Brendan's career blossomed as a young guitarist with a local Atlanta band by the name of Pranks, signed by what was then Century Artists Management. The management company had what many considered the best of Atlanta and the surrounding region in those days, including the likes of Mother's Finest, Ezra Pound and a dozen other "super-regional" acts. In the late 1970s, he moved on to writing, performing, and recording with the band Samurai Catfish.
O'Brien became a successful local engineer, considered to be the go-to guy to "make a record in a few days for $1500". His studio career was propelled by the success of the first Black Crowes album, Shake Your Money Maker, which he engineered and for which he also performed guitar, bass, and "a potpourri of instruments".[4] The following year he produced and mixed Stone Temple Pilots' debut album Core and engineered and mixed Red Hot Chili Peppers breakthrough album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. These two records launched his career as an in-demand, multi-platinum producer, engineer and mixer. He produced and mixed nearly the entire catalog of Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam. Most of his productions were engineered by Nick DiDia, whom he worked with throughout most of his career.
O'Brien often engineered and recorded his own sessions with the help of various assistant engineers. A majority of the records that he produced and/or mixed were made at Southern Tracks Recording Studio near his home, in Atlanta, from the late 1980s until its closure.
He produced the Italian bluesman artist Zucchero Fornaciari's 2016 album Black Cat and received production credits for track three of the 2017 EP Cold Dark Place by the progressive metal band Mastodon. The most recent album he produced was AC/DC's Power Up.
Selected discographyEdit
Below is a selection of albums Brendan O'Brien has worked on as a producer, engineer, or mixer.[8]
^Austin L. Ray, "All Those Yesterdays: Brendan O'Brien Reminisces on the Evolution of Pearl Jam and the Making of Backspacer," Paste Magazine, September 18, 2009.
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Brendan O Brien born June 30 1960 is an American record producer mixer engineer and musician 1 He has worked with many groups and artists during his career such as AC DC Pearl Jam Stone Temple Pilots Soundgarden Red Hot Chili Peppers Bob Dylan Rage Against the Machine and Bruce Springsteen 2 3 O Brien was also credited on a plethora of nu metal albums with such artists as Korn Limp Bizkit Incubus and more Brendan O BrienBackground informationBorn 1960 06 30 June 30 1960 age 63 Atlanta Georgia U S Occupation s Record producer musician sound engineerYears active1985 present Contents 1 Career 2 Selected discography 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditBrendan s career blossomed as a young guitarist with a local Atlanta band by the name of Pranks signed by what was then Century Artists Management The management company had what many considered the best of Atlanta and the surrounding region in those days including the likes of Mother s Finest Ezra Pound and a dozen other super regional acts In the late 1970s he moved on to writing performing and recording with the band Samurai Catfish O Brien became a successful local engineer considered to be the go to guy to make a record in a few days for 1500 His studio career was propelled by the success of the first Black Crowes album Shake Your Money Maker which he engineered and for which he also performed guitar bass and a potpourri of instruments 4 The following year he produced and mixed Stone Temple Pilots debut album Core and engineered and mixed Red Hot Chili Peppers breakthrough album Blood Sugar Sex Magik These two records launched his career as an in demand multi platinum producer engineer and mixer He produced and mixed nearly the entire catalog of Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam Most of his productions were engineered by Nick DiDia whom he worked with throughout most of his career O Brien often engineered and recorded his own sessions with the help of various assistant engineers A majority of the records that he produced and or mixed were made at Southern Tracks Recording Studio near his home in Atlanta from the late 1980s until its closure In the mid 1990s O Brien became vice president of Epic Records and the Epic imprint 57 Records 1 He also played a Hammond organ for Bob Dylan s appearance on MTV Unplugged In 1995 he joined Pearl Jam and Neil Young on keyboards for the Mirror Ball