American record producer
David Bendeth
David Bendeth in 2015
Birth name David Jonathan Bendeth Born (1954-06-17 ) 17 June 1954 (age 70)
Stoke Newington ,
Hackney, London , EnglandGenres Occupations Instruments Years active 1977–present Labels Website
davidbendeth .com
Musical artist
David Jonathan Bendeth (born 17 June 1954) is an English multi-platinum award-winning
record producer .
Early life
David Bendeth was born on 17 June 1954 in
Stoke Newington ,
Hackney , London, England. He attended Parkhill School in Ilford, London and in 1963, his family moved to
Toronto, Ontario ,
Canada . Bendeth attended
Georges Vanier Secondary School . Following graduation in 1973, Bendeth was to attend university, however he left for a summer vacation to London and stayed there. His first job in London was at Harlequin Records and he eventually joined the house band playing guitar at
Speakeasy , a London club, along with
Joe Jammer . In 1976, he returned to Canada. He was playing with the band Boule Noire at Riviera 76, a day music festival in Nice, and there he met
Jeff Berlin ,
Lenny White ,
Joe Beck , and many other jazz musicians. Bendeth also played on Quebec band
Toulouse 's album with
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and singer
Leroy Sibbles from the
Heptones .
Career
In 1977, Bendeth moved back to Toronto. He put together The David Bendeth Band and was signed by Interglobal Music, which was distributed by
Epic Records . Their producer was
Alan Caddy .
Lenny White ,
Marcus Miller and
Billy Cobham all played on the album. This was originally meant to be fully instrumental, however Bendeth decided to have some of his friends sing on one of the songs, "Feel the Real" and it became the #1 Dance Single in the UK. Bendeth had a No. 44
hit with "Feel The Real" in 1979 in the
UK Singles Chart ,
[1] In the same year he released an album, Adrenalin .
Roger Ames then signed him through
EMI Records UK to a label called
Sidewalk Records and The David Bendeth Band started touring with bands like
The Pointer Sisters ,
Gary US Bonds ,
The Police . All together, Bendeth put out three records and 15 singles before he decided he'd had enough and took a job as a staff producer/A&R person with
CBS Records , first in Toronto Canada, then in NYC where he worked in the international division. During this time, Bendeth produced and mixed two records with
Platinum Blonde one of them being
Contact . Bendeth left CBS Records. He was a songwriter for
Chrysalis Records from 1987-1990.
[2] While in England putting a band together with
Simon Climie and
Rob Fisher , Bendeth and Climie wrote a song called "Ecstasy", which became the B side of
Jeff Beck 's single, "People Get Ready", off Beck's album
Flash . In 1987, Bendeth wrote "Two Wrongs (Don't Make a Right)" for the
Joe Cocker album,
Unchain My Heart , with Eddie Shwartz which became a #1 single on the US and worldwide radio charts.
From 1987 to 1995, Bendeth was the Staff Producer and head of the A&R department for
BMG Canada. During this time, he signed the
Cowboy Junkies ,
Crash Test Dummies ,
Sven Gali ,
Big House ,
Charlie Major , and
Prairie Oyster . From 1995 to 2002, he was the SR. VP of the A&R department of
RCA Records in New York. While there, he signed
Vertical Horizon and
SR 71 , and produced Vertical Horizon's single "
You're a God ",
Bruce Hornsby 's album
Big Swing Face , and
SR71 's single "
Right Now ". He also produced and mixed Elvis Presley's
ELV1S: 30#1 Hits . By 2003, the album had received certifications in more than fifteen regions and had sold over ten million copies worldwide.
[3] -
Bendeth won the
Socan Pop songwriting award in Canada on 21 November 2011 for co-writing the
Hedley song "
Perfect ". The song garnered the most airplay for the previous year in the category rock/pop.
[4]
He has either produced or mixed albums by
Paramore ,
Breaking Benjamin ,
Elvis Presley ,
Papa Roach ,
Killswitch Engage ,
In Flames ,
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus ,
Hawthorne Heights ,
Underoath ,
A Day To Remember ,
Taking Back Sunday ,
Chiodos ,
The Almost ,
Vertical Horizon ,
SR-71 ,
As I Lay Dying ,
All Time Low ,
Bruce Hornsby ,
Hedley ,
Kaiser Chiefs ,
Bring Me the Horizon ,
Of Mice & Men ,
Asking Alexandria ,
We Came as Romans ,
Coldrain ,
Tonight Alive ,
Beartooth ,
Young Guns ,
I Prevail ,
Sleeping with Sirens ,
The Warning , and
Northlane .
