Jacko Doesn't Play Album Guests?
03/10/2008
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(BW*BK) The Classic Metal Show, recently conducted an interview with guitar legend Steve Stevens (ATOMIC PLAYBOYS, BILLY IDOL, VINCE NEIL). During the course of the interview, Stevens was asked about his short work he did with Michael Jackson when he recorded the solo for his 'Smooth Criminal' from the Bad release. Surprisingly, Stevens admitted that he never was paid for that appearance on the diamond selling album and the video. Here's an excerpt from the conversation:The Classic Metal Show: Do you still get royalty checks for that? I imagine you do.
Stevens: "Actually, I don't. I never got paid for that. I didn't write the track. I came in and played on it. Then Eddie Van Halen and I did the NAMM show together in the next couple of days. I asked him, 'hey man, what did you ask for on 'Beat It'?' He said, 'ah, man, the kind of publicity you get from that kind of stuff you can't put into financial terms.' So, I never made a penny off that." - more on this story 
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