Poison Producer Ric Browde Talks Look What the Cat Dragged In, Nikki Sixx, Herman Rarebell-Interview
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2021
- This is a full in bloom interview with producer
Ric Browde.
INSIDE THE ALBUM:
Poison
'Look What The Cat Dragged In'
Ric talks about his experience recording Poison's 1986
debut album, 'Look What The Cat Dragged In,' the lawsuits, Nikki Sixx, Jack Russell, Herman Rarebell, Michael Wagener, Don Dokken, White Lion, Mike Tramp, The Dogs D'Amour, & more.
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Thank you so much, Rob.
I totally agree with you here - these interviews provide so much great information and stories.
Yeah, I have been marveling at his interviews really good flow questioning and pulling such good answers. I will say his subjects are really good to.
These interviews are very informative and entertaining. Thanks for all your work documenting this history.
Thank you....and thank you for listening.
Got to see them open for Cinderella and Loudness in San Antonio for this tour, Cinderella was supporting Nightsongs. Bobby had a Green sequined tux top and a pink Warlock. CC had pink tuxedo and green warlock. BC Rich attack mode engaged. Whole show was fantastic.
I was forced to watch them at an otherwise incredible lineup ( as usual) at the Texxas jamm!!!! ( Tesla, bleh, [oops, I meant poison] , Whitespace, Aerosmith, and Bostons first show in years....92,000 fans, naked girls, very little sobriety......cottonbowl/ Dallas, Texas ( Pantera shirts everywhere becuz they'd played the warehouse district the night before and were after all " cowboys from hell" lol
This and Crue’s first album are still some of my very favorites of all time.
love love these interviews you do....you have a talent for getting people to give the intimate minutia that you don’t always get from other interviews and that certainly sets you apart from the others.
Thank you, my friend.
Browde has recorded thirty-six albums to date and sold over twenty-seven million records earning eight platinum and eleven gold records. -Wiki
that is pretty dam impressive
and drinks vinegar for breakfast
And yet he cant seem to reconcile with that past. He's trying to erase that whole chapter of his life....why? kind of a condescending prick.
And Poison was his most successful record and one of his last successful records.
Fascinating interview as always Adam. It’s so wonderful you get other individual’s perspective on what happened.
I literally cannot get enough of your channel.
Thank you, my friend. Honored to have you as a listener!
Adam? Finally a lead. Who is this guy? Been trying to piece it together.
You sir need your own show on SiriusXM VOLUME
Hell yes, let's do it.
Buddy - I love the content. Interviews about things and people and albums and songs that I’ve always wondered about and wanted to know more about. Keep it coming man. I sub, and recommend the channel all the time.
Hell yes. I can't thank you enough.
The lead singer in my first band’s mom worked for a concert promoter so we all got free tix for a Poison concert one time. We were really only interested in going to see Tesla as the opening act. It was after their glam phase and they were trying to be a credible band, but it still was uncool to be known to go to a Poison show. Anyway, we were pleasantly surprised- they put on a good show and they knew how to entertain. They were a classic case of “Fake it til ya make it”.
guessing this was during the Ritchie Kotzen era after CC left?
@@adamwright7954 Nope. CC Banana era. [Metal Sludge joke]. Was CC DeVille, and he was actually good, except for when his guitar cut out a couple notes into the solo to “Every Rose”. His tech was furiously trying to get it to work, but CC just ended up shrugging while Brett just smiled and strummed til the tech switched out his rig.
Omg, totally forgot about CC Banana.
Full In Bloom I have nothing but respect for this RUclips channel totally amazing interviews amazing stuff like trendsetting in my opinion
I appreciate that, Robin. Thanks for continuing to listen.
Love the interviews - this could be the best one yet, what a story!
It’s so cool the faster pussycat reference and Nikki Sixx that’s one of my favorite albums the Faster Pussycat self titled first album killer album
Maybe the best one yet. I love how matter of fact he is. I really hope there’s more.
Love these interviews 👍🏻
Full in bloom makes excellent interviews on all the bands of my teenage years. I am French I learn my English by listening to your interviews. I have to listen several times and I put the subtitle in English (never in French). Your interviews serve me like an English course.
