My book purchase is confirmed! Tom Werman, a name we 'always knew'...and could be certain we would enjoy an album he produced. Excellent to hear him tell his stories. Great interview by an engaged Three Sides crew!

What a great musical resume Tom Werman has. He had a hand in most of my favorite albums - all classics!! Keep up the great videos Three Sides!!! ⚡️⚡️

Great interview, thanks! I know Tom has copped some flack from Nikki Sixx over the years, but it's worth mentioning that a 1985 interview with Mick Mars (Theatre of Pain era) has surfaced on KZread where Mick says that Tom was "great" and a "brilliant man". He describes how Tom and engineer Duane Baron worked hard on getting unique guitar tones for the Theatre album. It can be found under 'Mick Mars : the lost interview with Steve Rosen' and the quote about Tom is around the 25 minute mark (just in case anyone else is as nerdy enough to care as I am!)...

Jimmy Farrar who replaced Danny Joe Brown did a great job on "Beatin The Odds." I recall being dragged to see Molly Hatchet when they played in Oklahoma in 1981. I was so thrilled to see Molly Hatchet and was glad I got dragged to the show. It was wonderful. Sadly, Jimmy has even passed along with every single original band member of Molly Hatchet. I recall Bruce Crump, drummer, for Hatchet had lbeen touted through the 1980's as the premier rock drummer in the various drum magazines.

Tom is always fantastic interview

He really worked on some incredible records. Awesome show as usual. My faves are Cocked and Loaded and Shout At The Devil. Shout is pretty much the perfect record. But please dont forget the unbeatable Stryper record Against The Law. Nothing can beat that record.

@romelovesdan

8 ай бұрын

Against the Law! Never gets its due, does it?

@Pamplemousse82322

8 ай бұрын

Stryper's greatest, no contest imo

@AlexxMichael

8 ай бұрын

its hard to pick a fave with Stryper. Mine are Soldiers, Against the Law & Murder By Pride @@Pamplemousse82322

@davidschroeder1803

8 ай бұрын

Yes!! That Stryper album rules! (So odd that Michael Sweet doesn't!).

@AlexxMichael

8 ай бұрын

??? Michael Sweet makes all these other singers from the 80s look like crappy clowns. @@davidschroeder1803 Look at a Stryper video here on KZread from 2023 and then look at Motley or other bands from that time.

Great interview with many good questions

Great interview! Well done Three Sides! 🤘🤘

@MichaelBrandvold

8 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

I recall Ted and Derek's version of why Derek only sang on Dog eat Dog and light my way on Free for All. Ted and Derek said it was for insubordination for fighting with Ted, Tom and Lew over their Tinny production/sound on the album. They pretty much told Derek to shut up, sit-down and soldier on and Derek told them to blank off and they asked him to leave. Then when the record executives listen to the finished product they asked, what happened to the singer on the first album? They said, He is gone. They said, you need to get him back. That is why Dog eat Dog was redone with Derek singing and Light my way was added after the fact. Meat actually sang Dog Eat Dog and Derek sang street rats before he was shown the door.

Looking forward to reading his book. I’ve read Phil Ramone, Walter Yetnikoff, Tommy Mottola and Clive Davis’ books who all ran Columbia Records but this is the first “from the trenches” book where he had to deal with difficult bands and the label heads at Columbia/Epic/Sony.

Molly Hatchet talk on Three Sides? Thanks for the early Christmas present! Heading to Amazon to order book now!

@MichaelBrandvold

8 ай бұрын

Lots of love for Molly Hatchet on Three Sides!

A real gentleman, he was honest and when he didn't know about it, he didn't bullshit, he just said he didn't know. Great stories and well explained.

You guys do an awesome job interviewing and respecting your guests. Werman has unnecessarily taken shit from some of the jerks in the business after producing multi-platinum albums for them. Werman is on Mt. Rushmore of producers with Ezrin, Eddie Kramer, Mutt Lange, Wagner, Templeman, and Beau Hill.

Paul produced “Animalize”…he knows what he’s doing.

My favorite Tom Werman produced album would be Ted Nugent's Free For All. I knew Meatloaf sang on that album and for years I would tell people that fact and nobody else ever knew it. I can't remember the name now but there was a website that used to run Tom Werman recollections of working with all the bands he produced. Good stuff.

Imagine if Epic had signed Kiss, and Tom Werman produced the first three LPs...🎉🎉🎉

@83marceloa

8 ай бұрын

Perhaps it would have not been the same. There might be no Bill Aucoin and Neil Borgart who were fundamental for the band.

@bobpicard1366

8 ай бұрын

You may be right. I'm thinking more about the sound. The same "if" could be said regarding Eddie Kramer.

Double Live Gonzo! A close 2nd, Free for All. I wished you guys asked Tom if Ted's Double Live Gonzo was like Kiss Alive. Heavily redone/reworked in the studio to sound like a live album. Ted's ripping solos throughout those 4 sides of DLG are his best ever recorded. The reason I am suspicious DLG was done in the studio is because over the years I have heard a many interviews of fans praising Ted about Double Live Gonzo and asking Ted questions about it. And for once, he is quiet and quickly goes off in another direction or just says, thank you and leaves it there. Usually when you give Ted an opening he passionately goes into great detail. So, is Ted's Double Live Gonzo, his version of Kiss Alive?

Great episode fellas ! One of the best .. Tom is the man he was a true producer he knew how to capture the best out of all those bands thats why those records still hold up today Shout at the devil Stay hungry all the Cheap trick albums killer

Speaking of Twisted Sister, would you ever try getting Jay Jay French on as a guest? Smart guy who really knows the business, and the TS story to success is just epic.

Someone needs to interview tom werman and ask him about an album he did in 1985 for a band called HOLLAND the album was little monsters.Need to know more about that album .

Favorite?- Cheap Trick "Heaven Tonight" only because it has 10 songs vs the 9 on "Dream Police".

Haven't made it all the way thru this episode yet, but my FIRST question for Tom would have been, "Did you realize when you were producing Shout At The Devil (the song) that you already had recorded that riff with Ted Nugent on Free For All's Turn It Up"? (1:16 mark on youtube). Motley also "borrowed" the riff for Looks That Kill from Journey's Departure albums song, Where Were You (not that Tom produced that).

21:00 well if you guys woulda signed those 3 it would’ve made Epic look Epicer 😏

My favorites would be Ted Nugent S/T Free For All Cat Scratch Fever Shout At The Devil Tooth And Nail

Easy for me, even tho I love so many he worked on, Dream Police is my fave hands down.

Only problem is Tom is an ultra liberal.Come on Tom,say it ain't so!😂

@MichaelBrandvold

8 ай бұрын

Why does that matter? Does it change the music he produced? No. You need to be more accepting that the world is filled with people who think differently than you. If that is a problem for you than please leave.