Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. Hailed in the early stages of his career for both his own material and for his production of other artists, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, his career has produced a diverse and eclectic range of recordings often both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Utopia. Rundgren has often been at the forefront as a promoter of cutting edge recording technologies.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Rundgren engineered and/or produced many notable albums for other acts, including the Band's Stage Fright (1970), Badfinger's Straight Up (1971), Grand Funk Railroad's We're an American Band (1973), the New York Dolls's New York Dolls (1973), Hall & Oates's War Babies (1974), Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell (1977), and XTC's Skylarking (1986). In the 1980s and 1990s, his interest in video and computers led to his "Time Heals" (1981) being the eighth video played on MTV, and "Change Myself" (1991) was animated by Rundgren on commercially available Amiga computers.

Never, Neverland

Never, Neverland is the second album by heavy metal band Annihilator. It was released on September 12, 1990 under the label Roadrunner. The album was re-released twice: 1998 with 4 demo tracks as bonus tracks and again on September 9, 2003 in a two-disc compilation set along with Alice in Hell, entitled Alice in Hell/Never Neverland (as part of Roadrunner Records Two from the Vault series).

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jeff Waters. 

Credits

  • Coburn Pharr – vocals
  • Jeff Waters – guitars, drums (African), producer, arranger, drum arrangements, concept, cover design, liner notes
  • David Scott Davis – guitar
  • Wayne Darley – bass
  • Ray Hartmann – drums, drums (African), drum arrangements
  • Glen Robinson – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Royea – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Victor Dezso, Mark Van Der Wielen – photography
  • Nick Gilman – artwork, cover design
  • Len Rooney – cover design
  • Monte Conner – executive producer
  • Recorded February–April, 1990 at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada
  • Annihilator (band)

    Annihilator is a Canadian thrash metal band founded in 1984 by vocalist, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, engineer, producer, mixer, mastering engineer Jeff Waters and former vocalist John Bates. They are the highest-selling heavy metal group from Canada in Canadian history, having sold more than 3 million albums worldwide, although most of their sales have been generated outside of the band's home country. Their first two studio albums, Alice in Hell and Never, Neverland, are considered to be influential Canadian heavy metal records.

    Since its inception, Annihilator has released fifteen studio albums and has undergone many line-up changes. Waters is the only remaining original member of the band, and sometimes assembles touring musicians to perform with him. Their latest studio album, Suicide Society, was released in 2015.

    History

    Early career (1984–1988)

    Annihilator was formed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by Jeff Waters in 1984. Waters later wrote on his Facebook page that he named the band after the tank that Eddie Murphy's character rode on in the 1984 film Best Defense. Waters wrote and recorded the song Annihilator (not to be confused with the song of the same name released on the 1994 album, King of the Kill) with singer John Bates. This original version of "Annihilator" was released on the special edition of the 2005 album Schizo Deluxe.

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    Once Burned

    by: Todd Rundgren

    So few and far between,
    Here's a mood I've never seen you in.
    I should have known not to ask you why
    And set myself up for one big, long cry.
    Once burned and twice removed
    Thought I made it now but nothing's proved.
    Set in my mind not to push too hard,
    And now I wind up back in your backyard.
    No one cares about the loser,
    No one gets a second chance,
    Even you, even me, if it's through.
    Don't you see that it's one thing if I should lose again,




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