Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label 12 Rods

12 Rods return

Vitamn reports that 12 Rods are reuniting for gigs in the new year. It also passes comment of Todd's involvement with the band " recorded one album with Todd Rundgren as producer (mostly a disaster)". This was Ryan Olcott at the time (via MTV ) on working with Rundgren:   According to pop legend, Rundgren has been known to play many of the instruments on the records he produces, as well as provide backing vocals. With 12 Rods, that wasn’t the case. “It was quite the opposite with us,” said Olcott. “He didn’t play a single instrument or sing a single note. He just engineered and enjoyed. “We had a really good time in the studio,” he continued. “He was really easy going. You just have to work at his level and we have good work ethics when it comes to working in the studio.” Of course after a few years and the album bombed that had changed to: Olcott told City Pages, “We all thought Todd was under-performing. He was the last person to show up at each sessi...