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Sandy Pearlman’s
credits read like a who’s who of rock radio. A former
Woodrow Wilson Fellow in the History of Ideas, the
Billboard Producer Directory called Sandy the “Hunter
Thompson of rock, a gonzo producer of searing intellect
and vast vision.” As producer and writer for the
Blue Oyster Cult, Sandy helped establish the genre
of Heavy Metal. (He was one of the founders of Rock
Criticism, and literally was the first to use the phrase
“Heavy Metal” as it applied to music during his sojourn
at Crawdaddy magazine.) BOC recorded and Sandy produced
such classics as “Don’t Fear the Reaper, “ “Burning For
You,” “Astronomy” (covered by Metallica) and “The
Red and The Black” (covered by the legendary
Minutemen). (Sandy was even portrayed by
Christopher Walken in a Saturday Night Live parody skit
of the making of “Reaper.”) He produced the classic
second record by The Clash, Give ‘em Enough
Rope, along with what was arguably the first “punk”
record, The Dictators’ Go Girl Crazy.
Sandy worked with the legendary Pavlov’s Dog, who
anticipated the goth movement by more than ten years as
well as the leaders of LA’s Paisley Underground, The
Dream Syndicate. He has collaborated with the likes
of Patti Smith (who co-wrote various BOC songs),
Phil Manzanera and Andrew Mackay of Roxy Music,
Bill Bruford, etc. In recognition of his work, Sandy
has received 17 gold and platinum records. |
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More recently, Sandy headed the alternative label,
415 Records, whose roster included Romeo Void,
Translator, Wire Train, Red Rockers, Love Club,
Manitoba’s Wild Kingdom, etc. He acted as executive
producer on much of the later period 415 output. He has
also spent time as manager of Black Sabbath, BOC,
The Dictators and Romeo Void. Sandy was able to squeeze
in production for the second (wonderful) Space Team
Electra album, The Intergalactic Torch Song
and West, Gould & Fitzgerald‘s “So What Does It All
Mean?” from the A Walk To Remember soundtrack
between his various internet consulting gigs. |
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Sandy was one of the founders of emusic, a San Francisco
based multimedia/on-line music-based company that
focused on “The Convergence of Music and Technology” (to
borrow a title from the lecture Sandy gave to the
Stanford Music Department). Sandy is currently serving
as the technology mastermind to various internet
companies and is a visiting scholar at McGill
University. |
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Sandy is considered one of the leading experts on the
intersection of multimedia and music. In addition, he
conducted a panel on the future of audio in the 21st
Century at the Mill Valley Film Festival, and has
lectured at the University of California at Monterey
Film School. |
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Sandy has been profiled by publications/broadcasts as
diverse as The Wall Street Journal, Mondo 2000, Album
Network, Mix, National Public Radio and KIRO-TV (the CBS
affiliate in Seattle). |
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He
owns and operates Alpha & Omega, a 72 track analog
recording facility (featuring a Trident 52 channel
console plus an extensive ProTools
recording/editing/mixing digital system) located in San
Rafael, just across the Golden Gate Bridge. |
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