Ed Stasium
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Ed Stasium is an American record producer
and engineer
who has worked on albums by The Ramones, Talking Heads
, The Smithereens
and Living Colour
.
Aged.
When he returned to the music industry three years later, it was as a recording engineer, working on a wide variety of projects ranging from the Chambers Brothers' Unbonded to Barry Miles
' Magic Theater to Sha Na Na
's Sha Na Na Now.
Stasium's long affiliation with American punk and new wave—and the latter-day alternative rock they jointly inspired—began in 1977, the year he engineered both the Ramones' Leave Home and Talking Heads
' Talking Heads '77.
His production career began a year later with the Ramones' Road to Ruin, followed in 1979 by work on the group's It's Alive and the soundtrack to the film Rock 'n' Roll High School
.
Stasium enjoyed perhaps his greatest success during the latter half of the 1980s—in addition to engineering Mick Jagger
's Primitive Cool, he scored a major hit with Living Colour
's Vivid, and also produced acclaimed outings from Soul Asylum
(Hang Time), the Long Ryders
(Two Fisted Tales) and Julian Cope
(Saint Julian).
In 1990, he helmed the Smithereens
' hit 11, reuniting with the group a year later for Blow Up; Marshall Crenshaw
's Life's Too Short and Motörhead's 1916 appeared around the same time. Productions from acts including the Hoodoo Gurus
(Crank) and the Reverend Horton Heat (Space Heater) followed as the decade progressed.
In 2006, Stasium produced rock band LOURDS. Stasium and Breaking Records founder Bernadette O'Reilly were colleagues that reunited for this project. It was produced in Stasium's Durango, Colorado Studio.
Stasium currently resides and works out of his studio in Durango, Colorado.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
who has worked on albums by The Ramones, Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
, The Smithereens
The Smithereens
The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States. The group formed in 1980 with members Pat DiNizio , Jim Babjak , Mike Mesaros , and Dennis Diken...
and Living Colour
Living Colour
Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by free jazz, funk, neo-psychedelia, hard rock, and heavy metal...
.
History
Stasium first surfaced in 1970 fronting the band Brandywine, appearing on their sole LPLP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
Aged.
When he returned to the music industry three years later, it was as a recording engineer, working on a wide variety of projects ranging from the Chambers Brothers' Unbonded to Barry Miles
Barry Miles
Barry Miles is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subject of the 1960s London underground. He has written numerous books and his work has also regularly appeared in left-wing papers such as The Guardian...
' Magic Theater to Sha Na Na
Sha Na Na
Sha Na Na is an American rock and roll group. The name is taken from a part of the long series of nonsense syllables in the doo-wop hit song "Get a Job", originally recorded in 1957 by the Silhouettes....
's Sha Na Na Now.
Stasium's long affiliation with American punk and new wave—and the latter-day alternative rock they jointly inspired—began in 1977, the year he engineered both the Ramones' Leave Home and Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
' Talking Heads '77.
His production career began a year later with the Ramones' Road to Ruin, followed in 1979 by work on the group's It's Alive and the soundtrack to the film Rock 'n' Roll High School
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Rock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and featuring the Ramones.The film starred P. J. Soles, Vince Van Patten, and Clint Howard...
.
Stasium enjoyed perhaps his greatest success during the latter half of the 1980s—in addition to engineering Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
's Primitive Cool, he scored a major hit with Living Colour
Living Colour
Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by free jazz, funk, neo-psychedelia, hard rock, and heavy metal...
's Vivid, and also produced acclaimed outings from Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in...
(Hang Time), the Long Ryders
The Long Ryders
The Long Ryders are an American alternative country and Paisley Underground band, principally active between 1983 and 1987, and which reformed in 2004 to do a reunion tour...
(Two Fisted Tales) and Julian Cope
Julian Cope
Julian Cope is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator...
(Saint Julian).
In 1990, he helmed the Smithereens
The Smithereens
The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States. The group formed in 1980 with members Pat DiNizio , Jim Babjak , Mike Mesaros , and Dennis Diken...
' hit 11, reuniting with the group a year later for Blow Up; Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Crenshaw is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his song "Someday, Someway".-Biography:...
's Life's Too Short and Motörhead's 1916 appeared around the same time. Productions from acts including the Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...
(Crank) and the Reverend Horton Heat (Space Heater) followed as the decade progressed.
In 2006, Stasium produced rock band LOURDS. Stasium and Breaking Records founder Bernadette O'Reilly were colleagues that reunited for this project. It was produced in Stasium's Durango, Colorado Studio.
Stasium currently resides and works out of his studio in Durango, Colorado.