tour across Europe 5 In 2002 he won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for his work on Bruce Springsteen s The Rising 6 In 2009 he was awarded the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year Non Classical 7 In 2015 he produced Higher Truth the final release by Chris Cornell He produced the Italian bluesman artist Zucchero Fornaciari s 2016 album Black Cat and received production credits for track three of the 2017 EP Cold Dark Place by the progressive metal band Mastodon The most recent album he produced was AC DC s Power Up Selected discography EditBelow is a selection of albums Brendan O Brien has worked on as a producer engineer or mixer 8 Kansas In the Spirit of Things engineer 1988 Atlanta Rhythm Section Truth in a Structured Form engineer 1989 Springhill Southern Eulogy producer engineer guitarist Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker engineer King s X Dogman producer mixer Pearl Jam Ten mixer Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog mixer Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik engineer Black Crowes The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion engineer Jackyl Jackyl producer engineer mixer The Jayhawks Hollywood Town Hall engineer mixer Stone Temple Pilots Core producer mixer Pearl Jam Vs producer engineer Aerosmith Get a Grip mixer Paul Westerberg 14 Songs mixer Pearl Jam Vitalogy producer engineer 1994 Soundgarden Superunknown mixer 1994 Stone Temple Pilots Purple producer 1994 Neil Young Mirror Ball producer 1995 Matthew Sweet 100 Fun producer mixer Pearl Jam No Code producer mixer Stone Temple Pilots Tiny Music Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop producer mixer Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire producer Michael Penn Resigned producer Matthew Sweet Blue Sky on Mars producer Pearl Jam Yield producer mixer Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles producer mixer Limp Bizkit Significant Other mixer songwriter Limp Bizkit Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water mixer Stone Temple Pilots No 4 producer mixer Korn Issues producer mixer Lifehouse No Name Face mixer The Offspring Conspiracy of One producer The Offspring Defy You producer Pearl Jam Binaural mixer Train Drops of Jupiter producer mixer Papa Roach Lovehatetragedy producer Pearl Jam Riot Act mixer Bruce Springsteen The Rising producer 2002 Train My Private Nation producer mixer The Offspring Splinter producer Trey Anastasio Shine producer mixer Audioslave Out of Exile mixer Bruce Springsteen Devils amp Dust producer mixer Train For Me It s You producer mixer The Nightwatchman One Man Revolution producer Bruce Springsteen Magic producer mixer Velvet Revolver Libertad producer 2007 The Nightwatchman The Fabled City producer AC DC Black Ice producer 2008 Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage producer Mastodon Crack the Skye producer Pearl Jam Backspacer producer Anberlin Dark Is the Way Light Is a Place Producer 2010 The Nightwatchman World Wide Rebel Songs mixer Incubus If Not Now When producer The Fray Scars amp Stories producer Third Day Miracle producer Seether Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray producer The Killers Battle Born producer engineer mixer My Chemical Romance Conventional Weapons 2012 2013 Pearl Jam Lightning Bolt producer mixer AC DC Rock or Bust producer 2014 Seether Isolate and Medicate producer Bruce Springsteen High Hopes producer mixer Blackberry Smoke Holding All the Roses producer Wakrat Wakrat engineer mixer 2016 Prophets of Rage Prophets of Rage producer mixer Mastodon Emperor of Sand producer 2017 Chris Cornell Chris Cornell producer 2018 AC DC Power Up Producer mixing 2020 References Edit a b Sandler Adam O Brien s Epic Deal Variety Austin L Ray All Those Yesterdays Brendan O Brien Reminisces on the Evolution of Pearl Jam and the Making of Backspacer Paste Magazine September 18 2009 Grammy Winning Producer Brendan O Brien Gives Advice To New Artists Renman Music amp Business August 28 2012 Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker CD Album CD Universe Andy Greene Q amp A Pearl Jam Producer Brendan O Brien on the Making of Lightning Bolt Rolling Stone Magazine July 31 2013 Past Winners Search Grammy com Past Winners Search Grammy com Brendan O Brien Credits AllMusic Retrieved March 10 2020 External links EditBrendan O Brien on AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brendan O 27Brien record producer amp oldid 1179263187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
