Todd Rundgren

Starting out in garage-rock band the Nazz, Todd Rundgren moved seamlessly through prog, power pop and hard rock and became a heavyweight record producer, with the massive multiplatinum Bat Out of Hell to his credit. Despite this, he’s always championed new technology, experimenting with synthesizers and becoming one of the first rock artists to explore the possibilities of video production and internet distribution. Alongside his prodigious work rate as an artist, he maintained a successful production career — for artists like Meat Loaf, Badfinger, the Band and XTC.