Brad Wood

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Brad Wood
Brad Wood- Seagrass Studio.jpg
Wood at Seagrass Studio
Background information
Born (1964-02-15) February 15, 1964 (age 61)
Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • audio engineer
  • musician
Years active1988–present
Formerly of Shrimp Boat

Brad Wood is an American record producer and sound engineer based in Los Angeles. He has produced and engineered many albums in the rock subgenres of alternative rock and indie rock.

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Career

Wood is from Rockford, Illinois. [1] In 1988, Wood, along with Brian Deck and Daniel Sonis, built Idful Music Corporation recording studio in Chicago's Wicker Park. [2] [3] While at Idful, he recorded and produced hundreds of records, including Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville , Veruca Salt's American Thighs , Ben Lee's Grandpaw Would , Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary and LP2 , and albums by Red Red Meat, Seam, That Dog, and others. In addition to producing records, Brad was the drummer/soprano saxophonist for Shrimp Boat and touring drummer for Liz Phair (1993–94).

After relocating to Los Angeles, California, Wood has continued to record, mix, and produce records, primarily from his Seagrass Studio in Valley Village. He has worked on recordings by mewithoutYou, Touché Amoré, Skating Polly, Say Anything, Pete Yorn, and Dar Williams.

Records produced or mixed

AlbumArtist/BandYear
Speckly Shrimp Boat 1989
Roundhouse Tar 1990
HandTar1990
MungoSnailboy1990
Social GracesEvery Good Boy1990
Dancing Under Water Freakwater 1991
DuendeShrimp Boat1991
Construction Of New Action Trenchmouth 1991
Miss Hell/My Spit Calamity Jane 1991
Martha Jane CannaryCalamity Jane1991
CircusDog1991
Jesus Built a Ship to Sing a Song ToJeff Lescher and Janet Beveridge Bean1992
The Lilacs Rise Above the Filth The Lilacs 1992
Kernel Seam 1992
UptightyUptighty1992
History Volume OneGod and Texas1992
Gladiator/Boilermaker The Jesus Lizard 1992
Hollywood or BustThe Mercury Players1992
Hello Kitty Hum 1992
Ernst and SonZoom1992
TeeteringTar1992
GodawfulBig'n1992
Jimmywine Majestic Red Red Meat 1993
CavaleShrimp Boat1993
Mosquito Tortoise 1993
ClincherTar1993
TortureMama Tick1993
Criminal ElementGod and Texas1993
Inside the FutureTrenchmouth1993
The Problem with Me Seam1993
Electra 2000 Hum1993
Exile in Guyville Liz Phair 1993
Spindrifttable1993
Feels Like the Third TimeFreakwater1993
ZoomZoom1993
Double ShotGod and Texas1994
Dreamcake Jale 1994
Funny Farm King Kong 1994
American Thighs Veruca Salt 1994
Whip-Smart Liz Phair1994
Diary Sunny Day Real Estate 1994
Jimmywine Majestic Red Red Meat1994
Memory BargeHardvark1994
The Sea and Cake The Sea and Cake 1994
Ursa Major Eleventh Dream Day 1994
Trenchmouth Vs. The Light Of The SunTrenchmouth1994
Are You Driving Me Crazy? Seam1995
Breathe Loud Lucy 1995
Bunny Gets Paid Red Red Meat1995
Meet the Real You Noise Addict 1995
LP2 Sunny Day Real Estate1995
MentholMenthol1995
Broadcaster Triple Fast Action 1995
Grandpaw Would Ben Lee 1995
Old PaintFreakwater1995
Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters Tortoise1995
Placebo Placebo 1996
So Wound Jale1996
Strand The Spinanes 1996
Tin Cans with Strings to You Far 1996
Kim Chee Is Cabbage Number One Cup 1996
HubHub Moore1996
Multiple AttackersBurnout1996
Wrecked by LionsNumber One Cup1997
All Disco Dance Must End in Broken Bones Whale 1997
Something to Remember Me By Ben Lee1997
Promised Works The For Carnation 1997
Retreat from the Sun that dog. 1997
Singles, Live, Unreleased Royal Trux 1997
Come CleanMysteries of Life1998
Whitechocolatespaceegg Liz Phair1998
Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 1998
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (original cast recording)1999
OneDiane Izzo1999
White Out Verbow 2000
Open Heart Surgery Virginwool 2000
Musicforthemorningafter Pete Yorn 2001
Closer Better Than Ezra 2001
Vertigo Jump, Little Children 2001
Transmatic Transmatic 2001
Only If You Look UpPortable2002
Doll Revolution The Bangles 2003
The Fire Theft The Fire Theft 2003
Day I Forgot Pete Yorn2003
Welcome to the Middle Laguardia 2003
Living Outside Sense Field 2003
Catch for Us the Foxes mewithoutYou 2004
Something GrandShrimp Boat2004
Awake Is the New Sleep Ben Lee2005
Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes Everything But The Girl 2005
A Burn or a Shiver Edison Glass 2006
Happiness & Disaster Stabilo 2006
Desert Lights Something for Kate 2006
About-Face The Working Title 2006
Brother, Sister mewithoutYou2006
Shine Sam Bettens 2007
In Defense of the Genre Say Anything 2007
Attack Dead Child 2008
Promised Land Dar Williams 2008
Starting Gun Signal Hill Transmission 2008
It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream!mewithoutYou2009
I'll Wait for Sound Director 2009
The Rebirth of Venus Ben Lee2009
Hell or High Water As Cities Burn 2009
QU Sherwood 2009
Let's Take a WalkLong Live Logos2009
Nearness Lovelite 2010
Cho Dependent Margaret Cho 2010
Deas Vail Deas Vail 2011
Oh My Garden Sophie Koh 2012
Ten Stories mewithoutYou2012
Is Survived By Touché Amoré 2013
No Fairy Tale Lisa Loeb 2013
The Things We Think We're Missing Balance and Composure 2013
Summer 720Bored Spies2013
New MoodioEleventh Dream Day2013
Hebrews Say Anything2014
The Blue Musk-OxenOlde Worlde2014
Quiet World Gatherers 2015
Love Is The Great Rebellion Ben Lee2015
The Silver Lake ChorusThe Silver Lake Chorus2015
The KrakenIn Each Hand A Cutlass2015
Ghost Notes Veruca Salt 2015
Stage Four Touché Amoré2016
KestrelsKestrels2016
Fat Lot Of GoodCranky George2016
TiesSEE2016
TOMGIRLTOMGIRL2016
CinematicaObedient Wives Club2017
New Trick Skating Polly 2017
Where I Go When I Am Sleeping Casey 2018
Negative SpaceSatellite Citi2018
UntamedWYO2018
The Make It All Show Skating Polly2018
Fear TacticsSatellite Citi2021
My Colossal TruthNight Dangers2021
Is Committed Say Anything 2024

References

  1. "Music Producer Brad Wood Biography and News Page". October 27, 2009. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  2. "RSR095 – Brad Wood – Producing Liz Phair, Veruca Salt & Smashing Pumpkins". Recordingstudiorockstars.com. June 30, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  3. Crane, Larry (January 2014). "Brad Wood: Liz Phair, Idful, Ben Lee" . Retrieved January 12, 2023.