Amazing! Best comment of the day. Thank you for sharing your story and good luck with your studies.
@@fullinbloom Now promise me that you will articulate your sentences because no-English speakers are listening to you. I don't think I'm the only one.
Everyone starts somewhere and pays their dues. Poison started at the bottom and look at them now. They have did well. Haters are laughable.
I just love that song! What the cat dragged in. I listen to that over and over. Its so catchy.💕💕💕💕
Tammy Ventrella Hooking up with the drummer from the scorpions back in the 80s man I bet they were partying so much and having just the time of their lives
There are always people who were in the background that had important roles to play back in the day that flew under the radar, and for me Ric is one of those characters. I used to read liner notes, and I was around LA in the latter part of the 80s and encountered some of these folks, but I had never heard of him prior to this interview, but man does he fill in the details (some I knew, and some I didn't) about these people and places! His memories are on the money!
"In a lot of ways I feel that we were kind of a landmark album because we opened up the music business. The barrier to entry used to be being able to sing in tune and have talent and we removed that. So it was good!"
Brutal, funny, and super entertaining.
Great interview!!
Great interview,love the behind the scenes details. We met Herman in L.A. in 1985 and Gene Simmons and Ted Nugent were at our first Troubadour gig. Wow I have great memories of the 80s,so much fun. Thank you for sharing Adam.
Thank you, Lance. Helluva first Troubadour gig.
I'm a guitarist who plays 80s metal but I'm 27 years old. I wish I had experienced the 80s so bad
@@lrn_news9171 I’m glad you enjoy 80s metal and there were a lot of great guitarists to learn from in that era. Fun times.
@@lanceross3633 I would've fit right in. I gotta say, I am a pretty good guitarist, my style is heavily influenced by George Lynch and Warren DeMartini. I am not saying I'm at their level but I am reasonably close. I could totally have survived on playing guitar in the 80s and perhaps even attain moderate success
@@lanceross3633 Hell I would've done the whole big hair and makeup thing lol
I'm not a big fan of Poison but that idea that all you have to do is have a good looking singer and "passable songs" and boom you go triple platinum is ridiculous
It's "ugly jealous man" mentality. Some sort of stuck up "proper" musician who thinks it's all about looks or that we all want to listen to music to learn everything there is about life.
Just imagine back in the 80s you know the scorpions came from Germany they were making so much money you know Herman is now living in Redondo Beach I mean it must’ve been an amazing time just super special
I enjoyed his comments about Michael Wagener, I interviewed Wagener a few years ago. He was indeed a nice guy!
Great interview ♥️
This was funny and interesting. Love the Mike Tramp house story! lol
This album touched a nerve back in the day. Great to hear the in and out of it being made. Really do enjoy the interview.
This record is more what “it’s not” than what “it is” 🙌🏻🤘🏻
I like some of those early Poison tunes. Ah man, what does that say about me?
It says you liked it...as did millions of teenagers. Totally normal. When Poison came out (I was 14) I loved it. This album had a raw brash attitude without being too scary for naive teenagers like me, BonJovi, Europe, Whitesnake 87 all dropped around the same time, it was awesome.
It means you are honest and not into retrospective "too cool" bullshit. Poison rocked. It wasn't all the look. I knew dudes that would have hated them based on how they looked, yet they didnt know and they liked them.
This guy rocks, love hearing about the dogs
Meanwhile he’s sitting in a house that Look What The Cat Dragged In paid for
yeah with the platinum record hanging on the wall
Well atleast he's honest about it
@@MrLobba Nine days of misery LOL! That's classic!
Good for him, as he said he broke down that barrier that you don’t need to be talented or good to sell records
yeah, because they finally paid him after he sued.
Pure gold..
Poison is definitely not at the top of my favorite bands, but look what the cat dragged in is one of the best top selling records and all the songs were good I think, gotta give credit were credit is due
😂😂so you got butthurt
@@jumpfart666 jump fart butthurt dam you like ass or something
Killer album. It is what it is. I didnt know what they looked like, I thought it was radio rock. People had fun while listening to light hearted music.
yeah you can't deny Talk Dirty - and the solo is a classic. Cry Tough, I Want Action, Cat Dragged In - all good songs, even if they were bubble gummy
but they didn't give credit where credit is due, thus the plagiarism lawsuits.
