Wednesday, January 5, 2011

TODD RUNDGREN (RE)PRODUCTION


Gigatone Entertainment, a next-generation entertainment company, has announced special guest artists appearing at the myRecordFantasy event January 17-19, 2011 alongside headlining rock superstar Todd Rundgren.


Joining Rundgren, who’ll be simultaneously working on his latest album project, (re)Production, will be David Johansen of the New York Dolls, Starship lead vocalist Mickey Thomas and Brent Bourgeois of the Sacramento-based 1980s pop band Bourgeois Tagg.

myRecordFantasy, held at Gigatone’s headquarters at the Track Shack Studios in Sacramento, will feature Rundgren’s fans from around the world vying for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of auditioning to perform on his new album. In addition, fans will be attending and participating in nightly jam sessions and a grand finale concert with Rundgren and the guest artists. The live performances will be streamed on the internet and available via pay-per-view at http://www.todocast.tv/gigatone/.

Rundgren, whose innovation as a producer and recording artist has spawned one of pop music’s most devout followings, will find himself in familiar company. He was at the controls for punk rock pioneer Johansen and the New York Dolls’ eponymous debut album . And, he produced Bourgeois Tagg’s second album, Yoyo, in 1987, which included the Top 40 hit, “I Don’t Mind At All.” Rundgren will be appearing with Gigatone stablemate Thomas, vocalist on No. 1 Starship hits “We Built This City,” “Sara,” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” for the first time.

On (re)Production, Rundgren will be performing songs from his impressive body of work as a groundbreaking producer. Among the titles he’s recording originating from myRecordFantasy guest artists are “Love My Way” from the Psychedelic Furs, “Better Than You,” by the New York Dolls and Bourgeois Tagg’s “Out of My Mind.” Other album tracks will include “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” from Meat Loaf’s epic Bat Out of Hell, Grand Funk Railroad’s “Walk Like a Man” from We’re An American Band, “Dear God” from XTC’s Skylarking as well as various cuts from albums he produced for Badfinger, Patti Smith, Hall and Oates, Rick Derringer and The Tubes, among others.

As with previous events, myRecordFantasy is filmed in high definition, with reality episodes airing on Gigatone’s Channel Page on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/gigatonerecords. Jam sessions and the finale concert will be streamed live and made available by pay-per-view. Gigatone Entertainment was founded by music and digital entertainment pundit and Grammy Governor Mitchell Koulouris

http://www.myrecordfantasy.com/news/2011/01/guests-announced-for-myrecordfantasy-with-todd-rundgren/







Can we get a US release for Todd Rundgren's Johnson?

3 comments:

  1. Did Rugrat know there was a skunk sleeping on his head when that picture was taken?

    >.....Rundgren, whose innovation as a producer and recording artist has spawned one of pop music’s most devout followings

    Those fans have loose screws! I know one major Rugrat fan personally and, I'm tellin' ya, LOOSE SCREW!

    >.....He was at the controls for punk rock pioneer Johansen and the New York Dolls’ eponymous debut album.

    Yeah, I owned that recording back in the days of "Licorice Pizza". It was an album for FAGS ONLY! [Oh! Wait! That didn't come out right!]

    >.....Rundgren will be appearing with Gigatone stablemate Thomas, vocalist on No. 1 Starship hits “We Built This City,” “Sara,” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now"

    "We Built This City" - one of my most despised Rock songs of all time. Not quite on par with Lenin's "Imagine", but pretty darn close!

    However, I loved then and I love now, Starship's song "Miracles". Actually, that's the only "Jefferson Airplane/Starship" song I DO LIKE. But it gets a grade of "Solid A" in my book.

    ~ D-FensDogg
    'Loyal American Underground'

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  2. Sorry, McDogg-

    Insults coming from a Tiny Tim fan really do not faze me...

    If TR fans are members of a loose screw cult following, Tiny Tim fans are institutionalized in a nice little home for those with no screws to loosen!

    But I gotta agree on "Built This City-"it may have the absolute DUMBEST lyrics ever written.

    I am proud of you for coming out of the closet. Fortunately, I purchased the NYD album after becoming a TR fan, when the album was appropriate for heterosexuals as well.

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  3. Yeah... well... Tiny Tim.
    What can I say? I have no defense.
    (But at least he believed in Jesus.)

    Hey, man, I HAD to come out of the closet! It got very dreary in there, just hanging around with skeletons 24/7/365.

    ~ McDogg
    [Closet Boy George fan.]

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