Interesting stuff. Of course, now the problem is tracking down a copy of the CD.
Rist seems like a fun, level-headed kind of guy, and it's nice to think he was able to do something creative beyond being the requisite "where are they now" topic.
Allen
· 6 months ago
Rist is amazing. He played drums on 8 tracks on my album and produced/mixed/engineered them as well. They came out better than I could have dreamed. It was an absolute treat to work with him (Throttle Back Sparky, for those interested. Tracks available on iTunes on the eponymous record) He also did the single we did for the CF scholarship Foundation. He's a mensch and a mentor. You want to hear him really kick ass? Check out his band, The Andersons. Symbiosis is a great place to start. Actually, someone should really do a Robbie Rist retrospective: Wonderboy. The Masticators. The Andersons. There are probably dozens more. If I could play/write like anyone, it would be Robbie Rist.
DwDunphy
· 6 months ago
Totally unrelated, a band around these NJ parts goes by the name Cousin Oliver. I imagine they're a cover band...
WHarrisBullzEye
· 6 months ago
Rest assured, both the Masticators and the Andersons were discussed in the second half of our conversation.
Allen
· 6 months ago
Can we assume that there will be more to the interview, then?
Side story: I was at a session with Bob at his recording studio. We were in the early stages of laying down tracks and the band was talking about great albums, etc. I mentioned that one of my all time favorite records was a little known Power Pop offering from 1981 called "Fear of the Unknown" by one Martin Briley. Robbie excuses himself. Goes to his beat up van. Comes back in not with the CD of that album but with a CD-R of that album. The man is a veritable treasure trove of pop rock history. When Throttle Back Sparky played the International Pop Overthrow Robbie had just gotten done sitting in for 17 bands on different instruments. The man is amazing. And he can do anything. His arrangements on our tracks, specifically Devil Got Shot, for which he came up with the second guitar's progressions, Angelyne, where he dutifully helped me channel Queen and 1000 Years where he allowed our inner GnR/Journey to come out, are brilliant. They may not be the best tunes, but he made them shine. When I got to work with him, one on one, specifically on the vocals for the covers we did: She Bop and Hellraiser, that's when I got to really see him work. He was supportive, encouraging and let me never once feel like I wasn't up to the task. I could go on and on about what it was like to work with him on that record. It will forever be one of the highlights of my artistic life.
BB Quattro
· 6 months ago
My personal favourite is Burning Bridges, but that's on another album. Robbie truly is the most amazingly talented guy ever.
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Rist seems like a fun, level-headed kind of guy, and it's nice to think he was able to do something creative beyond being the requisite "where are they now" topic.
He's a mensch and a mentor.
You want to hear him really kick ass? Check out his band, The Andersons. Symbiosis is a great place to start.
Actually, someone should really do a Robbie Rist retrospective: Wonderboy. The Masticators. The Andersons.
There are probably dozens more.
If I could play/write like anyone, it would be Robbie Rist.
Side story:
I was at a session with Bob at his recording studio. We were in the early stages of laying down tracks and the band was talking about great albums, etc. I mentioned that one of my all time favorite records was a little known Power Pop offering from 1981 called "Fear of the Unknown" by one Martin Briley.
Robbie excuses himself. Goes to his beat up van. Comes back in not with the CD of that album but with a CD-R of that album. The man is a veritable treasure trove of pop rock history.
When Throttle Back Sparky played the International Pop Overthrow Robbie had just gotten done sitting in for 17 bands on different instruments. The man is amazing.
And he can do anything.
His arrangements on our tracks, specifically Devil Got Shot, for which he came up with the second guitar's progressions, Angelyne, where he dutifully helped me channel Queen and 1000 Years where he allowed our inner GnR/Journey to come out, are brilliant. They may not be the best tunes, but he made them shine.
When I got to work with him, one on one, specifically on the vocals for the covers we did: She Bop and Hellraiser, that's when I got to really see him work. He was supportive, encouraging and let me never once feel like I wasn't up to the task. I could go on and on about what it was like to work with him on that record.
It will forever be one of the highlights of my artistic life.