What an amazing interview. I've never liked Poison. But they were everywhere. It was kind of difficult to miss them. I love the truth about how much physical attractiveness plays a part. He's saying basically that they had no musical talent whatsoever. I'll bet it is funny for him. More funny even since he profited. I've seen this happen over and over. It's not just music. Of course I also detect some intense sarcasm and irony in his sense of humor.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for listening.
They had talent. Every Rose has it's Thorn? not groundbreaking or prog rock but a great song. - and I actually don't love the song. Something to Believe in... Mama's Falling Angel. plenty of decent songs
Poison were not completely talentless, CC was not a bad guitarist at all despite all the bashing. Solo on "life goes on" is fuckin killer.
He could write catchy riffs.
Bret wasn't a good singer of course but you know, it fit their music.
Drummer improved as time went by
I started out thinking "damn, this guy is a dick", but as I kept listening, now I really like the guy. He shit on a couple of albums I happen to love but hey, he produced them...he's obviously earned the right to have whatever opinion he wants. He's also coming from a different vantage point, so overall his opinions have formed based on information and 1st hand experiences. I respect that. He actually seems like a really fun guy. Can't knock him for being honest.
"...for garbage producers like me..." 😃
@ 11:18 "We removed the barrier of singing in tune and having talent".........HOLY CRAP!!!!!!
It's really interesting to see the very different impressions about this album and process between Jim Faraci and Ric. It's like they were talking about two different bands and albums. Love these interviews!
Ric obviously has an ax to grind with Poison. He tries to trash them at every opportunity in this interview. Now nobody would confuse Poison with Dream Theater for talent but Poison isnt as bad as Ric tries to make them out to be
Hi Great interview :) Thanks for these uploads sir . Can you interview him about the faster pussycat album ?
He also produced material issue - going thru your purse, fantastic album
Is this interview part of the segment that you posted later that focuses on Joan Jett?
I love ❤️ Nikki Sixx!
this channel really kicks ass
Thank you for listening, Felipe.
@@fullinbloom These interviews are great, thanks man.
@@rodneystanger1651 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Please explain the Smashed Gladys $200 cd at pawn shops??? What was the deal??
Another great interview.
I want to clarify one very small detail that Ric Browde got wrong. I worked for Enigma Records during this time and we did not hire a bunch of people to call MTV to request the videos....... we used college student interns that worked for free. But call they did to MTV and radio.
You still hired them. So he's not wrong
Man this guy loves himself….
I agree.
of course some magachud doesn't listen when he continually refers to himself as a garbage producer and refers to Mutt Lange as a God.
@@adamwright7954 Has nothing to do with political persuasion. Fuckin annoying as hell
@@adamwright7954 He's right, as well.
Ric is great guest honest and I cracked up couple times. 8 listened to Smashed Gladys yikes!! Now I know how I never heard of em
back in that heyday, Poison's music were just good fun "party" songs. when we wanted substance, we'd listen to thrash 🤘🏻
Thank you. Most people have this idea that the thrash kids hated glam, and vice versa. Maybe that was true in some circles, but where I was from, the same kids lining up for the Bon Jovi and Poison tickets were lining up for the Priest and Megadeth tickets.
Amen 🙏!!!!
Im glad to see Brett doing well and the drummer
Every rose has its thorn is great song . Gimmie something to believe in life goes on . Poison wrote great songs dude must hate poison maybe the guys in poison banged his girlfriend.
Back in the day this guy seemed more like he had a boyfriend.
Poison! CC is amazeballs.
I dedicate Haywire Thinking About The Years to the great memories of the 80's LA metal scene. 🎸🥁🎶🔊
P.E.I.'s finest 🤘🏼
@@keithgarnett4075 Yes.Marvelous Marvin's birthday is coming up on the 8th so don't forget to wish him a rockin happy birthday. Maybe buy him some beer if you see him .🎸🔊🎶👍🍺😀 Have a good day Keith! Keep Rockin!!
