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Michael Wagener
Michael Wagener (born 25 April 1949) is a German retired record producer, mixer and engineer from Hamburg, best known for his work with many popular American hard rock and heavy metal music, heavy metal bands in the late 1980s. He is particularly renowned for his multi-amping and Re-amp, re-amping techniques. Wagener's works have sold over 90 million albums worldwide. History and career Wagener was the original guitarist for the German band Accept (band), Accept. When he turned 18, he was drafted into the West Germany, West German army and was stationed 350 miles away from home. This made it difficult for him to practice with the rest of the band and hence he quit the band. After completing his military service, Wagener began working as an audio engineer in Hamburg in 1972. Through a friendship with singer Don Dokken, Wagener moved to Los Angeles. In 1981 he produced the first Dokken album, and would go on to produce such seminal albums as Skid Row (American band), Skid Row's sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, eighth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the southern tip of the Jutland Peninsula, Hamburg stands on the branching River Elbe at the head of a estuary to the North Sea, on the mouth of the Alster and Bille (Elbe), Bille. Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states alongside Berlin and Bremen (state), Bremen, and is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The Port of Hamburg is Germany's largest and Europe's List of busiest ports in Europe, third-largest, after Port of Rotterdam, Rotterda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poison (American Band)
Poison is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1983. The most successful incarnation of the band consists of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels, drummer Rikki Rockett, bassist Bobby Dall and lead guitarist C.C. DeVille. The band achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s and sold over 40 million records and DVDs worldwide. The band had a Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one hit single with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and other top 40 hit singles in the 1980s and 1990s, including "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Won't Forget You", "Nothin' But a Good Time", "Fallen Angel (Poison song), Fallen Angel", "Your Mama Don't Dance", "Unskinny Bop", "Something to Believe In (Poison song), Something to Believe In", "Ride the Wind (song), Ride the Wind", and "Life Goes On (Poison song), Life Goes On." The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'', was released in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raise Your Fist And Yell
''Raise Your Fist and Yell'' is the tenth solo and overall seventeenth studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released on September 5, 1987, by MCA Records. It features the track "Prince of Darkness", which is featured very briefly in the John Carpenter film of the same name, in which Cooper has a cameo as a murderous vagrant. The song can be heard on the Walkman of one of his victims. A music video was made for the song "Freedom", which also became the album's sole single. ''Raise Your Fist and Yell'' is the only Alice Cooper album to feature Ken K. Mary on drums and the second and last to feature Kip Winger on bass. The album continues the slasher film trend created by Cooper's previous album '' Constrictor''. The track "Lock Me Up" features a guest appearance from Robert Englund, who portrayed Freddy Krueger in the '' A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series. The album cover for ''Raise Your Fist and Yell'' was painted by artist Jim Warren. Tour The infamous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constrictor (album)
''Constrictor'' is the ninth solo and overall sixteenth studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released on September 22, 1986 After a hiatus from the music industry after the release of ''DaDa'' (1983), Cooper remained in seclusion for three years. He starred in '' Monster Dog'' (1986), a horror film for which he wrote two songs. He also guest starred on the Twisted Sister track "Be Chrool to Your Scuel". ''Constrictor'' was Alice Cooper's first studio album to feature Kane Roberts on guitar, Kip Winger (who would later gain fame with his own band, Winger) on bass guitar, and the only one to feature David Rosenberg on drums. Winger has since pointed out that his last name was erroneously spelt in the album credits as Wringer. The album returned Cooper to the charts at number 59 after his previous two studio albums '' Zipper Catches Skin'' (1982) and ''DaDa'' (1983) had failed to crack the Top 200. All Music:Constrictor/ref> The horror series ''Friday the 13th'' t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Roulette (Accept Album)
''Russian Roulette'' is the seventh studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1986. It was again recorded at Dierks-Studios, but the band chose to self-produce rather than bring back Dieter Dierks as producer. It would be the last Accept album to feature Udo Dirkschneider as lead vocalist until the 1993 reunion album ''Objection Overruled''. The album returns Accept to the darker, heavier sound of releases prior to the more commercial-sounding predecessor '' Metal Heart''. Wolf Hoffmann explained the band's decision: "Maybe we were trying sort of go back to our natural and not polished Accept sound with that record. We weren't really all that happy with the polished and clean-sounding ''Metal Heart''. I was sort of very happy with my guitar playing on that record and very happy with my parts, but I remember the whole vibe of the band was at the time that we don't want to go through this again with Dieter Dierks who had produced ''Metal Heart''." Peter Baltes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balls To The Wall (album)
