136. - Mike Gitter - VP A&R Century Media Records on XXX fanzine, SSD, Bad Religion, Opeth, Ice-T, and more...

Mike Gitter has had a long storied career as both a music journalist and an A&R guy. He started his fanzine XXX in the mid 80's and then began booking all ages shows in the Boston area. He then went out to work for Atlantic Records and signed Bad Religion among other great bands, spent 12 years at Roadrunner Records, where he signed many bands from Opeth to Megadeth, and now is currently the VP of A&R at Century Media Records in Los Angeles. He also spent some time fronting the band Apology and helped yours truly connect with some influential punk bands which ended up on Giant Records. We had a fun zoom chat and spoke about all this and more.... Music The Charms "So Pretty" Apology "Pass Me by" Uniform Choice "Region Of Ice" The interview portion of the show was recorded on zoom and all additional content was recorded and  edited by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA. on February 19, 2022 This episode was sponsored by Baby Loves Tacos, Pittsburgh PA Support the podcast www.patreon.com/twistedrico