Tommy Denander (born March 10, 1968, in
Stockholm
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, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is mostly known for his role in the
AOR project Radioactive, signed to
Frontiers Records.
The 2022 Radioactive album, ''X.X.X'' featured guests including
Robin McAuley, Robbie LaBlanc, Jerome Mazza,
Clif Magness,
Mutt Lange and
Andreas Carlsson.
Denander has worked with artists including
Michael Jackson
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, Paul Stanley,
Alice Cooper (including original members
Neal Smith,
Dennis Dunaway,
Michael Bruce, plus
Steve Hunter and
Dick Wagner),
Deep Purple,
Anastacia,
Ricky Martin
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,
Hollywood Vampires,
Rob Thomas,
Jeff Beck
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,
Peter Cetera,
Richard Marx,
Rob Zombie
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,
Vince Gill,
Ke$ha,
Steve Perry,
Ace Frehley,
Peter Frampton,
Tokio Hotel and many more. Producers include Robert "Mutt" Lange,
David Foster,
Max Martin,
Eddie Kramer,
Bob Ezrin,
Desmond Child,
Humberto Gatica,
Bob Clearmountain,
Denniz Pop
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, and
Chris Lord-Alge.
He is the founder of
Legends Of Rock, a project that featured rock singers including
Bobby Kimball,
Jimi Jamison,
Joe Lynn Turner,
Tony Martin,
Graham Bonnet
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,
Mickey Thomas,
Fergie Frederiksen,
Steve Augeri
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, and
Eric Martin.
His signature VGS guitar features both the
Evertune bridge and True Temperament frets.
Together with Bob Ezrin he co-produced and co-wrote
Alice Cooper's album, ''
Paranormal
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'',
that was released on July 28, 2017. Denander played most of the guitars on the album. Denander also worked on Alice Cooper's ''
Detroit Stories'' as co-writer, co-producer and musician.
He co-wrote and played on the song "Welcome To Bushwackers",
that featured
Jeff Beck
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on lead guitar, plus Denander played on the song "Mr Spider" on the
Hollywood Vampires album, ''
Rise'' (2019).
References
External links
Facebook link
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Living people
1968 births
Swedish guitarists
Swedish male guitarists
Swedish record producers
Swedish male songwriters
Frontiers Records artists
Swedish male musicians
Musicians from Stockholm