Songwriter Interviews- Richie Wise (Kiss producer, Dust)
In recent years, quite a few metal bands that had wallowed in obscurity for decades are finally getting their well-deserved due, thanks to either documentaries or re-issues. Case in point, Anvil, Pentagram, Death (no, not the "death metal Death"), and most recently, Dust . A New York band that existed for only a few years during the early '70s, Dust was comprised of singer/guitarist Richie Wise (who would go on to co-produce Kiss' first two classic albums, along with Dust's lyricist Kenny Kerner), bassist Kenny Aaronson (who has played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Joan Jett), and drummer Marc Bell (who played with Richard Hell & the Voidoids and the Ramones - after being rechristened " Marky Ramone "). This year, both of Dust's albums, 1971's self-titled debut and 1972's Hard Attack , have been reissued as a single CD via Sony/Legacy, and as a double vinyl edition - much to the delight of collectors sorely in need ...
