Producer Tom Werman on KISS, Rush, Love/Hate, Molly Hatchet, Dokken, Skynyrd, Ted Nugent-Interview

[@shotgunrebels]

Tom is a legit old school producer. He delivered hit songs and albums... period.

[@jlopez65]

The Love/Hate album was sonically awesome! Great low end (frequencies). It is probably the best engineered album that Tom worked on.

[@kitoyobeni1]

Absolutely love their first two albums. Shame the didn't get the success they deserved and started changing lineups and their sound from that point forward.

[@STETTRACE]

Let me touch your cookies

[@DevineEscapes]

Awesome band. Don't limit yourself to the first 2 albums--check out the 3rd and 4th too...songs like ola mola, and the searchers, you don't want to miss them.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

Who the hell listens to Lynyrd Skynyrd and says ' no songs' ? That's bizarre. Even if you are not a fan of southern rock, you gotta acknowledge that they had songs , and lots of them. Few bands have a higher ratio of good songs per album

[@JTB--]

Love/Hate -Black Out in the Red Room is a classic album. Check it out if you haven't.

[@DrDetroit_]

Me and my buddy bought it when it first came out. We were stationed in Germany. They had their address on the inside so we wrote them. Jizzy and Skid wrote us back several times. Really cool dudes. Badass album, too.

[@tommyisaacs5198]

I Had That Black Out In A Red Room Album and Loved It!

[@jamestcallahanphotographer]

Absolute sonic bombast. Great record. I had forgotten he produced that one.

[@vistalite]

These are some of the best interviews out there. This one with Tom Werman is one of my favorites. The sound and overall production of his recordings always stood out to me as the best. I’m a big fan of Ted Templeman’s work, too.

[@vernondouglas4486]

Superb interviews all around. Every 70’s & 80’s rock fan needs to subscribe to this channel. Hands down, some of the finest interviewing. It’s like a Time Traveling Machine in here!!

[@lanceross3633]

Your interviews are a must have. Thank you for sharing once again. Love this channel.

[@fullinbloom]

Thank you, Lance.

[@shannonjones3714]

What a great interview! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

[@jamesp9141]

That 1st Love/Hate Album Kills!!!

[@chrisbarnette7137]

Those first 4 Skynyrd albums are all classics. All these albums he touched were pure magic.

[@carljacobson7156]

Great Interview - this guy should write a book!

[@scottwhite2757]

Perfect As Always..Tom Was In The Business At The Right time ..

[@pawlpoche8736]

And left at the right time

[@mikemiller7494]

I have listened for a couple of days love it ,!!!!!!!! I am now subscribed, thank you!!!!!!

[@HaXaW5150]

Hactchet will always be one of my favorite bands. The guitars were just so good and like a bunch of acrobats jumping around.

[@joewestwood7505]

How about an inside "Blow my Fuse"? Tom doesn't mention Kix much in the interviews.

[@stuartewoldt1513]

😂

[@craigswensen434]

Great interview.

[@zenos66]

I watch all of these Full In Bloom videos to hear the hauntingly beautiful theme song by Fool Of Fate as much as the video content itself.

[@stevetobin7495]

great stuff..many thanks

[@jamestcallahanphotographer]

Great fucking interview! Man…to hear all the behind the scenes stories of all these bands from one of the great hard rock producers (a personal favorite of mine) is just stellar. I’d love to hear Tom’s thoughts on another great melodic Hard Rock/New Wave/Pop band he produced, The Producers. I love that first record; it’s as good sounding today as it was 40 years go when it came out. Tom should write a book about his career, seriously, as another poster mentioned below. I’d devour it in a day. Looking forward to more great interviews like this one. Thanks!

[@fullinbloom]

Thank you, James. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Mission2Transition641]

great stories!! My favorite bands.

[@JasonHi]

Wish you would've asked about his one credit with Blue Oyster Cult, Mirrors. They had VERY little good to say about Werman.

[@AwesomeBeatles]

Thank you Tom for signing Ted. I have seen him some 45 times. He is the best guitarist of the seventies.

[@paulgriffin3128]

The Price. Is a Ballad.

