Carlos de la Garza | |
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| Origin | Cerritos, California, U.S. |
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| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Carlos de la Garza is an American mixer, record producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter based in Los Angeles.
De la Garza was born and raised in Cerritos, California. He started playing drums in high school and played in various local bands. While still in high school, he simultaneously joined Long Beach ska-punk band Suburban Rhythm and punk band F.Y.P, and later became a member of Reel Big Fish.
De la Garza has worked with artists and bands such as The Linda Lindas, Paramore, M83, Young the Giant, Jimmy Eat World, Teenage Wrist, Tegan and Sara, Wolf Alice, Cherry Glazerr, Best Coast, Hunny, [1] Wild Belle, Charly Bliss, Bad Religion, Ray Barbee, Fitz and the Tantrums, White Reaper, Spiritual Cramp,The Regrettes, Destroy Boys, Fidlar, Third Eye Blind, Bleached, and Ziggy Marley, whose self-titled album mixed and engineered by de la Garza won a Grammy Award in 2016. Paramore's Self-titled album, which de la Garza engineered and performed on, also won a Grammy award for "Best Rock Song" in 2015. In 2018 Wolf Alice was awarded the Mercury Prize for their album "Visions of A Life", which de la Garza also engineered. [2] [3]
In addition to his production and engineering work, de la Garza is an accomplished musician and multi-instrumentalist, being highly proficient in drums and percussion, guitar, bass, and keyboards. de la Garza was also a member of punk band F.Y.P. from 1991 to 1993 and popular ska punk band Reel Big Fish, in which he played drums from 1999 to 2003. [4] [5]
De la Garza's two daughters, Lucia and Mila, are members of the punk rock band The Linda Lindas. [6]
| Year | Artist | Title | Label | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cold War Kids | "Scandalized" | Producer, co-writer | |
| Spiritual Cramp & White Reaper | "Whatever You Say Man" | Blue Grape | Mixer | |
| Destroy Boys | "Plucked" | Hopeless Records | Co-writer, Producer | |
| Paramore | "Burning Down The House" | A24 Music | Producer | |
| 2023 | Paramore & The Linda Lindas | "The News (Re: The Linda Lindas)" | Atlantic Records | Producer |
| Cold War Kids | "Run Away With Me" | Producer | ||
| The Linda Lindas | "Too Many Things" | Epitaph | Producer | |
| Destroy Boys | "Beg For The Torture" | Hopeless Records | Co-writer, producer | |
| Paramore | This Is Why | Atlantic Records | Producer | |
| M83 | "Oceans Niagara" | Engineer | ||
| Spiritual Cramp | Spiritual Cramp | Blue Grape | Producer | |
| 2022 | Friday Pilots Club | "Bury Me" | Co-write, co-producer | |
| HUNNY | Homesick EP | Epitaph Records | Producer | |
| 2021 | Hayley Williams | Flowers for Vases / Descansos | Atlantic Records | Mixer |
| Natalie Bergman feat. Beck | "You've Got A Woman" | Third Man Records | Mixer | |
| Man On Man | Self-titled LP | Polyvinyl Records | Mixer | |
| Third Eye Blind | Our Bande Apart | MegaCollider Records | Mixer | |
| The Linda Lindas | "Oh!" | Epitaph | Producer, engineer, mixer | |
| Justin Courtney-Pierre | An Anthropologist on Mars | Epitaph Records | Mixer | |
| 2020 | Becca Mancari | The Greatest Part | Captured Tracks | Mixer |
| Best Coast | Always Tomorrow | Concord Records | Producer, mixer, co-writer | |
| Elephant Castle | Cool To Be Unhappy EP | Old Wizard | Engineer, Mixer | |
| Hayley Williams | Petals for Armor | Atlantic Records | Engineer, Mixer | |
| Bad Religion | '"Faith Alone", "Emancipation of the Mind", "What Are We Standing For", "Lose Your Head (demo version)"' | Epitaph Records | Producer, engineer, Mixer | |
| 2019 | All American Rejects | Send Her to Heaven | Epitaph Records | Mixer |
| Bad Religion | Age of Unreason | Epitaph Records | Producer, mixer, co-writer | |
| Charly Bliss | Young Enough | Barsuk Records | Mixer | |
| Cherry Glazerr | Stuffed and Ready | Secretly Canadian | Producer, mixer, co-writer | |
| HalfNoise | Natural Disguise | Congrats Records | Mixer | |
| HUNNY | Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. | Epitaph Records | Producer, Composer & Mixer | |
| Wild Belle | Everybody One of a Kind | Love Tone | Mixer, additional production | |
| Fitz and the Tantrums | All The Feels | Elektra Records | Engineer | |
| 2018 | Culture Abuse | Bay Dream | Epitaph Records | Producer, mixer, various instruments |
| Parade of Lights | Human Condition Pt. 1 & 2 | UMG Recordings | Producer, Writer & Engineer | |
| Plague Vendor | "Locomotive", "I Only Speak In Friction" | Epitaph Records | Mixer | |