[5]
[6]
Studio
From 2002, Bendeth has been working independently as a producer and mixer. In 2005, Bendeth took over
Whitney Houston 's former Millenium Studios and renamed it
House of Loud on the suggestion of
Ben Burnley of
Breaking Benjamin . The studio became active as a production house and mixing room. It was in the House of Loud that Bendeth recorded and mixed
Breaking Benjamin 's
Dear Agony along with
Paramore 's
Riot! ,
All Time Low 's
Nothing Personal , American Idol runner up
Crystal Bowersox 's record
Farmer's Daughter ,
Of Mice and Men 's
Restoring Force: Full Circle ,
Tonight Alive 's
Limitless and he mixed
Bring Me the Horizon 's
Sempiternal and
A Day to Remember 's
What Separates Me From You . In 2016, The House Of Loud became defunct, with the space becoming a gym, and the studio closing its doors shortly after completing work on
Of Mice & Men ’s album
Cold World .
Selected works
[7]
2022
The Warning -
Error (The Warning album) (Produced, Mixed, co-writer)
2021
Alessia Cara and
The Warning - "
Enter Sandman " from
The Metallica Blacklist (Mixed)
2021
I See Stars -(band) (Producer, Mixer)
2021
Westside Gunn -(band) "
Lucha Bros " (co-writer)
2021
Bring Me the Horizon -(band) "
Can You Feel My Heart " (Mixed)
2020
The Warning - Mayday EP + 6 additional songs for a future LP (3rd Album) (Produced, Mixed, co-writer)
2020 Kingsway Collaborations - David Bendeth w/ CVRE & Brandon Leger (writer)
2018
Craig David - | (co-writer, Live in the Moment)
2017
Sleeping with Sirens -
Gossip (Produced, Mixed, Writer)
2017
Northlane -
Mesmer (Produced, Mixed, Writer)
2016
I Prevail (band)
Lifelines (Mixed)
2016
Young Guns (band) -
Echoes ( Produced, Mixed, Co-writer)
2016
Fire From The Gods (band) -
Narrative (Produced, Mixed)
2016
Of Mice and Men (band) -
Cold World (album) (Produced, Mixed, co-writer)
2016
Beartooth -
Aggressive (Mixed, Co-Writer)
2015
As Lions - (Produced, Mixed)
2015
Beartooth - "In Between" (Radio mix)
2015
Courage My Love |(Co-Writer)
2015
Tonight Alive (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2015
We Came as Romans (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2014
Of Mice and Men -
Restoring Force: Full Circle (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2014
Art of Dying -
Rise Up (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2014
Coldrain -
Until The End (Mixed)
2014 Silent Season - "Us All" (single Mix)
2014 Defeat The Low - A Nervous Smile (Mixed)
2014
The Ghost Inside (band)
Dear Youth (Mixed)
2014
Crossfaith - EP - (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2014
Sleepwave -
Broken Compass (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2013
Heartist - Feeding Fiction (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2013
The Vamps -
Meet the Vamps (Produced, Mixed)
2013
Marmozets - "Move Shake Hide" (Mixed)
2013
Asking Alexandria -
From Death to Destiny (Mixed)
2013
Bring Me the Horizon -
Sempiternal (Mixed)
2013
Nightmares - Suspira (Mixed)
2013
Jann Klose - Mosaic (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2013
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Happiness Is A Smile (Mixed)
2013 Micah Bentley - Let There Be Light EP (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2013
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Et Tu, Brute? (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2013
The Letter Black -
Rebuild (Mixed)
2013 Smash into Pieces - Stronger (Mixed)
2013
Coldrain -
The Revelation (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2012
Takida - "Swallow" (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2012
Destine -
Illuminate (Mixed)
2012
Coldrain -
Through Clarity (Produced, Mixed)
2012
Picture Me Broken -
Corrupt Me (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2012
Our Last Night -
Age of Ignorance (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2011
Four Year Strong -
In Some Way, Shape or Form (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2011
Forever The Sickest Kids -
Forever The Sickest Kids (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2010
