Birth name Thomas Wilson Role Record producer Occupation(s) Record producer Died February 8, 2015 | Years active 1976–2003 Genres Punk rock Name Thom Wilson | |
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Associated acts Adolescents, Dead Kennedys, T.S.O.L. Similar Ron Welty, Greg K, Dave Jerden, Dexter Holland, East Bay Ray | ||
Thom Wilson (died February 8, 2015) was an American punk rock record producer and engineer.
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Career
Wilson began his musical career in the mid-1970s, engineering recordings by soft rock artists Burton Cummings and Seals & Crofts. He began working on punk rock albums in the early 1980s while producing the Adolescents' self-titled debut album (also known as The Blue Album). Throughout his career, he would also produce and engineer albums for numerous artists, such as Dead Kennedys, T.S.O.L., Bad Religion, The Joykiller, Social Distortion, The Vandals, The Offspring, Christian Death, Automatic 7, Face to Face and The Bouncing Souls.
Wilson produced The Offspring's first three albums The Offspring (1989), Ignition (1992) and their breakthrough Smash (1994). He also produced the band's 1991 7" EP Baghdad.
Wilson died on February 8, 2015.