| Teenage Wrist | Chrome Neon Jesus | Epitaph Records | Producer, co-writer, engineer, mixer | |
| The Wonder Years | Sister Cities | Hopeless Records | Mixer | |
| Wavves and Culture Abuse | "Big Cloud", "Up and Down" | Epitaph Records | Mixer | |
| Ziggy Marley | Rebellion Rises | Tuff Gong Worldwide | Engineer | |
| 2017 | Cherry Glazerr | Apocalipstick | Burger Records, Secretly Canadian | Producer, mixer [7] |
| Paramore | After Laughter | Fueled by Ramen | Mixer, engineer [8] [9] | |
| Alvarez Kings | Somewhere Between | Sire, Warner Bros. | Producer, mixer [10] | |
| Wolf Alice | Visions of a Life | Dirty Hit | Engineer, additional percussion (tracks 7, 12) [10] | |
| 2016 | Wild Belle | Dreamland | Columbia | Bass, engineer, guitar [10] |
| Jimmy Eat World | Integrity Blues | RCA | Engineer [11] | |
| M83 | Junk | Naive, Mute | Engineer [10] [2] | |
| Lyle Workman | Love (Original Netflix Series Soundtrack) | Independent | Mixer [10] | |
| School of Seven Bells | SVIIB | Vagrant | Engineer [11] | |
| The Naked and Famous | Simple Forms | Somewhat Damaged | Engineer [11] | |
| Bleached | Welcome the Worms | Dead Oceans | Producer, mixer, engineer [11] | |
| Ziggy Marley | Ziggy Marley | Tuff Gong Worldwide | Mixer, engineer [10] [12] | |
| 2015 | Night riots | Howl | Sumerian Records | Producer, mixer, engineer [10] |
| YACHT | I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler | Downtown Records | Engineer [11] | |
| WATERS | What's Real | Vagrant Records | Producer, mixer, engineer, various instruments [10] | |
| 2014 | Young the Giant | Mind over Matter | Fueled by Ramen | Engineer, percussion [11] [2] |
| Jaymes Young | Habits of my Heart EP | Atlantic | Producer [10] | |
| The Colourist | The Colourist | Republic, Universal | Producer, [11] composer ("Tonight (Young Hearts)") | |
| M83 | Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Interscope Records | Engineer [10] | |
| The Downtown Fiction | Losers & Kings | Photo Finish Records | Producer, engineer [11] | |
| 2013 | Hellogoodbye | Everything is Debatable | Fearless Records | Additional production, drums [10] |
| Tegan and Sara | Heartthrob | Vapor, Warner Bros. | Engineer [11] | |
| Paramore | Paramore | Fueled by Ramen | Engineer, mixing engineer, vocal producer, percussion [11] | |
| 2012 | Neon Trees | Picture Show | Mercury | Engineer, percussion [10] |
| 2010 | Valencia | Dancing With a Ghost | I Surrender Records | Producer, engineer [10] |
| Neon Trees | Habits | Mercury | Engineer, mixer [11] | |
| 2002 | Reel Big Fish | Cheer Up! | Mojo, Jive | Drums, Percussion |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2024 | "This Is Why (album)" (as Producer) [13] | Grammy Award: Best Rock Album | Won |
| 2024 | "This Is Why" (as Producer) [14] | Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Performance | Won |
| 2019 | "Rebellion Rises" (as Engineer) | Grammy Award: Best Reggae Album | Nominated |
| 2018 | "Visions of a Life" (as Engineer) | Mercury Prize | Won |
| 2017 | "Ziggy Marley" (as Mixer & Engineer) | Grammy Award: Best Reggae Album | Won |
| 2015 | "Ain't It Fun" (as Engineer, mixing engineer, vocal producer, percussion) | Grammy Award: Rock Song Of The Year | Won |
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This Is Why is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Paramore, released on February 10, 2023 through Atlantic Records, their final studio album for the label. It is their first album since 2017, following After Laughter, and is the band's second album to have that lineup. The album was supported by four singles: "This Is Why", "The News", "C'est Comme Ça", and "Running Out of Time".
"The News" is a song by American rock band Paramore, released as the second single from their sixth studio album This Is Why on December 8, 2022. It was written by Hayley Williams, Taylor York, and Zac Farro and produced by Carlos de la Garza. The song was accompanied by its music video, released the same day.
"Resolution/Revolution" is a song by American rock band the Linda Lindas, released July 31, 2023, on Epitaph Records. It was written by Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, and sisters Lucia and Mila de la Garza, and was produced by Carlos de la Garza.
"Too Many Things" is a song by American rock band the Linda Lindas, released April 10, 2023, on Epitaph Records. It was written by Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, and sisters Lucia and Mila de la Garza, and was produced by Carlos de la Garza. The song was released alongside a music video.
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