John Kalodner
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John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R (artists and repertoire) executive.
History
John David Kalodner was born in
Kalodner was headhunted as the first A&R executive for
Kalodner also placed songs on soundtracks of such films as
Kalodner considered that the best example of his contribution to an artist's success was his role in Aerosmith's 1993 Get a Grip album, for the reasons that "... first of all, I made them rerecord the whole record completely. Second of all, I made them write with all these different people. They were very resistant. The record is an interesting eclectic record with, like, five hit singles, very rare in music, and Bruce Fairbairn produced it. And I got Brendan O'Brien to mix it, who became a giant producer. So for all those reasons, and, of course, it sold like twenty million copies worldwide."[2]
Kalodner's unique role was underlined by the fact that he is usually credited on albums for simply being himself. The phrase "John Kalodner: John Kalodner" originated with Foreigner's 1978 Double Vision album, when the album's producer, Keith Olsen, was wondering how to credit Kalodner's involvement with the band and the album. In keeping with the double vision theme, Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones came up with idea of doubling Kalodner's name.[2]
Kalodner retired from the music business in 2006.
In other media
- Kalodner briefly appeared in a few Aerosmith music videos including the videos for "Let the Music Do the Talking", "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "The Other Side", "Eat the Rich", "Blind Man", and "Pink". He was dressed as a bride in the "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" video as a private joke, because he almost always dresses entirely in white.
- Kalodner can be seen in Aerosmith's The Making of Pump, giving criticism and advice on the material the group presented to him for the album.
- Kalodner appeared in the "Flaming Moe's" episode of The Simpsons, which featured Aerosmith.
- Kalodner also made a cameo appearance in the video game Revolution X as the face of the sphinx in the Middle East level. This being so because the main characters in Revolution X are none other than Aerosmith themselves and at the time, Aerosmith was still with Geffen Records during their Get a Grip tour.
- Kalodner appeared in videos for the band Jackyl, with whom he worked in the early 1990s.
- Kalodner appeared as the judge in Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55" music video.
- Kalodner is credited for an edit of the Boston song "Higher Power" on Boston's Greatest Hits album.
- Kalodner appeared on the cover of GPS' (a band featuring ex-Asia band members) 2006 album Windows to the Soul as sitting in front of a TV.
- Kalodner appeared in the Wang Chung music video for "To Live and Die in L.A.".
- Kalodner appeared in the 2012 American Masters PBS television documentary entitled Inventing David Geffen.
References
- ^ a b c d Cathy Genovese, John David Kalodner: Senior Vice-President of A & R, Sanctuary Records Group. Taxi Transmitter, September, 2004. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ^ a b c d Matt Wake, A&R Legend John Kalodner Talks Aerosmith and Why Rock Won't Reach the Masses Again. LA Weekly, June 16, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
- ^ "The Complete History of Damn Yankees".
- ^ a b Melinda Newman, Kalodner looking forward with an eye on past. Billboard, July 8, 2006, p. 47. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ The New Los Angeles Music Awards, Certificate Award - John Kalodner. Retrieved 2017-01-07.