Show Notes
Guns N' Roses, Metallica, and John Lennon are just the tips of the iceberg of artists that 7x Grammy Award winning producer, arranger, mixer, re-mixer (and lots of other titles), Steve Thompson has worked with. Steve tells how he first started his legendary career, making music with iconic artists like Mick Jagger and Jimmy Page, and focus on his famed mixing of GNR's landmark debut, "Appetite for Destruction."
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