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Harlan Hendrickson

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Saturday	07:00am - 10:00am

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Harlan Hendrickson is host of the "world famous" (his words not mine) Monsters of Rock radio show, heard each Saturday morning from 7 to 10.

Years ago, Harlan was the talent buyer for New York's famed Ritz nightclub. He played bass in a number of rock bands through the '80s and '90s. His roots-rock trio, Hot Water, released its debut CD on Elektra in 1996. They toured with a lot of bands of the time before being dropped by the label. What led to Elektra dropping the band? "Well...we spent a lot of money, didn't sell any records. No one came to see us, and no one liked the record," he says, laughing.

His love of pop metal might have also played a part in Hot Water's demise. During Elektra's push of its disc, Hot Water Music, the group was offered tours with the Wallflowers and Hootie & the Blowfish. The band passed on those offers in order to travel with boyhood idols Cheap Trick. "The label was like, 'Guys, you don't want to do that. It's a bad business move.' But we were like little kids. We wanted to meet Cheap Trick and hang out with them. That's one of the many reasons why we never did anything and I'm here talking to you about my radio gig."

But Hendrickson's background as a musician landed him a wealth of connections, with Cheap Trick and other acts that now make studio appearances on the Monsters of Rock. Recent guests have included an A-list of bad-boy rockers such as AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Ratt and many others. Quiet Riot even debuted its latest recording on Monsters of Rock. Hendrickson and his guests engage in in-depth discussions of various metal minutiae, as well as light repartee about less musical things. (Def Leppard's drummer, Rick Allen, recently joked with Harlan about the troubles a film producer would have finding a one-armed drummer to play his role in a made-for-TV movie.)