Michael Barbiero, born June 25. 1949, is a record producer. He has worked with a number of artists, such as Metallica, Joe Cocker and Anthrax. He started as a remixer in the disco era, and employed his engineering talents on remixes for hits for artists like Whitney Houston, Mick Jagger and Simply Red. Barbiero is a long-time collaborator with producer Steve Thompson. They started working on dance songs and later moved to rock. Their first rock project for Geffen Records was a band called City Kidd, who later became Tesla. Old logo, as used in Master Of Puppets, circa 1986. ... Joe Cocker Joe Cocker (born John Robert Cocker, May 20, 1944) is a pop music singer. ... Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born november 24th 1963 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American pop, R&B, and soul singer and actress. ... Sir Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England) is a British rock musician, actor, writer, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Brussels December 22nd 2003 Simply Red is a British band currently composed of Mick Hucknall (lead singer) and various backing musicians. ... Steve Thompson was a member of the 2003 England team that won the Rugby Union World Cup. ... Geffen Records was founded by David Geffen in 1975 (after having founded Asylum Records in the 1970s). ... Tesla can refer to: Scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla The tesla, an SI unit named after Nikola Tesla. ...