Discography
- 21st Century Rock- Another Pretty Face (1974) (producer)
- Talking Heads: 77Talking Heads: 77Talking Heads: 77 is the debut album by Talking Heads. It peaked at #97 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart and the single "Psycho Killer" made it to #92. In 2003, the album was ranked #290 on Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list...
- Talking HeadsTalking HeadsTalking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
(1977) (engineer) - Leave HomeLeave HomeLeave Home is the second studio album by American punk rock band The Ramones. It was released on January 10, 1977 through Sire Records. The album features the classic Ramones songs "Pinhead" and "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"...
- Ramones (1977) (engineer) - Rocket to RussiaRocket to RussiaRocket to Russia is the third studio album by the American punk rock band The Ramones. It was released on November 4, 1977 through Sire Records. It was their last with original drummer Tommy Ramone. The album incorporates surf rock and other influences. It includes some of the Ramones' best-known...
- Ramones (1977) (engineer) - More Songs About Buildings and FoodMore Songs about Buildings and FoodMore Songs About Buildings and Food is Talking Heads' second album, the first of a string of three co-produced by Brian Eno. The album was significantly more popular than their first, Talking Heads: 77...
- Talking Heads (1978) (mixing) - Road to RuinRoad to Ruin (Ramones album)Road to Ruin is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band The Ramones. It was released on September 22, 1978 through Sire Records...
- Ramones (1978) (producer) - It's Alive (album)- Ramones (1979) (engineer)
- Demo- Ivy and The Eaters (1983) (producer)
- Light's OutLights Out (Peter Wolf album)Lights Out is the debut solo album by Peter Wolf, released in 1984 .-Track listing:#"Lights Out" - 4:27#"I Need You Tonight" - 3:39...
- Peter WolfPeter WolfPeter Wolf is an American Rhythm and Blues, Soul and Rock and Roll musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1983; and for a successful musical solo career to date with writing partner Will Jennings.- Life and career :Wolf was born in the Bronx, New York...
(1984) (engineer, guitar, percussion) - Too Tough to DieToo Tough to DieToo Tough to Die is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band The Ramones. It was released on October 1,1984. It is the first Ramones album to feature new drummer Richie Ramone...
- Ramones (1984) (producer) - TranslatorTranslator (album)Translator is the self-titled third album from Translator, released in 1985 on 415 Records and distributed by Columbia Records.In 2007, the album was released on Compact Disc for the first time by Wounded Bird Records...
- TranslatorTranslator (band)Translator is a San Francisco rock band that had success during the 1980s. They created a sound that spanned updated British Merseybeat and stripped-down punk-like rock to psychedelia. Inspired by the Beatles and 1960s California folk-rock bands such as The Byrds, their guitar-based music was...
(1984) - Evening of the HarvestEvening of The HarvestEvening of The Harvest, Translator's 4th album, was released in 1986 on 415 Records, distributed by Columbia Records.In 2007 the album was released on CD for the first time by Wounded Bird Records...
- Translator (1986) - 1111 (The Smithereens album)11 is the third official album by The Smithereens. It was released on October 18, 1989 . The album cover was inspired by a movie poster for the original Ocean's Eleven.-Track listing:...
- The SmithereensThe SmithereensThe Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States. The group formed in 1980 with members Pat DiNizio , Jim Babjak , Mike Mesaros , and Dennis Diken...
(1989) (producer) - Mondo BizarroMondo BizarroMondo Bizarro is the twelfth studio album by the American punk band the Ramones, released in 1992 . It featured their new bassist, Christopher Joseph Ward , who replaced departed member Dee Dee Ramone. Mondo Bizarro was the group’s first studio album in three years...
- Ramones (1992) (producer) - '92 Tour EP'92 Tour EP92 Tour EP is the most recent EP formatted production by the British band Motörhead. It was released in 1992 featuring songs from their March or Die and 1916 albums. Issued in 12" vinyl and CD 'jewel slim-case' formats...
- Motorhead (1992) (producer) - 'A Search for Reason- KilgoreKilgoreThe name Kilgore comes from a sept of the Scottish Clan MacDuff. It may refer specifically to:-People:* Al Kilgore, cartoonist* Bernard Kilgore, editor of the Wall Street Journal 1941–1967...
(1998) (Producer, Mixing) - Tinsel Life -Squint (2003)
- Knock Yourself Out- Handsome Devil (2004) (producer)
- The Shuteye Train - Rock and Roll with the Shuteye Train. 2004 (mastering)
- Revival - Reverend Horton Heat (2004) (producer)
- History Of...- "Whisper of Truth" 2005 (mixing, mastering)
- "Butterfly Assassins - "Sylvia" 2008 (mixing)
- "The Devil's RainThe Devil's Rain (album)The Devil's Rain is the seventh studio album by the horror punk band the Misfits, released October 4, 2011 through their own label Misfits Records. It is the band's first album in eight years, following 2003's covers record Project 1950, and the first of original material since 1999's Famous...
