Brendan O'Brien

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July 7, 1950, he's 61.
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Credited 48 times on others' music. 26 collaborations.

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Brendan O’Brien (born June 30, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a record producer, mixer, and engineer.

At age 14, O'Brien played guitar for the Atlanta-based cover band Pranks. In the late 1970s, he moved on to writing, performing and recording with the Samurai Catfish band. In the 1980s, he performed studio work with many local artists, including the Indigo Girls and the Downtown Executives, and played bass with The Georgia Satellites for a short time. His studio career was propelled by the success of the first Black Crowes album, Shake Your Money Maker, which he engineered and played guitar and bass on.

Along with his wife Robin and three daughters Jackie, Allie, and Hannah, O'Brien left his home base of Atlanta in the early 1990s to pursue his career in Los Angeles. He began working at Geffen Records under Rick Rubin, producing bands like Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam. O’Brien returned to Atlanta in 1991.

In the mid 1990s, O'Brien became vice president of Epic Records and Epic imprint 57 Records. He has won two Grammy Awards. 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.

To date, 14 of the albums O'Brien has produced have reached #1 in America on the Billboard Hot 200 Charts.

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Discography

39 releases – 48 credits on others' music Edit
Dark Is the Way: Light Is a Place Dark Is the Way: Light Is a Place 2010 Anberlin producer (Play) Buy mp3
Backspacer Backspacer 2009 Pearl Jam producer
Crack the Skye Crack the Skye 2009 Mastodon producer (Play) Buy mp3
Black Ice Black Ice 2008 AC/DC producer
One Man Revolution One Man Revolution 2007 The Nightwatchman performer and producer
Light Grenades Light Grenades 2006 Incubus engineer and producer (Play) Buy mp3
Revelations Revelations 2006 Audioslave engineer and producer (Play) Buy mp3
Out of Exile Out of Exile 2005 Audioslave engineer (Play) Buy mp3
Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 2004 Pearl Jam performer and producer (Play) Buy mp3
Vulture Street Vulture Street 2003 Powderfinger producer (Play) Buy mp3
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