NAMM News: Welcome to Wireworld
The WTDP? crew spent our NAMM show Saturday night north of town at the friendly confines of WireWorld – the studio of rock producer extraordinaire Michael Wagener. Who is that you might ask? If you were/are a fan of 1980s metal, you are familiar with his work. He produced Skid Row’s Slave To The Grind, Motley Crue’s Too Fast For Love and oh… Master of Puppets by Metallica, among many others. More recently, his credits can be found on the back of the latest two releases from Texas rock trio King’s X (Ogre Tones, XV). If you’re a gearhead with web access, you probably also know Michael from his involvement with musician’s forum gearslutz.com.
The weather wreaked a little havoc on the festivities, but we certainly didn’t let a little rain dampen the party atmosphere supplied by the beer, food, friends and kicking tunes! Heck, someone even walked away with some cool gear in an unannounced giveaway sponsored by Benchmark. Sadly, the DAC-1 didn’t come home with us.
Below is a little photo tour of the evening and of the studio… including Michael’s famous pedal vault! It is almost like being there. And many thanks go out to Michael for hosting the evening… truly a night to remember. We hope to be able to do it again very soon!
