Legendary rock producer Tom Werman has been behind quite a few iconic albums in his lengthy career. Werman has 23 gold and platinum albums to his credit including efforts from Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet, Twisted Sister, Stryper, Kix, L.A. Guns and Poison, among others.
Werman also did a trio of albums for rock legends Motley Crue — “Shout At The Devil,” “Theatre Of Pain” and “Girls, Girls, Girls.” Despite his success producing the group, there is no love lost between Werman and Crue bassist Nikki Sixx, and the producer took issue with how we was portrayed by Sixx in his book “The Heroin Diaries.”
Werman was asked if his portrayal in Motley Crue’s book “The Dirt” was accurate.
“It’s pretty fictitious,” Herman said. “There’s facts, but it’s always stretched. And I was relieved not to be in that book and that movie. Nikki slagged me in ‘The Heroin Diaries’. Nothing he said I agreed with. We both recalled things differently.”
Among their differing recollections is who produced singer Vince Neil in the studio.
“He said he wound up producing most of Vince’s vocals. Not true,” Werman continued. “Other things like that. He said I was on the phone all the time. … You know, if I was that bad, how did I get 23 gold and platinum records? Or why didn’t they fire me instead of having me do a second and a third album? It isn’t easy having done stuff. They take shots — they take shots at you. I’m not saying it’s perfect. I’m not saying it was perfect. I partied with the boys. But ‘The Heroin Diaries’ specifically was probably subject to inaccuracy because it was written by a guy who was on heroin. It figures.”
Werman is set to release a new book “Turn It Up! My Time Making Hit Records In The Glory Days Of Rock Music”, which will arrive on November 21 via Jawbone Press.
Werman previously said Sixx was “totally deluded” and “stunningly inaccurate.”
At the time, Sixx fired back saying: “Tom Werman being worried about what I said in my book about him is just so narcissistic and self-centered. I’m sorry if he got his feelings hurt but I feel that I was kind to Mr. Werman by withholding things from the book that would have jeopardized his marriage and his job security with Elektra at the time … if Mr. Werman wants me to publish a complete accounting of the facts, I’ll gladly write a nice short story in the form of a blog that will expose his actions during all the Motley Crue sessions that would make very interesting reading for his wife.”
Werman responded: “Isn’t it curious how they say they love you while they’re selling millions of records, but a couple of decades later you didn’t capture their sound, you didn’t work hard enough, you didn’t pay enough attention, you talked on the phone all the time, you partied too hard, and, in fact, you’re personally responsible for everything in their lives that they’ve failed to achieve?”
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