''Balls to the Wall'' is the fifth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept. European label Lark Records released the album in December 1983, with its release in the United States delayed a month to not compete with the band's then-current album '' Restless and Wild''. It is Accept's only record to attain Gold certification in the US."RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Accept" Retrieved 31 January 2013. The album's |
Restless And Wild
''Restless and Wild'' is the fourth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1982 in Continental Europe and in 1983 in the US and UK. It was the first Accept album not to be recorded at Delta-Studio, since the band had moved to Dieter Dierks' studio in Stommeln. It is also the first Accept album in which Udo Dirkschneider sings every track, as well as the first in which manager Gaby Hauke ("Deaffy") gains credits for songwriting. Michael Wagener, once again, handled recording and mixing duties here. Album information Jan Koemmet joined the band briefly before the release of this album, but did not participate in the recording. The guitar on the finished product is done by Wolf Hoffmann alone, although Herman Frank had joined the band by the time the album was released, and is credited on the album cover. The album is best known for the opening track, " Fast as a Shark". Stefan Kaufmann's double kick drumming on the song is considered a precursor of thrash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaker (Accept Album)
''Breaker'' is the third studio album released by German heavy metal band Accept. It was once again recorded at Delta-Studio in Wilster with Dirk Steffens producing, and was the first Accept album engineered by Michael Wagener. Bassist Peter Baltes sings lead vocal on "Breaking Up Again," and the bridge vocal on "Midnight Highway." After the unsuccessful attempt at commercialism on ''I'm a Rebel ''I'm a Rebel'' is the second studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It was the first of three consecutive Accept records to utilize Dirk Steffens as producer. The album f ...'', Accept decided not to allow any more outside people to influence the band. Pulling together in the midst of a very cold winter, the band members concentrated on making the album they themselves wanted to make. Udo Dirkschneider remembers: "Following our experiences with ''I'm A Rebel'' we made it our goal not to be influenced musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Lion
White Lion is an American glam metal band that was formed in New York City in 1983 by Danish vocalist Mike Tramp and American guitarist Vito Bratta. Mainly active in the 1980s and early 1990s, they released their debut album ''Fight to Survive'' in 1985. The band achieved success with their No. 8 hit Wait (White Lion song), "Wait" and No. 3 hit "When the Children Cry" from their second album, the double platinum selling ''Pride (White Lion album), Pride''. The band continued their success with their third album, ''Big Game (album), Big Game'' which achieved Gold status and their fourth album ''Mane Attraction'' which included a supporting tour. White Lion disbanded in 1992 and not long afterwards, their first compilation album, ''The Best of White Lion'' was released. Mike Tramp reformed White Lion with all new musicians in 1999 and again in 2004, following a failed attempt to reform the original line up. The new White Lion released Rocking the USA, a live album in 2005 and a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of Darkness". Osbourne became a founding member of Black Sabbath in 1968, providing lead vocals from Black Sabbath (album), their self-titled debut album in 1970 to ''Never Say Die!'' in 1978. The band was highly influential in the development of heavy metal music, in particular their critically acclaimed releases ''Paranoid (album), Paranoid'', ''Master of Reality'', and ''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath''. Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 due to problems with alcohol and other drugs. He then began a successful solo career with ''Blizzard of Ozz'' in 1980 and has released Ozzy Osbourne discography, 13 studio albums, the first seven of which received multi-platinum certifications in the US. He has si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal—along with Slayer, Anthrax (American band), Anthrax, and Metallica—and is credited with helping to develop and popularize the genre. Their music features intricate arrangements, fast rhythm sections, dual lead guitars, and lyrical themes such as war, politics, religion, death, and personal relationships. In 1985, Megadeth released their debut album, ''Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!'', on the independent record label Combat Records, to moderate success. It caught the attention of bigger labels, which led to Megadeth signing with Capitol Records. Their first major-label album, ''Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?'', was released in 1986 and was a major hit with the underground metal scene. Band members' substance abuse issues a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extreme (band)
Extreme is an American rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They have released six studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album '' Pornograffitti'', which peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. The album featured the acoustic ballad single " More Than Words", which reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States. History 1985–1989: Formation and debut album Extreme was formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985. Vocalist Gary Cherone and drummer Paul Geary were in a band together called "Adrenalin" in 1979. Then they were also members of a band called The Dream, in 1980. CBS T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
