked the final edition of Tom Werman’s run on our Producers column and, in the course of his finale, he mentioned a special mixtape disc he made for his family and friends.
Read More »The Producers: “Rock Star,” Missing Cheese, and the End
As his career memoirs for Popdose reach their conclusion, Tom Werman reflects on one last big-budget project -- and heads East to settle down and get, in his words, "blissed out."
Read More »The Producers: Macca, Supersuckers, 0 for 4, and Life on Wilshire
In this week's column, Tom Werman recounts the strange new world of the mid-'90s, and his struggles to prove his worth after hair metal fell out of fashion
Read More »The Producers: Lita’s “Dangerous Curves” and the Writing on the Wall
Tom Werman's career retrospective reaches the early '90s this week -- a time when trends shifted, metal sales slowed, and change was in the wind
Read More »The Producers: Just for Kix, Loading LA Guns, and Scolding Billy Idol
It has been over two weeks since I sent the two emails to Dee Snider’s web site and to his publicist. No reply so far, so I guess I won’t be holding my breath.
Read More »The Producers: Twisted Twitters
The previous installment provided some curious tales of Twisted Sister. An Australian musician/journalist friend of mine named Joe Matera frequently sends me items from the Web that he thinks may be of interest to
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: Leaving Elektra, Life With the Crüe, and Meeting Twisted Sister
In his latest column, Tom Werman relives the wild and crazy early '80s, including some time behind the boards for Mötley Crüe, a narrow brush with Timothy B. Schmit, and a fateful meeting with
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