Producer Beau Hill guests on the latest 80’s Glam Metalcast, and offers inside stories and thoughts on bands he’s produced including Winger, Warrant, Ratt, Twisted Sister and more. Listen below.

On Ratt and the albums that follow Out Of The Cellar, Hill reveals: "I really loved Invasion Of Your Privacy. I had some songs that were really special to me on Reach For The Sky. Dancing Undercover was my least favorite Ratt record. The material was ok. I don’t think we were breaking any new ground or barriers either sonically or musically at that time. We were just keeping the party going at that point. The guys in Ratt never wanted me to produce them, especially for Out Of The Cellar. I don’t blame them one bit, because they didn’t know who the hell I was. The funny thing that kept happening after every record, no matter how successful it was.... they kept firing me. They would do it in a very public way, like in an interview in Billboard or something. I was not their initial pick to produce Reach For The Sky. I was pretty much forced on them for that one by Atlantic Records. I didn’t mind because I didn’t have the greatest experience on Dancing Undercover. So they were working with producer Mike Stone and they had sent some of the songs over to Atlantic to preview. I get a call from Atlantic Records President Doug Morris. He says, “I want you to go fix this Ratt record. They sound like the worst Holiday Inn band I’ve ever heard!” That was his opinion of course."

Asked if the guys in Twisted Sister played on Love Is For Suckers: "I wanna say they did play on it, but I don’t remember who and on what. I know that Kip Winger and Reb Beach played a big role on that album. I think the Twisted guys played the basic tracks and then there were some issues. I know I brought in Reb to do the solos for sure and Kip came in and fixed some bass stuff. It was an all hands on deck project. We just wanted it to sound the best it could. Dee, the label, and myself talked about it - and the idea was to just make the best record, it doesn’t matter who you use and who you don’t use. I think the Twisted Sister mystique was winding down at that point... I think everyone had been Twisted Sistered to death. I don’t think there was a huge appetite for it at that time on MTV or anything. When it comes to Dee though, in my opinion, he’s one of the most underrated vocalists of that whole era. Just a brilliant singer."

If he had to create a super group of musicians he's produced: "The strongest players at every position is in Winger, and I’ve worked with some of the greatest guitar players and drummers in the world. Vocally Kip Would be at the top of my list as well. So for sheer musical brainpower... it would have to be the guys in Winger!"