I have that Smashed Gladys CD and had no idea it was collectible. Despite what he says it's really good.
Wounded Bird or somebody did a re-release at some point, so it's not as collectible as it used to be.
@@fullinbloom I have the 1988 pressing but I get it.
Why was it so collectible?
@@mattskustomkreations I'm dying to know why
Brutal
Does this guy pretty much hate every album he produced?
6:42 Interesting little crowded house reference
Smashed Gladys is a classic album!
yes it is!!!
eye of the storm my persnal fav.
they did it to get laid :D
Smashed Gladys was a great record. What’s this guy’s deal?
R.I.P. Sally Cato
He sounds like a salty dbag who just wants to bash everyone who did better than him.
We might love it but it's not for everyone....to each their own 🤘🏼
I remember reading an interview with Sally Cato where she said they tried to avoid having him produce their album, because of how shit he made the first Poison album sound.
Love this guy! Talking shit about Stevie Nicks being fat and coked out..complete gold.
How come this dude you’re interviewing though looks like he’s 75 and sounds like he’s 35?
Rock business keeps you young minded
this shit's gold LMAO
Ric has no filter
0:58 What is he saying after girls girls girls I’ve tried to listen to it 15 times and I cannot tell what he says
4:54 Stevie Nicks was so coked out she wouldn’t show up for her recording studio time so this dude took it up I love it Fleetwood Mac people would love to hear that little reference
We already know. Whole band was that way
Love the raw interview. The music of The Dogs D'Amour was always cool. I just can’t get into the vocalists voice. He reminds me of Lou Reed a bit in how unique it is. It’s just not for me. But it’s sounds like they are doing well and that’s rad.
I enjoy poison records. I don’t get into who wrote or played what. It doesn’t have an impact on my bank account. With that said…I was never a fan of their vocals either but I could tune them out on those poison albums.
Music's all a con job. So damn true!
yeah the fact that Bon Jovi had a bassist who never played on the records and was picked for his looks and they had him there for years is a testament to that fact
Confidence and street smarts can take you a long way.
Wow! I didn't know there were other lawsuits besides "talk dirty to me".
I didn't finish my sentence during the interview, but I remember hearing about a lawsuit maybe 5 years ago where CC's former bandmates were suing Poison for stealing songs. I think it was like 4 or 5 songs. I remember listening to them, and they weren't just partial rip-offs, they were exact rip-offs - music, lyrics and melodies. Then the lawsuit just disappeared. Does anybody have any info?
@@fullinbloom they waited too long to sue. The statute of limitations is only 3 years. They waited 20...lol.
@@keithmiller1828 when you wait 20 yrs its most likely bullshit its not like you just heard it on the radio and was like hey thats my fuckn song
@@fullinbloom "Talk Dirty To Me" rips off "She's Tight" by Cheap Trick; "Cat Dragged In" lifts a lot from "Lightning Strikes" by Aerosmith
"I Want Action" has the same melody as Sweden's Easy Action's "We Go Rockin'", which the guitartist is Kee Marcello used to be in Europe.
“Music is a giant con job”… such truth….
Saw them in 2007 or so, and I thought CC was a great showman and a very good guitar player., Bret was slow and boring but he wasn't in the 80's. Ricky was also a great show man.
Listen to the New York Dolls PERSONALITY CRISIS…it’s where Poison got Talk Dirty To Me from. Im surprised they weren’t sued, to be honest.
Hes even worked on joan Jett ballet
The dude just basically admitted what we all knew, and acted as the " well used doormat" for grunge to thankfully try and save Rock and roll....( I really never cared for nirvana, but AiC, Pearl jam, and soundgarden, along with revamped VH , etc....the band "LIVE", Tesla, ......and screaming trees , black crowes,
Kings x..( most underrated band ever btw, that last one)...they all had a part in helping the old schoolbguys that never left, ( vh, priest, maiden, Aerosmith old stuff, Floyd, Boston comeback)
This producer literally made an inane comment, he Saud " poisons album allowed a non talented, talented band with a singer out of tune to create a
" landmark album"......lmao....yeah, that's just awesome! Lmfao....oh looòooord!!!😅😅😅😅
The two pairs of pants that had Nikki leather?
