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Tommy Denander

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Tommy Denander
Denander in 2010
Denander in 2010
Background information
Born (1968-03-10) 10 March 1968 (age 56)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupationsongwriter
Instrumentguitar
LabelsFrontiers Records

Tommy Denander (born March 10, 1968, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is mostly known for his role in the AOR project Radioactive, signed to Frontiers Records.[1]

The 2022 Radioactive album, X.X.X featured guests including Robin McAuley, Robbie LaBlanc, Jerome Mazza, Clif Magness, Mutt Lange and Andreas Carlsson.[2]

Denander has worked with artists including Michael Jackson,[3] Paul Stanley, Alice Cooper[4] (including original members Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, plus Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner), Deep Purple, Anastacia, Ricky Martin, Hollywood Vampires,[5] Rob Thomas, Jeff Beck,[5] Peter Cetera,[6] Richard Marx, Rob Zombie, Vince Gill, Ke$ha, Steve Perry, Ace Frehley, Peter Frampton, Tokio Hotel and many more. Producers include Robert "Mutt" Lange, David Foster, Max Martin, Eddie Kramer, Bob Ezrin, Desmond Child, Humberto Gatica, Bob Clearmountain, Denniz Pop, and Chris Lord-Alge.

He is the founder of Legends Of Rock, a project that featured rock singers including Bobby Kimball, Jimi Jamison, Joe Lynn Turner, Tony Martin, Graham Bonnet, Mickey Thomas, Fergie Frederiksen, Steve Augeri, and Eric Martin.[7]

His signature VGS guitar features both the Evertune bridge and True Temperament frets.[8]

Together with Bob Ezrin he co-produced and co-wrote Alice Cooper's album, Paranormal,[4] that was released on July 28, 2017. Denander played most of the guitars on the album. Denander also worked on Alice Cooper's Detroit Stories as co-writer, co-producer and musician.[9][10]

He co-wrote and played on the song "Welcome To Bushwackers",[5] that featured Jeff Beck on lead guitar, plus Denander played on the song "Mr Spider" on the Hollywood Vampires album, Rise (2019).

References

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  1. ^ "Interview: TOMMY DENANDER - Get Ready to ROCK! News | Reviews | InterviewsGet Ready to ROCK! News | Reviews | Interviews | Radio". Getreadytorock.me.uk. 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. ^ "TOMMY DENANDER's RADIOACTIVE Release Music Video For 'Written In The Scars' Featuring CHRISTIAN INGEBRIGTSEN". Sonic Perspectives. 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  3. ^ "Jerry Greenberg talks about Tommy Denander playing with Michael Jackson". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Alice Cooper "Paranormal" Official Lyric video". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Welcome to Bushwackers". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Love". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Tommy Denander: VGS Guitars". October 2, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  9. ^ "Wonderful World". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Alice Cooper's 'Detroit Stories' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart". Billboard.com. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  11. ^ Crew, Marko. "Tommy Denander om karriären, Kiss och Paul Stanleys soloalbum | KISS ARMY SWEDEN |DESTROYER | DESTROYER ALIVE". Kissarmysweden.net. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  12. ^ "Intervju med gitarristen Tommy Denander". Gitarrzombien.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  13. ^ "EverTune Shop • Index". Evertune.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  14. ^ "Interview with Tommy Denander". Impera.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  15. ^ "EMG Pickups / Artist View / Electric Guitar Pickups, Bass Guitar Pickups, Acoustic Guitar Pickups". Emgpickups.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  16. ^ "Discography at CD Universe". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  17. ^ "Paul Stanley - Live To Win CD. Heavy Harmonies Discography". Heavyharmonies.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
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