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Years active
  
1985–present

Genre
  
Classical

Brendan O'Brien (record producer) An interview with record producer Brendan O39Brien

Born
  
June 23, 1960 (age 56)Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. (
1960-06-23
)

Occupation(s)
  
Record producer, musician

Instruments
  
Guitar, keyboards, vocals, percussion, mandolin, bass

Albums
  
Sons of the Sea, Britten: Young Person's Guide To the Orchestra / Peter Grimes: 4 Sea-Interludes

Music director
  
Live in Barcelona, Children Rise

Similar
  
Bruce Springsteen, Nick DiDia, Mike Fraser, Stevie Young, Jack Irons

Brendan O'Brien (born June 23, 1960) is a record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician. He has worked with such artists as Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Bruce Springsteen, Mastodon, AC/DC, Incubus, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Train, Audioslave, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Kansas, The Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Soundgarden, The Offspring, Korn, The Fray, Gaslight Anthem, The Killers, and My Chemical Romance.

Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Producer says ACDC 39work very hard there39s no slacking39 KSHE 95

His career blossomed as a young guitarist with a local Atlanta band by the name of "Pranks" signed by then Century Artists Management. The management company had the best of Atlanta and the region in those days including the likes of "Mother's Finest" "Ezra Pound" and a dozen other "super-regional" acts. His studio career was propelled by the success of the first Black Crowes album, Shake Your Money Maker, on which he played guitar and bass and engineered.. He started working in collaboration with newcomer to the LA music scene, Jimmy Boyle, who would go on to record and produce bands including the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Andrew Dice Clay.

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In the mid 1990s, O'Brien became vice president of Epic Records and the Epic imprint 57 Records. He also played a Hammond organ for Bob Dylan's appearance on MTV Unplugged. In 1995 he joined Pearl Jam and Neil Young on keyboard for the Mirror Ball tour across Europe.

Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Grammy Award Winning Producer Brendan O39Brien Interview Pt1 YouTube

In 2002, he won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for his work on Bruce Springsteen's The Rising. In 2009, he was awarded the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. To date, fourteen of the albums O'Brien has produced have reached No. 1 in the U.S. on the Billboard 200 chart.

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Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Mike Fraser on getting it done with ACDC and Rock or Bust producer

Songs

Lady BlackSons of the Sea · 2013
Jet Black CrowSons of the Sea · 2013
Space and TimeSons of the Sea · 2013

References

Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Wikipedia