Sitting here laughing, the joke was people said they sounded like poison, I'm from their hometown back east so congrats to them for making it but it was determination and hard work not musical talent. There are more than a few frontmen that couldn't sing but as someone else has said, when they wiggled those hips the girls went wild. Removing the musical talent barrier to success as a musical act, funny but probably led to the end of the 80's rock scene. Some of that music was really good and is still very enjoyable, but no lipstick or Aquanet Superhold.
smashed gladys. new nothing of them. but I to used to shop the pawn shops and the musiclands for hard to find CD's (in the western U.S.). never came across them (but noticed it sold very well on ebay....I kind of tracked completed ebay auctions to see what stuff was selling well). but there was some good stuff (late 80's) I came across while shopping. trouble, rhinobucket, hurricane, cold sweat, keel, femme fatale, tyketto, MSG, madame x, tuff, etc). it's a shame that CD's went out of fashion. no money in it now.
CDs can get extremely expensive. Check out eBay
I'm blessed to be longtime friends with Madam X. Chris Doliber and Maxine Petrucci owned a bar in the middle of Michigan's Upper Peninsula called the Tumble Inn. Great place. I was the house photographer so got to shoot everybody that played there back in 96-01. Dio, Vince Neil, Slaughter, Warrant, Vixen, etc. Wonderful times.
Glad to see Browde has dropped the fake German accent he used in the '80's
Somebody's enjoying themselves lol definitely high
Search here for (Rockcandy Live In Toronto 1988). Phil Collen of Def Leppard joins the band on stage for one song. Also search here for (Sucker For a Pretty Face) by RockCandy, it's a great under rated rare (1987) album. Also search here for (Sinful Demo Album 1985) featuring Nuno Bettencourt B4 Extreme & Joey Anes B4 Rockcandy. Enjoy the show & the music!!!!
I bought that Rock Candy cassette at the mall based purely on the cover. It was cheap, $5.99 I believe, and I remember thinking it was ok.
@@standarddef8769 If you can find that cassette you should post it on Ebay for a lot more money today!!! As long as it still plays in good condition.... It's truly a gem
@@corndog1868 good to know thanks.. somehow I lost a lot of my tapes but it may turn up
Funny thing, when I discovered your channel, I skipped the interviews which I thought would not be interesting. Come to find out, they all are, and I’ll find myself on a Chris Holmes kick, or a Ric Browdie kick, etc……
This weasel probably wouldn't talk this way in front of those people. Calling Stevie Nicks names, slagging just about everyone and praising whatever italian band he worked with that no one knows. Poison wrote great songs, talent, CC is a great guitar player people don't want to admit.
they stole great songs
@@joehobbs3277 Exactly. No fan of Nicks either, but that was uncalled for what he said, pseudo intellectual kind of producer. The bar was high with Rhodes, etc, but just about every hair metal band had much better than average guitar players for sure. Media critics of the day might say players like CC, Mars were sloppy but at the same time will praise REM/U2 music that anyone can play with little effort.
@@joehobbs3277 I never understood why those alt bands got a pass, it's more like soundscapes, modern art of music, no real great melody. I give ramones a pass for that same reason of johnny's downstrokes, invented a sound and style that many copied. Joey's vocal melodies would work well put to piano music. Ramones song mama's boy part where Johnny actually does a pull off on a single note, teen spirit copies that note sound. Another thing with glam, those guys are all over the stage and still playing good while the alt bands are lingering around in heavy concentration of playing something simple and what should be effortless. This producer being interviewed mentioned Poison's "drummer" and you know well he probably remember Rikki's name, just had to do that for sake of being more of a jerk. Also when glam bands wrote serious songs, something to believe, house of pain, 18 and life...the lyrics are outstanding and not just party stuff.