"- Misfits (2011) (producer)
- The Edges of TwilightThe Edges of TwilightThe Edges of Twilight is the third album by The Tea Party. The album features many instruments from around the world, giving various songs a strong world music flavour in addition to the rock/blues influences evident in the band's earlier releases...
- Biohazard (band)Biohazard (band)Biohazard is a band originally based in Brooklyn, New York. They are acknowledged as one of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk and heavy metal with elements of hip hop. The original lineup consisted of Vocalist/Guitarist Billy Graziadei, bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld, guitarist Bobby Hambel,...
- Time's UpTime's UpTime's Up is the second album by Living Colour, released on August 20, 1990. It was the follow-up to the successful Vivid. The album features a wide range of genres and also includes cameo appearances by Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh, Maceo Parker and James Earl Jones...
- Space Heater (album)Space Heater (album)Space Heater is the fifth album by Reverend Horton Heat, released by Interscope Records in March 1998. It charted on the Billboard 200, reaching number 187. Pride of San Jacinto appears in the videogame Hot Wheels Turbo Racing.-Album art:...
- Lucky 7
- Biscuits (EP)
- Holy Roller (album)Holy Roller (album)Holy Roller is a retrospective compilation by The Reverend Horton Heat that was released by Sub Pop in April 1999, shortly after the band left Interscope Records amidst the label mergers of the late 1990s.-Track listing:...
- Alhambra (album)Alhambra (album)Alhambra is an EP by The Tea Party and was used as a bridge between The Edges of Twilight and Transmission. It features four intricately re-worked acoustic songs from The Edges of Twilight and two others; the first a song entitled "Time" with Roy Harper on vocals, the second a remix of Sister...
- Stukas Over DisneylandStukas Over DisneylandStukas Over Disneyland is an album by American punk band The Dickies, originally released in 1983. It includes a cover of The Quick's "Pretty Please Me" and Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown"....
- Under These Rocks and StonesUnder These Rocks and StonesUnder These Rocks and Stones is the first album by Canadian singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, released in 1997 . Several singles were released in Canada, including "God Made Me", "Believer", "Wayne", "Surrounded" and "Hands"...
(Hammond organ) - Far From NowhereFar From NowhereFar from Nowhere is the fifth and final album from Christian band Slick Shoes. This album was released on Side One Dummy, and the first to not be released by Tooth & Nail-Track listing:# "Darko" – 2:30# "Carpenteria" – 2:02...
- New World Disorder (album)
- State of the World AddressState of the World AddressState of the World Address is the third studio album by American band Biohazard. Sen Dog has a guest performance on the song "How It Is"."Lack There Of" contains audio samples taken from the Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs.-Track listing:...
- Vivid (album)Vivid (album)Vivid is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Living Colour, which was released on May 3, 1988. The band was discovered by Mick Jagger while playing a show at punk club CBGB's in 1987...
- Hang Time (album)Hang Time (album)Hang Time is a 1988 album from the band Soul Asylum. Released on A&M Records, it was the band's major-label debut.Singer/guitarist Dave Pirner wrote the majority of the album. Guitarist Dan Murphy chimed in with "Cartoon," released as one of the album's singles...
- Au nord de notre vieAu nord de notre vieAu nord de notre vie is an album by CANO, released in 1977.Au Nord de Notre Vie was Cano's second album and last with Andre...
- My Kind of ChristmasMy Kind of ChristmasMy Kind of Christmas is the first Christmas album by American recording artist Christina Aguilera. It was released on October 24, 2000.- Background :...
- ParasiteParasite (film)Parasite is a 1982 horror/science fiction film starring Demi Moore in her first major film role.-Plot:In the far future, an atomic disaster has reduced the world to poverty. Instead of a government, America is run by an organization called the Merchants, who exploit the degenerate remains of...
(film soundtrack) - Show A Little Emotion by Boy (1983) - ScarredScarred (1984 film)-Cast and crew:Directed by: Rose Marie TurkoStarring: Jennifer Mayo, Jackie Berryman, David Dean, Rico L. Richardson-Synopsis:Shot in a cinema verite style, perhaps because this film about teenage prostitution began as a project while director Rose-Marie Turko was a student at UCLA, the format...
(film soundtrack) - Can't Keep A Bad Boy Down by Boy (1984)