Ric Browde

In the 1970s, Browde was working as a roadie, writing music for films, and was involved in the production of albums by guitarist Ted Nugent, first as his assistant and later on as producer.

[1] Browde worked on seven Nugent albums, including platinum awarded Double Live Gonzo, Scream Dream, and Intensities in 10 Cities, before starting his own production company in 1982 and producing W.A.S.P., and Victory.

Browde later produced a series of commercially unsuccessful albums, including The Dogs D'Amour's Straight??!

!, Finnish guitarist Andy McCoy, LA Glamsters, Jetboy, English girl group No Shame, Los Angeles bands Flies on Fire and Kill For Thrills, and the Italian band Armed Venus.

[1] After his record sales dwindled, Browde wrote a satirical and somewhat autobiographical novel, While I'm Dead...Feed the Dog in 1999.