American record producer
Musical artist
Ryan Greene is an American
record producer ,
sound engineer , former owner of Crush Recording Studios in
Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in
Los Angeles, California .
[1] He has worked with many artists including
Jay-Z ,
Lita Ford ,
[2]
Tonic ,
Mr. Big ,
Wilson Phillips ,
Megadeth ,
[3]
[4]
NOFX ,
[3]
[5]
Alice Cooper ,
Cheap Trick ,
Usher ,
[6]
Patti LaBelle ,
Dishwalla and
Gladys Knight . He has worked on over 250 musical projects and has been described as an "A-list producer".
[3]
[7]
Biography
Ryan Greene started his musical career as a drummer in local
Los Angeles bands. He became a live engineer at the age of 15. At age 19 he started working at
MCA Music Publishing Studio as a tape duplicator. Greene was eventually promoted directly to first engineer. He was the youngest engineer at MCA. While employed by MCA he worked together with people like
Glen Ballard ,
Diane Warren and
Desmond Child .
[8]
From 1988 to 1996, Greene worked at
EMI music publishing as chief engineer
[9] where he did all the pre-production for
Megadeth 's best selling album
Countdown to Extinction , released in 1992. It sold over a million copies. This eventually lead Greene to working with Megadeth bassist
Dave Ellefson 's band
F5 .
[10]
In 1994, he worked with
Brett Gurewitz owner of
Epitaph Records and founding member of the
punk rock band
Bad Religion on a demo recording for
Bad Religion .
[8]
Brett Gurewitz hooked Ryan Greene up with the
punk rock band
NOFX and he produced their record
Punk in Drublic the same year. The record sold more than a half million worldwide on its way to being certified gold and became NOFX's best selling record.
[8]
In 1997, Greene started Motor Studios in
San Francisco together with
Fat Mike owner of
Fat Wreck Chords and frontman/singer/bass player of
NOFX .
[8]
[11]
[12] Greene produced over 40 punk and
rock bands for Fat Wreck Chords such as
Lagwagon ,
[13]
No Use for a Name ,
Good Riddance ,
Pulley ,
Strung Out ,
Propagandhi ,
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes ,
The Dickies and was instrumental in coining the successful sound of the 1990s
skate punk .
[12]
[14]
In 2005, Ryan Greene founded the Crush Recording Studios in
Scottsdale, Arizona .
[11] In January 2009, Greene sold Crush Recording and opened his new recording facility Area 52 Entertainment.
[15]
Greene has also engineered and mixed songs for the video games
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ,
[2]
[3]
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith ,
Rock Revolution , and
Rock Band .
[1]
In 2010, Greene opened a recording complex, Validus Recording, and was named 'Producer Of The Year’ by the Los Angeles Music Awards.
[16]
In 2011, he released a drum sample replacement library called Ryan Greene Alt Drums .
[17]
Selected discography
References
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a
b Low, Andrew (21 December 2010).
"Interview: Ryan Greene - Area 52 entertainment" . audioprointernational.com. Archived from
the original on 2014-08-08.
^
a
b Hoffman, Michelle (April 3, 2008).
"Scottsdale studio shapes video game soundtrack" . azcentral.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
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b
c
d
e
Sanford, Jay Allen (July 30, 2008).
"Let It Ride on Greene" . San Diego Reader . Retrieved 21 March 2013 .
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a
b Doherty, Charlie (April 26, 2011).
"Music Review: Megadeth - Rust In Peace Live (CD + DVD)" . Seattle Post Intelligencer . Retrieved 21 March 2013 .
^ Jordan, Isamu (March 26, 2004). "Seattle's Jill Cohn opens up at Spike Coffee House". Spokesman-Review .
^
a
b
Usher: Here I Stand credits at
AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ Kellner, Jason (November 17, 2006). "Local artists put their music on disc". Reno Gazette - Journal .
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b
c
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e Johnson, Heather (2004).
"Ryan Greene: Producing Pop-punk Music in Double-time" .
Mix . Archived from
the original on 2014-02-08.
^ de Benedictis, Paul (December 18, 2009).
"Guitar Heroes Steve Ouimette and Ryan Greene Get Dangerous" . MixOnline.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal . Zonda Books Limited. p. 139.
ISBN
0958268401 .
^
a
b Johnson, Heather (2004).
"Ryan Greene Has a New Crush: Rock Producer/Engineer Opens Scottsdale Studio" .
Mix . Archived from
the original on 2014-01-09.
^
a
b Kelley, Brendan Joel (January 26, 2006).
"Greene Party" . phoenixnewtimes.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
^ "Lagwagon". Giant Robot (11–13). 1998.
^ "Reviews". Maximum Rocknroll (228). May 2002.
^ Walter, Chris (March 1, 2015). Under the Kilt: the Real McKenzies Exposed . GFY Press.
ISBN
978-1-927053-21-8 .
^
"Los Angeles Producer Ryan Greene Picked as 'Producer of the Year' By the LA Music Awards" . Your Music Magazine. November 15, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2013 .
^ HCNews (January 27, 2012).
"Propellerhead Releases Ryan Greene Alt Drums ReFills for Reason" . harmonycentral.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013 .
^ "Advertisement". Billboard . May 27, 1995. p. 89.
^
"Back From Ashes Completes Work On New Ep" . Blabbermouth.net. 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-20 .
^ bravewords.com.
"> News > BACK FROM ASHES Team With Producer Ryan Greene For Upcoming Release" . Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2014-01-20 .
^
Bigwig: Invitation to Tragedy credits at
AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^
Dishwalla: Dishwalla credits at
AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ Johnson, Heather (2005).
"MixLine Feature: Ryan Greene Opens Crush Recording" .
Mix (magazine) . Archived from
the original on 2014-07-14.
^
Lita Ford: Greatest Hits Live! credits at
AllMusic . Retrieved March 11, 2013.
^ Verna, Paul (February 16, 1997). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard . p. 67.
^ Verna, Paul (December 7, 1996). "Nerf Herder Flies from My To Arista: Van Halen Lament Attracts Major-Label Attention". Billboard . p. 8.
^ Flick, Larry (April 11, 1995). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard . p. 88.
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