Tommy Denander
Acting
Biography
Tommy Denander (born March 10, 1968, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is mostly famous for his role in the AOR project Radioactive, signed to Frontiers Records.[1] The new Radioactive album called X.X.X in 2022 features guests like Robin McAuley, Robbie LaBlanc, Jerome Mazza, Clif Magness, Mutt Lange and Andreas Carlsson. Denander has worked with artists including Michael Jackson,[2] Paul Stanley, Alice Cooper [3] (including original members Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, plus Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner), Deep Purple, Anastacia, Ricky Martin, Hollywood Vampires,[4] Rob Thomas, Jeff Beck,[4] Peter Cetera,[5]> Richard Marx, Rob Zombie, Vince Gill, Ke$ha, Steve Perry and many more. Producers include Robert "Mutt" Lange, David Foster, Max Martin, Bob Ezrin, Desmond Child, Humberto Gatica, Bob Clearmountain, Denniz Pop, and Chris Lord Alge. He is the founder of Legends Of Rock, a project that featured rock singers including Bobby Kimball, Jimi Jamison, Joe Lynn Turner, Tony Martin, Graham Bonnet, Mickey Thomas, Fergie Frederiksen, Steve Augeri, and Eric Martin.[6] His signature VGS guitar features both the Evertune bridge and True Temperament frets.[7] Together with Bob Ezrin and Tommy Henriksen, he co-produced and co-wrote Alice Cooper's album, Paranormal,[3] that was released on July 28, 2017. Denander played most of the guitars on the album. Denander also worked on Alice Cooper's Detroit Stories as co-writer, co-producer and musician.[8] He co-wrote and played on the song "Welcome To Bushwackers",[4] that featured Jeff Beck on lead guitar, plus Denander played on the song "Mr Spider" on the Hollywood Vampires album, Rise.
Known For
Former Survivor vocalist Jimi Jamison made, incredibly, his first ever UK appearance in front of the enthusiastic crowd at Firefest 2010 at Nottingham's famous Rock City, where he proceeded to steal the show with a stunning performance featuring all his hits from his time in Survivor and as a solo artist. Backed by a great band featuring the popular Tommy Denander on guitar, the DVD release recorded on October 31st 2010 gives fans the chance to see the legendary performance all over again! Setlist: "Caught in the Game" (Survivor song), "It's the Singer Not the Song" (Survivor song), "High on You" (Survivor song), "Is This Love" (Survivor song), "Didn't Know It Was Love" (Survivor song), "I See You in Everyone" (Survivor song), "A Dream Too Far", "Crossroads Moment", "Rebel Son" (Survivor song), "Burning Heart" (Survivor song), "I'm Always Here" (Baywatch Theme), "Eye of the Tiger" (Survivor song)
Jimi Jamison - Live At Firefest
Survivor star Jimi Jamison returned to Firefest for the second time to perform at Firefest VIII on October 21st 2011, at Nottingham Rock City. His band, including guitarist Tommy Denander, who's played on over 1800 albums), and keyboardist Jona Tee, also performed with Jeff Paris at the festival. Setlist: "It's the Singer Not the Song (Survivor song)", "Burning Heart (Survivor song)", "First Night (Survivor song)", "Desperate Dreams (Survivor song)", "High on You (Survivor song)", "Chasing Euphoria (Jimi Jamison & Bobby Kimball song)", "A Dream Too Far", "Blood on Your Money (Cobra song)", "I See You in Everyone (Survivor song)", "Oceans (Survivor song)", "Rebel Son (Survivor song)", "Didn't Know It Was Love (Survivor song)", "I'm Always Here", "Eye of the Tiger (Survivor song)"
Jimi Jamison: Live at Firefest VIII
Recorded during Legends of Rock's first tour in Japan during 2012, featuring legendary singers Bobby Kimball and Fergie Frederiksen from TOTO, Steve Augeri from JOURNEY and Bill Champlin from CHICAGO. Setlist: Fergie Frederiksen: "Carmen", "Angel Don't Cry", "Endless" Steve Augeri: "Any Way You Want It", "Faithfully", "Don't Stop Believing" Bill Champlin: "Look Away", "After The Love Is Gone" Legends Band: "Childs Anthem" Bobby Kimball: "I'll Supply The Love" (Bobby & Fergie), "Hold The Line"
Legends Of Rock: Live In Osaka, Japan
The amazing LEGENDS OF ROCK project toured the whole world with some of the greatest lead vocalists ever from the rock world including BOBBY KIMBALL (Toto), FERGIE FREDERIKSEN (Toto), JIMI JAMISON (Survivor), JOE LYNN TURNER (Rainbow, Deep Purple), GRAHAM BONNET (Rainbow), ERIC MARTIN (Mr Big), BILL CHAMPLIN (Chicago), STEVE AUGERI (Journey), ALEX LIGERTWOOD (Santana). Setlist: Eric Martin: "Addicted To That Rush", "Alive And Kicking", "Wild World" (feat. Bob Catley), "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy", "To Be With You" (feat. Bob Catley) Graham Bonnet: "All Night Long", "Since You’ve Been Gone" (feat. Eric Martin) Bobby Kimball: "White Sister", "Rosanna", "Africa", "Hold The Line" (feat. Eric Martin & Graham Bonnet)
Legends of Rock: Live at Firefest X
Recorded live at Firefest IX, at Nottingham's Rock City, on October 20th 2012. Setlist: "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" (Bonnie Tyler cover), "Don't Lose Any Sleep" (John Waite cover), "Hold Back the Night", "Save Up All Your Tears" (Bonnie Tyler cover), "That All Depends (On What You Do Tonight)", "Tears in the Rain", "The One", "Hide Your Heart" (KISS cover), "First Time", "Follow You" (Glen Burtnick cover)
Robin Beck: Live at Firefest IX
Recorded on October 21st 2012, when Fiona took to the stage at Firefest IX, to perform a mix of noew material and the classics. Her band (with the exception of backing vocalist Garret Wall) had also been on stage the day before, performing with Robin Beck, including James Christian of House Of Lords. Full Setlist: Loved Along The Way, Broken, Ain’t That Just Like Love, Treat Me Right, Keeper Of The Flame, Hang Your Heart On Me, Hearts Of Fire, Talk To Me, Shadows Of The Night
Fiona: Live At Firefest IX
Recorded live at Firefest V, at Nottingham's Rock City on October the 26th 2008. The show featured Mitch Malloy on vocals and guitar, the legendary Tommy Denander on guitar, Victor Broden on bass, and Magnus Ulfstedt on drums. Setlist: "Mission of Love", "Problem Child", "Stranded in the Middle of Nowhere", "Over the Water", "Nobody Wins in This War", "You Can't Fool God", "Cowboy and the Ballerina", "Our Love Will Never Die", "Forever", "Stone in Love" (Journey cover), "Anything at All"
Mitch Malloy Live From Rock City
Jeff Paris at Nottingham's Rock City, October 22nd 2011, for Firefest VII. 00:00 - LUCKY THIS TIME | 03:33 - SATURDAY NIGHT | 07:15 - CRYIN’ | 10:42 - I CAN’T LET GO The full set was: "Race to Paradise", "Mystery Girl", "Charmed Life", "Lucky This Time", "One Night Alone", "Saturday Nite", "I Saw Red" (Warrant cover), "Rainbow in the Dark" (Dio cover), "Back on My Knees", "Stop Playin' With My Heart", "Cryin'", "I'm Better", "I Can't Let Go", "Wired Up"