New interview with Badlands bassist Greg Chaisson where he is asked about their relationship with Paul and the sticky situation in how he came to manage and produce them. (The whole interview is really interesting if you are a Badlands fan, but the bit about Paul is 29:18 - 31:30) :
A couple notable passages:
"We met with Paul O'Neill and he promised us all kinds of stuff, some of it he delivered on and some of it he didn't. All of a sudden he is producing our first record which, I'll just say up front he didn't have a lot to do with that. Jake had way more to do with the production of that record than Paul O'Neill did. It's just that it was agreed that he would have his name on it..."
"One of the happiest days of my musical career was when they let me fire him"
A couple notable passages:
"We met with Paul O'Neill and he promised us all kinds of stuff, some of it he delivered on and some of it he didn't. All of a sudden he is producing our first record which, I'll just say up front he didn't have a lot to do with that. Jake had way more to do with the production of that record than Paul O'Neill did. It's just that it was agreed that he would have his name on it..."
"One of the happiest days of my musical career was when they let me fire him"