@@joehobbs3277 I think Chris Cornel has the perfect hard rock voice. If he came out in the 70's with a traditional hard rock band I think he'd be even bigger. Jani Lane was a great writer and main force of that band for sure. So many deaths in alt, the main 3-Chris, Weiland, Cobain, alice in chains guy + blind melon and some others. Eddie Vedder seems to be last one standing of the big ones.
@@TX123412 So it's ok to slag REM and U2 but not your cock rock bands, Ok.
hate to say it but the guys right musically the album really sucked
but it was fun to listen to basically poison was a boy band with instruments
still i would go see them just to have a good time and reminisce
If only "writing some passable songs" were so easy....
Well... this guy is speaking the truth. Brett is not a good singer and they were definitely on the lower end of the talent spectrum. C.C. did write some memorable solos but other than that they cashed in on the same thing boy bands did. Looks and gimmick
and it worked perfectly
Lawsuits about plagiarizing? Never heard this before and I follow the 80s scene very closely.
were you there in the 80s?
Poison ripped off Easy Action and paid the price hahaha
I really like these pulling back the curtain stories. The budget for this record is crazy. I love when he basically says "I don't want to say anything bad but the drummer and singer were "incompetent". LOL Truer words have never been spoken.
The drummer improved quite a bit later on
@@lrn_news9171 RR is a perfectly functional drummer and seems like a genuinely nice dude.
Did he say they all hated Ted! Lol. That doesn’t surprise me
@The History Of Dog And Balls and an uptight wanker that won't have a drink be a match for gene Simmons if you could fit both the egos into one room
It's weird to hear a producer so completely trash 90% of the stuff he made a living on. I get if he had to sue Poison he'd throw them under the bus, but he's just pissing on everyone as being unworthy. Honestly, it's not a good look. I have to assume he's one of those guys who speaks in binary terms: Amazing and Terrible. There's no in between which simply isn't how the world works. Bruce Swedien was that way. Spoke about everything in superlatives. Exquisite. Gorgeous. Terrible. Unusable.
I'm a retired recording engineer from L.A. and I worked with plenty of bands who require a lot of punch-ins and edits. That's the way it goes. Very, very, very few people are 1 or 2 take perfection. I've saw Poison live back in the day. Rikki Rocket may not be Neil Peart but he was completely solid and nowhere near "terrible." The Faster Pussycat record was killer front to back and remains a favorite from the era.
It's not just Poison. He rips WASP, Faster Puasycat who he also produced
@@user-xb4ev2oi8b I'm sure that's it, user-xbnoonegivesafuck
I never knew could not stand Vince Neil at all. I mean I knew they kind of had a few issues during their career together but I never heard about him say anything at all about Vince and how he couldn’t stand the guy never heard him say that
As acdc put it "who made who"...
Or should I say who made whom?😉😉
Kiss a Metal Band? No. Poison was a good band and C.C DeVille is a great player.
C C is the worst guitar player that came out of the glam metal bands
I have to say, Rikki Rockett became a Great drummer by their 3rd album. Btw, this guy seems very bitter towards Poison. He puts them down every chance he gets. Mad cause he was t truly the one who Produced it? It’s a PERFECT rock album for that genre!
@@symbologee so is your family but we don’t post about it.
Agreed, he's very bitter and poison never claimed to be a "virtuoso band!". They wrote poppy glam hard rock/metal and that certainly had it's niche and were perfect for the genre and the girls loved them!..
Great drummer? Hahaha. No. Capable
I never forgave my high school band for making me play talk dirty to me. Good times.
The first poison record is easily their best 🤷🏻♀️
Flesh & Blood (to me) is way better and gets way more of a listen in the rotation way more than the debut. But I’m the guy who also loves Native Tongue and Crack A Smile.
The guy actually said Bret Michaels was a "hottie." Is this guy a 68 yr old man or an 80s teenage girl?
I liked the first Poison due to the trashy nature of it. When they did Open Up and Say Ah it was waaay too professional.
Agree totally. Look what the cat dragged in was stripped down fun rock.
People hating on Browde for hating on Poison.
The members of Poison don’t even like each other.
Why the hell would he like them?🤷♂️👍🥃