Year : 2025 (Cleopatra Records Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 100 mb
Bio:
Steve was the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the million selling 80s band Autograph on RCA records, who were certified gold with their top 40 smash "Turn Up the Radio". Steve studied record production working on multiple projects with his mentors, legendary producers Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix) and Andy Johns (Led Zeppelin). Following Autograph, he spent 7 years as chief staff writer/producer with All Nations Music, where he learned the music publishing business, produced many albums and had over 200 songs released by artists including The Go-Gos, Kenny Rogers, Vixen and Edgar Winter. Some of the artists Steve has since produced include Graham Nash, Jon Secada, En Vogue, Marc Anthony, Cyndi Lauper and Loretta Lynn.In the mid-90s, heavily involved in music for film and television, Steve partnered with Spencer Proffer to write and produce music for over 40 movies including "Gods and Monsters," "Rock Star" and "Shake Rattle and Roll." His many television theme songs include "7th Heaven", "The Never-ending Story", "Kojak" and "Summerland". He has served as Music Coordinator for many productions including MTV's weekly series "Live Through This" and worked on productions for CBS, NBC, ABC, VH1, Showtime and HBO. Steve was winner of both CableACE and DOVE award nominations and served as Creative Director at Morling Manor Music and Media where worked closely with Spencer Proffer on the design, strategy and implementation of countless music based projects. In 2002, he became General Manager of Fender records, a label he and Proffer architected for Fender musical instruments.More recently, he became General Manager of for Meteor 17, a West Hollywood based media convergence company, designing and executing music and strategies for artists and companies. In 2007, he was appointed General Manager of USA-Yahoo! Music, a new music venture between NBC/Universal/USA and Yahoo! to discover and develop emerging talent. Steve also continues to write, produce and license music for his publishing company - Plunksongs and for various projects.Re-formed "Autograph" with new musicians after performing on the "Rock Star" film soundtrack and realizing how much he missed his former band.Was in a virtual band called "Winslow Leach" after Autograph dissolved for the first time.Was in rock band "Silver Condor" with "Journey" member Neal Schon.Is an accomplished producer having produced artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Graham Nash and Mark Anthony.Was the lead singer/songwriter of rock band "Autograph".
Album:
One of the most memorable genre-defining hits of 1985, Autograph’s “Turn Up The Radio,” comes in for a thorough reworking and re-recording.“1985 was a great year for me,” reflects STEVE PLUNKETT today. “Autograph released their first album and it was a hit! We toured constantly and lived the Rock’n’ Roll dream. That album made an impact at rock radio and with the fans.”“Now, for the 40th anniversary, I wanted to sign in again with all new recordings and a 2025 sonic take. Not Autograph – because I could never improve on that record, but a Steve Plunkett ‘solo’ version focused on the songs. I hope these new versions will make you rock again like we did back in the day. Turn it up!”All ten of the original album’s tracks are here on “Turn Up The Radio 2025“, beginning, of course, with that unforgettable opening triptych of “Send Her To Me” (the band’s second single, in early 1985), “Turn Up The Radio” and “Nineteen and Non Stop.”Plunkett has tinkered a little with the running order – “Cloud 10” shifts from the first half of the album to the middle of the second, and “In The Night” replaces “All I’m Gonna Take” as the closing number.It’s time to Turn Up The Music again!Formed in Los Angeles in 1983, where they were discovered by famed producer Andy Johns, Autograph initially came to notice as they toured with Van Halen – in fact, the band only settled on a name on their way to Florida for the first show of the tour!Their debut album, the epic Sign In Please, followed later in the year – a slow starter to begin with but, once it entered the Billboard chart in June 1985, it sometimes felt as though it would never leave.“Turn Up The Radio” had a lot to do with that, dominating not only radio and MTV, but also an episode of Miami Vice – one of the key “must-watch TV” shows of the day. Wryly, Steve Plunkett later revealed that the band’s label didn’t want the song to even appear on the album, “because they thought it had no commercial value.”Instead, it became a metal classic, making VH-1’s Top 100 Hard Rock Songs, the New York Times’ Top 15 Essential Hair Metal Videos and topping Guitar Player’s Guitar Solo of the Year poll. It is still being played today.
Line Up:
Steve Plunkett - vocals, guitars, bass - See also: ex-Autograph, ex-Silver Condor
Tracklist:
01. Send Her To Me
02. Turn Up The Radio
03. Nighteen And Non-Stop
04. Deep End
05. Friday
06. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Isn't Me
07. All I'm Gonna Take
08. Cloud 10
09. Thrill Of Love
10. In The Night
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