Ric Browde was involved in the emergence of the Los Angeles

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 glam music scene in the mid 1980s. He produced Poison

Poison (band)

Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...

's multi-platinum debut album Look What the Cat Dragged In

Look What the Cat Dragged In

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, which unexpectedly took America

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 by storm in 1987. Browde followed his success with Poison by producing Faster Pussycat

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Faster Pussycat is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1986. The group was most successful during the late 1980s with their self-titled debut album, their 1989 gold album Wake Me When It's Over and the 80,000 selling Whipped! in 1992.-The roots of Faster Pussycat...

's debut album in 1987 and co-writing and co-producing Joan Jett

Joan Jett

Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...

's return to commercial success Up Your Alley

Up Your Alley (album)

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. Browde later produced a series of widely ignored albums, including LA Glamsters Jetboy

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, English girl group No Shame

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, LA's Kill For Thrills, Flies on Fire, Dogs D'Amour

Dogs D'Amour

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, Finland's junkie/guitar hero Andy McCoy

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, former lead guitarist of Hanoi Rocks

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In the seventies, Browde produced several platinum albums for renowned right wing gun-toting guitarist Ted Nugent

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, despite them mutually hating each other. After his record sales dwindled, Browde made a career change with his satirical novel "While I'm Dead...Feed the Dog" in 1999. Translated into several languages the book is currently being made into a movie by Andrew Lazar.

In 2006, Browde inspired the album title More Boring Than Poison by British Techno-punk band Kierononononon^on, after he unexpectedly sent them a single word review that stated "boring".