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Episode 83
Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Grab the cocktail, listen to the mini-playlist (Tasting Flight) and then join the Classic Rocktails Pyromania Party!
When rock became precision-built.
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Produced by Robert John 'Mutt' Lange — the mad scientist of layered rock.
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Guitars and vocals were stacked obsessively (sometimes dozens of takes).
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Pioneered the “polished but heavy” sound later used by Bon Jovi, Poison, etc.
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More studio craft than raw band performance — controversial at the time.