JOE VIGLIONE
Joe Viglione founded one of the Boston-area's earliest independent record labels in 1976. In addition to issuing dozens of singles and albums by New England bands, Joe negotiated and released the critically-acclaimed debut 45 RPM from Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker, the Lou Reed composition "I'm Sticking With You." A frequent music writer and historian, Viglione has contributed to the monthly Musician's magazine in the 1970s and 1980s, and he wrote extensively on a variety of subjects for the innovative AllMusic.com and AllMovie.com.
Viglione has often commented on the legacy of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. As music critic, Joe recognized the importance of Mitch Ryder's
pivotal Detroit lp, and the essential role it played in launching the legendary Rock n' Roll Animal tour. Separately, he has reviewed the recordings of Rock 'n' Roll Animal guitarists
Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter (along with essaying Hunter's bio) who
together went on to play in the Alice Cooper band.
On his one-hour television series Visual Radio (as well as his terrestrial radio programs on), Joe has logged nearly 1,000 hours of interviews, notably talking with Lou Reed, John Cale, Steve Hunter, Dick Wagner, and many others. He directed the first documentary/concert film on Marty Balin of The Jefferson Airplane, and he has produced hundreds of audio recordings including some by bluesman Buddy Guy accompanied by guitarist Nils Lofgren and vocalist Genya Ravan. Joe Viglione is currently the producer of the forthcoming Bobby Hebb/Sunny box set, and he serves as president of the website SunnytheSong.com. More information on his work can be found on http://joeviglione.com
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Joe Viglione is the Chief Film Critic at TMRZoo.com. He has written thousands of reviews and biographies for AllMovie.com, Allmusic.com, Gatehouse Media, Al Aronowitz’s The Blacklisted Journal, and a variety of other media outlets. Joe also produces and hosts Visual Radio, a seventeen year old variety show on cable TV which has interviewed Jodie Foster, director/screenwriter David Koepp, Michael Moore, John Cena, comics/actors Margaret Cho, Gilbert Gottfried, Gallagher, musicians Mark Farner and Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad, Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, political commentator Bill Press and hundreds of other personalities