Our Last Night -
We Will All Evolve (Mixed)
2010
Crystal Bowersox -
Farmer's Daughter (Produced, Mixed)
2010
A Day to Remember –
What Separates Me from You
[8] (Mixed)
2010
Papa Roach -
Time for Annihilation (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2010
12 Stones -
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday (Produced, Mixed)
2010
Taking Back Sunday - Live at Orensanz (Mixed)
2009
Set Your Goals -
This Will Be the Death of Us (Mixed)
2009
Breaking Benjamin -
Dear Agony
gold (Produced, Mixed)
2009
It's Alive - It's Alive (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2009
Surrogates Soundtrack (Produced, Mixed)
2009
New Medicine -
Race You to the Bottom (Mixed)
2009
Lenny White - Anomaly (Mixed, Guitar)
2009
Mayday Parade -
Anywhere but Here
[9] (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2009
Cavo -
Bright Nights Dark Days (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2009 Set Your Goals -
This Will Be the Death of Us (Mixed)
2009
Kaiser Chiefs -
Off with Their Heads (Mixed)
2009
All Time Low -
Nothing Personal (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2009
Cavo -
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album (Produced, Mixed)
2009
There For Tomorrow -
A Little Faster (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2009
Hedley -
The Show Must Go (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2009
You Me at Six - You Me At Six (Mixed)
2009 Write This Down - Write This Down (Mixed)
2009
Madina Lake -
Attics to Eden (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2009
Fightstar -
Be Human (Mixed)
2009 The Urgency - The Urgency (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2009
Nural - Nural (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2008 Jaymes Reunion - Jaymes Reunion (Mixed)
2008
Underoath -
Lost in the Sound of Separation
gold (Mixed)
2008 Allison -
Memorama (Mixed)
2008
Search the City - Search the City (Mixed)
2008
Run Kid Run -
Love at the Core (Mixed)
2008 Capitol Lights -
This is an Outrage! (Mixed)
2008
Later Days - "Shake It" & "Everything" (Mixed)
2007
Paramore -
Riot! (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2007
Dark New Day - Hail Mary (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2007
Your Vegas -
A Town and Two Cities (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2007
Dropping Daylight -
Bratz: Motion Picture Soundtrack (Produced, Mixed)
2008
Hawk Nelson -
Hawk Nelson Is My Friend (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2007
Chiodos -
Bone Palace Ballet (Mixed)
2007
The Almost -
Southern Weather (Produced, Mixed)
2007
Bruce Hornsby -
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Mixed)
2007
Serena Ryder - Serena (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2007 God or Julie - God or Julie (Produced, Mixed)
2007
Bloodsimple - Bloodsimple EP (Mixed)
2006
Carl Cox - Second Sign (Writer)
2006
Course of Nature -
Damaged (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2006
Chiodos - Chiodos Acoustic Mix (Mixed)
2006
In Flames -
Come Clarity (Mixed)
2006
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - "
Face Down " (Produced, Mixed)
2006
Ima Robot - "
Creeps Me Out " (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2006
Breaking Benjamin -
Phobia (Produced, Mixed)
2006
Pillar -
The Reckoning (Mixed)
2005
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus -
Don't You Fake It (Produced, Mixed)
2005
Hawthorne Heights -
If Only You Were Lonely
Gold (Produced, Mixed)
2005
Carl Cox - Second Sign (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2005
Ima Robot -
Monument to the Masses (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2005 Blindside -
Blindside (Mixed)
2005
Clutch -
Clutch (Mixed)
2005
Breaking Benjamin -
Queen Tribute (Produced, Mixed)
2005 The Chemistry - The Chemistry (Mixed)
2005
Dropping Daylight -
Brace Yourself (Produced, Mixed)
2005
Fivespeed -
Morning Over Midnight (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2005
