Tommy Denander

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]

Tommy Denander 2010

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 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. "Alice Cooper "Paranormal" Official Lyric video". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. "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.
  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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