Howie Beno is a recording engineer and producer who has worked with a wide range of artists in various genres, including Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, and a long series of rock and industrial bands, including Ministry

Ministry (band)

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...

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Chicago

Beno began his career as an engineer at Trax Studios in Chicago, working with bands Ministry

Ministry (band)

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...

, on their album Psalm 69

Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs

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, and the multi-platinum Red Hot Chili Peppers single, Give It Away. He was the original producer and co-writer for Stella Soleil

Stella Soleil

Stella Katsoudas is an American pop and rock singer better known for stage names Stella Soleil and Sister Soleil. Katsoudas also fronts Dirty Little Rabbits.- Early life and career beginnings :...

 on the independent Chicago release Drown Me In You. He also appeared as a musician on various albums.

New York

In 2002, Beno moved to New York

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 and set up as an engineer and producer, working on television commercials. He also continued engineering and producing for bands and solo artists.

Europe

Beno co-produced several tracks on Stella Soleil

Stella Soleil

Stella Katsoudas is an American pop and rock singer better known for stage names Stella Soleil and Sister Soleil. Katsoudas also fronts Dirty Little Rabbits.- Early life and career beginnings :...

's Soularium album, recorded for Universal Records in 1999 at Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

's Real World Studios in England. He also worked at Windmill Studios in Ireland with the Irish band Blink

Blink (band)

Blink is a pop/rock band from Ireland They are noted for their mixture of humour and melancholy. They have released three albums to date: A Map Of the Universe by Blink , The End Is High and Deep Inside The Sound Of Sadness . "A Map of the Universe by Blink" was a top ten album...

, whose album "The End Is High" became Billboard Magazine's Album of the Month on its USA release.

External links

• HowieBeno.com (Official site - discography, etc.)
• Ministry - Psalm 69
  Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
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• (Recordproduction.com - profile page)
• Official Kill Lizzie site
• Kill Lizzie (MySpace fansite)
• Fanimation short for Kill Lizzie