Various artists - Jazz Funk Sessions (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2005
Antigone Rising - Don't Look Back - (Produced, Mixed)
2005
Breaking Benjamin -
Halo 2 Original Soundtrack (Produced, Mixed)
2004
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache - Resident Evil Soundtrack and Single Release
Gold (Mixed)
2004
Breaking Benjamin -
We Are Not Alone (Produced, Mixed)
2004
Future Leaders of the World - Everyday (Mixed)
2004 The Underwater - Various Tracks (Produced, Mixed)
2004
Bruce Hornsby -
Greatest Radio Hits (Produced, Mixed)
2004
Ari Hest - They're On to Me (Mixed)
2004
Candiria -
What Doesn't Kill You... (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2004
Magna-Fi - Magna-Fi (Mixed)
2004
Parmalee - Inside (Produced, Mixed)
2004
Crossfade -
Crossfade (Mixed)
2004
Hellboy - soundtrack and movie trailer (Produced, Mixed)
2004 Fivewise - Out of Line (Produced, Mixed)
2004
ill niño -
Live from the Eye of the Storm (Mixed)
2004 Kon and Amir - Uncle Junior's Friday Fish Fry (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2004
40 Below Summer -
The Texas Chainsaw Masscre soundtrack (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2003
Vertical Horizon - "
You're a God " (Produced)
2003
ill niño - '
Confession (Mixed)
2003
40 Below Summer -
The Mourning After (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2003
The Gadjits - The Gadjits (Produced, Mixed)
2002
Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 Hits (Produced, Mixed)
2002
SR-71 -
Tomorrow
Gold (Produced, Mixed)
2002
Elvis Presley -
Lilo & Stitch (Produced, Mixed)
2002
Joey Negro - Joey Negro Compilation (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2001
Bruce Hornsby -
Big Swing Face (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
2000 Jay Hannan/
Ben Watt -
Lazy Dog (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
1999
SR-71 -
Now You See Inside (Produced, Mixed)
1999
Vertical Horizon - Live 5.1 Tourbook Surround (Mixed)
1998
Vertical Horizon -
Everything You Want (Produced, Mixed)
1998
Bruce Hornsby -
Spirit Trail (Guitar)
1995
Varga -
Oxygen (Produced, Mixed)
1995
Treble Charger -
Maybe It's Me (Produced, Mixed)
1995
Love and Sas - Call My Name (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
1995
Crash Test Dummies -
Dumb and Dumber soundtrack (A&R)
1993 For Love or Money - soundtrack (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
1993
Varga - Prototype (Produced, Mixed)
1991
Sven Gali - Sven Gali
Gold (Produced, Mixed)
1991
Big House - Big House (Produced)
Gold
1990 Regatta - Wherever You Run (Produced, Mixed)
1988
Joe Cocker - Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (Co-Writer)
1988
Platinum Blonde -
Contact (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
1987
Tú - Tú (Produced, Mixed)
1987
Eye Eye - Flash (Produced)
1986
Billy Newton-Davis - Deeper (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
1985
Jeff Beck - "Ecstasy" (Co-Writer)
1985
Platinum Blonde -
Alien Shores (Mixed)
1984 4 Reasons Unknown - 4 Reasons Unknown (Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
1984 Ronnie Hawkins Look out time (Mixed)
1984
Various artists - Classic Jazz Funk Mastercuts #4 -(Produced, Mixed, Co-Writer)
1984
Teenage Head - Tornado (Produced, Mixed)
1983 Wrabbit - West Side Kid (Produced, Mixed)
1983
Teenage Head -
Some Kinda Fun (Mixed)
1982
The Extras - Big Parts (Produced, Mixed)
1982 David Bendeth - The David Bendeth Band (Produced, Mixed, Writer)
1981
Leroy Sibbles and
The Heptones -
On Top (Guitar)
1981 Philip Rambow - Jungle Law (Guitar)
1981 David Bendeth - Just Dessert (Produced, Mixed, Writer)
1980
Light of the World - Round Trip (Guitar)
1980 David Bendeth/
Billy Cobham - David Bendeth/Billy Cobham (Writer)
1979 David Bendeth - Adrenalin (Writer)
1978 Dwayne Ford - Needless Freaking (Guitar)
1978
B. B. Gabor -
BB Gabor (Guitar)
1978
Bob Segarini - Gotta Have Pop (Guitar)
1977
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse - Toulouse (Guitar)
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