John Kalodner has probably single-handedly discovered most of the great bands of the 80s and 70s, when everybody thought it was over. I dont know what wouldve happened without John Kalodner. How wouldve Whitesnake have made it? Or Asia? Without John Kalodner thered been no Aerosmith. Thats a given. Thats what bugs me that people dont know that and I dont think Aerosmith, maybe they do, but I dont think they give enough credit that without John Kalodner, thered be no Aerosmith. They wouldve faded away into history. John can be proud of that. He saved the biggest American rock band. He did that, Bon Jovi, John Lennon, Dokken and what else about John
I think he discovered AC/DC. I think he was the guy that really got them out of Australia and in the American forefront. I cant believe that John Kalodner goes to Sony, he could have signed anybody on the planet from Cher to Michael Jackson and his first signing was Dokken. The whole industry thought he was out of his freaking mind but we almost made it. {We} did a quarter of a million records in America; Johns got a lot of credit. He loves women. Anybody who loves women, I respect. Thats what I tend to think about John Kalodner.