[@charleskletter8974]

Tom is a great producer

[@naterobarge5230]

This dude is literally a member at the country club I work for

[@freedomworks3976]

Which one ?

[@naterobarge5230]

@@freedomworks3976 Pittsfield country club

[@coyleigh]

Yeah but I'll bet he don't associate with the help.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

Literally?why does everyone have to include the word 'literally'in every sentence now? 😅

[@stuartewoldt1513]

​@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 Literally?

[@whataboutrob442]

Awesome channel!

[@davidellis5141]

My father Don worked with Tom in the 70's.

[@fullinbloom]

Wow. He's the one that Tom is talking about in the interview.

[@davidellis5141]

@@fullinbloom Regarding Kiss , yes. He was preoccupied with an act from Boston named Boston. So , he had a big miss but a big score at the same time.

[@fullinbloom]

@@davidellis5141 HUGE score. Is your father still alive?

[@davidellis5141]

@@fullinbloom No , He died in 1993. Lots of good memories I have from growing up around the music biz.

[@fullinbloom]

@@davidellis5141 I bet. What's one of your favorite memories?

[@STETTRACE]

Love Hate!!!

[@issuesandtissues9280]

Love the Love Hate album!

[@MistaSCARY]

Hate the Love Hate album!

[@EPstroker]

I can't believe skynyrd got turned down back in the day with whats now classic songs......these guys were turning down what's on pronounced and I'm guessing the first and last record. RVZ is a song poet. How could anyone turn down his songs?

[@Acoustic_strings]

Must be an older interview because all of the members of Molly Hatchet have passed now.

[@freedomworks3976]

Sad but true they are all gone and now there is a knock off cover band stealing there name

[@WhyTheHorseface]

@10:20 Ray Danniels also managed Van Halen.

[@DannyGadish]

Ray Danniels also pretty much broke up Van Halen lol

[@driven9863]

Van Halen is Narcissistic Assholes, screwing Michael Anthony out of song writing credit.

[@1badjesus]

RED ONION Redondo Beach had SHE'S AN ANGEL last song EVERY Sunday night of their Mexican Restaurant KNAC/ROCK Free Brunch. $5 got ya in WITH 5 tickets good for 5 well drinks AND AllYaCanEat (mediocre) Buffett AND if ya had a coupon get $2 OFF! LOL so $3 got ya drunk on cheap booze+ belly filled with fried mystery-meat mini chimichangas! lolol...man... good times.. good times.

[@pdooley730]

What’s the point system all these producers talk about? Is that a royalty multiple or something like that?

[@gabrieledwards1066]

10:20 Rush!

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

Thanks!

[@kendetulio4009]

Thanks

[@pedraw]

The last surviving member of Hatchet, Steve Holland, has passed.

[@kitoyobeni1]

Darnn. RIP

[@scottwhite2757]

I did Not Know MH Is A Favorite..

[@robintaylor7355]

That really suxs R.I.P.

[@kylehanson4717]

Well, he WAS the least important guitarist according to Werman 😏

[@j.reveille6815]

Wow my first concert beating the odds tour . I think first or second show for new singer after Danny left. Early 80s kutztown state college pa.kicked totally ass I was right up front and the guitar players blew me away and I have always been as big a fan of drummer Bruce crump.he was amazing. Long live the Hatchet.

[@robintaylor7355]

Pete Townsend is lead guitar player

[@1badjesus]

I know right?.. the ONLY guitarist in the band no less lol ... Maine he was referring to the rhythm Pete played during the song.. then again he called Pete "BEST Right Hand Man Ever"... so...

[@r3d5ive87]

Pete has pretty much been known as one of the best rhythm players of all time. Doesn’t mean he doesn’t play lead.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

Damn right he is. He's a songwriter first and like most songwriters he plays a lot of rhythm parts but he can play solos as well as anyone

[@garym2282]

My best friend played on a record produced by Tom. Great band, but didn't get the credit they deserved, Babylon A.D.

[@12floz67]

Didn’t they play bang goes the bell or something like that?

