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Celebrating
36 Years 1977–2013
DAVID KLEIN
FOGEL FLICK OPENS DTFFLA
Tidbits From From Our Tidbits Our Tattered Past Tattered Past
Legendary music industry executive Arthur Fogel, currently Live Nation’s CEO of Global Touring, is seen with Police man Andy Summers at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, which on its Opening Night, screened a new film about Fogel’s expoits. Fogel has managed four of the five most successful music tours ever.
1988–Metallica–#24 Promoting the band's latest album, ...And Justice For All, Metallica's Lars Ulrich responded to a question about switching to producer Fleming Rasmussen. "First of all, I don't like the word producer," Ulrich said. "Metallica is not the kind of band that gets produced; Metallica gets recorded. What we need is someone who can record our ideas and execute them." The issue also contains a Pro Player ad by Ginger Baker, the legendary Cream drummer who was looking to start a new band.
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ALL PHOTOS: JIM DONNELLY
Now in its 19th year, the annual punk rock festival (if it can be called that anymore) is in full effect. Continuing its trend of pop, rock, metal, hardcore and dance oriented artists, this year’s VWT features (1) Bring Me the Horizon, (2) Summer Set, (3) the Aquabats, (4) Black Veil Brides, (5) Motion City Soundtrack and (6) Go Radio as seen here. Other bands on the tour who are not pictured include Reel Big Fish, letlive, August Burns Red, the Chariot, Chiodos (with returning frontman Craig Owens), Blessthefall, and many more. Get event and ticketing information at http://vanswarpedtour.com.
Kid Rock detailed the 10-year trek to his "overnight success" in Music Connection's exclusive interview. "When you scan 9,000 records and are selling out 2,000 seaters in Detroit, it gets people's attention. ... I wasn't looking for a deal, because I have a lot of money coming in." We also interviewed industry heavyweight Charles Koppleman, of CAK Entertainment, who observed, "The public has come to the realization––as has the banking world––that owning a catalog of income-producing songs is more reliable than a fully rented building." musicconnection.com
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