[@garym2282]

@@12floz67 Yes. Babylon AD. Great knowledge 👏

[@12floz67]

@@garym2282 I used to play that in a cover band years ago. It was a good tune.

[@97stratocaster21]

Babylon A.D. was a great band. One of the bands that deserved a much better career than the one that they had.

[@philipreedwallace]

Dam. Lynard skynrd. SP?? At the Exit/In here in Nashville. What a killer show. And no. Wow! They tore the Exit/In down. So sad.😢

[@M98-j9k]

Why hate on Steve Holland?

[@billbazen9432]

He was talking about the lead guitarist who founded the band.Duane

[@M98-j9k]

​@billbazen9432 No, he was talking about Steve Holland. He was the last to die and the 3rd guitarist.

[@M98-j9k]

​@@billbazen9432And the lead was Dave Lubek.

[@JohnViguerie]

Good Band. No Songs. What. A. Tool.

[@Spookje09]

Tom "Shit drum sounds" Werman

[@williamcurry1132]

anyone think WICKED LESTER album will ever be released

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

No...unfortunately

[@bobravenscraft5376]

Iv always said what he says I think when Ozzy chose Jake and sent George home broke it had an imprint on his ego so noodling on blow wasn't working dude. We need songs

[@jeffgomez88]

04:21 Who would of been dumb enough to pass on signing Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Rush? I'm sure that A&R executive didn't last too long in the business.

[@tOxIc_TrEaSuRe]

3 Motley Crue albums are getting destroyed by 1 Twisted Sister record in sales revenue. LOL -

[@1badjesus]

NIKKI said had WILD SIDE been produced by Bob Rock it'd sound better.. I can't help but think that's true. THAT'S a song begging for BASS turned to 11 .. but as with most of Werman's production it's non existent. HOWEVER maybe... not always but maybe sometimes the producer gets MORE credit than they deserve.. especially if the SONG is ALREADY there. Every Rose Has It's Thorn... Home Sweet Home... Never Enough ...those are hits that just need recording; an oversimplification perhaps but if the song is there it's THERE... and if it isn't... well ...you can't "produce" a diamond from a lump of coal no matter how hard you press. My point is yes Tom has sold millions of records but maybe a much of that credit should not be attributed to him. I'm no sound engineer but I listen to the songs Dancing on Glass vs. Dr. Feelgood and there's a world of difference in sound quality.

[@veronicafox399]

@MJ W My favorite too!

[@driven9863]

Draft Dodger Werman

[@billyz5088]

So he had more in common with Ted Nugent than most folks knew ..

[@Cincinnatus1869]

@@billyz5088 You'd have been itching to go the jungle I bet. Particularly if you were Nugent and had a career as a rock star already started

[@AwesomeBeatles]

@@billyz5088 Vietnam was a political shit-show. Politicians playing God with people's lives. Nothing patriotic there. I blame no one for passing on that.

[@Jayhawk9]

Tom always comes of as a victim

[@stormrider878]

Most cowards did that to avoid the war.

[@tod3msn]

What is rong wit cows?. I like dem cows. Do youse like cows? I tink cows r cool.

[@bobravenscraft5376]

George is in my humble opinion over rated

[@Wargasm644]

To “stay out of the war”. Thank you for your disservice.

[@billyz5088]

at least he didn't poop his pants to avoid it like Nugent did ..

[@Cincinnatus1869]

You'd have jumped at the chance to go to Vietnam , right? It's really easy to criticize that mindset when you have never been faced with the possibility of being drafted

[@Wargasm644]

@@Cincinnatus1869 I didn’t have to worry about being “drafted”. Because I served voluntarily. And your “mindset “ drivel is weak. And just goes to reinforce cowardice….sad.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

@@Wargasm644 the military likes people like you. A weak mind that can be shaped into whatever they want it to think or believe. A conformist. Some people need that I guess. They can't think for themselves and so they join up and give up individuality . I bet you were a good little soldier ( if indeed you actually were, which I doubt)

[@jaysantiago9673]

Tom gobbled a bunch of male anatomy to get hired as a producer.

[@clausm2203]

Great interview