Chris Dugan

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Chris Dugan
Born (1973-05-11) May 11, 1973 (age 51)
Genres Punk rock, pop-punk
Occupations
  • Audio engineer
  • cinematographer
  • record producer
  • musician
  • singer
Instrument Drums
Years active1996–present
Labels
Member of The Network
The Coverups

Chris Dugan (born May 11, 1973) is an American audio engineer, cinematographer, record producer, musician, and singer, best known as the drummer of the Effection and as an audio engineer for Green Day. In 2018, along with Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, guitarist Jason White, and tour manager Bill Schneider, he formed the Coverups, for which he plays drums.

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History

Dugan began his musical pursuits as a drummer. [1] Needing to be resourceful, he learned to do basic recordings for his high school bands. Engineering was an instinctual progression and it was the purist recording styles of the '60s and '70s that really inspired him. In 1996, he opened Nu-Tone Studios in Pittsburg, California with fellow engineer Willie Samuels, renting space from local Studio 880 in Oakland. [1] [2] Nu-Tone quickly became an indie band favorite, drawing the local rock scene and labels like Lookout!, Adeline, and Alternative Tentacles. In 2002, Dugan began engineering for Green Day at Jingletown Recording. In 2003, The Effection, with Dugan as the band's drummer, released the album Soundtrack to a Moment via Adeline Records. In 2009, he won his first Grammy with Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown for Best Rock Album. [3]

Dugan currently resides in Oakland, California. In August 2013, he married Mari Tanaka, Jingletown Recording's studio manager.

Projects

Dugan has worked with bands such as U2, Iggy Pop, Green Day, and Smash Mouth. He has also worked with producers Rob Cavallo, Butch Vig, Bob Ezrin, and Jeff Saltzman. In 2009, he won the Grammy for Best Rock Album of the Year for engineering Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown.” In 2010, he won the Grammy for Best Musical Show Album for engineering Green Day’s "American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording”. [3]

Partial discography

YearArtistReleaseProducerEngineerMixing
2024 Green Day Saviors Yes
2022 Weezer SZNZ: Autumn Yes
2020 Alanis Morissette Such Pretty Forks In The Road Yes
Matt Nathanson Live in Paradise: BostonYes
Green Day Father of All... YesYesYes
2018 Swingin' Utters Peace and Love YesYesYes
2016 Green Day Revolution Radio Yes
2014 Green Day Demolicious YesYes
Swingin' Utters Fistful Of Hollow YesYesYes
2013 Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones Foreverly YesYes
2013Thirteen DaysWanna Be FameassYes
2012 Green Day ¡Uno! Yes
¡Dos! Yes
¡Tré! Yes
2011 Green Day Awesome As Fuck Yes
2010 American Idiot Broadway Cast & Green Day American Idiot – Original Broadway Cast Recording Yes
2009 Green Day 21st Century Breakdown Yes
Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo Yes
2008 Foxboro Hot Tubs Stop Drop and Roll!!! YesYes
2007 Lillix Inside The Hollow Yes
2006 U2 and Green Day The Saints Are Coming Yes
Smash Mouth Summer Girl Yes
2004 Green Day American Idiot Yes
The Phenomenauts Re-EntryYesYesYes
Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards Viking Yes
The Eddie HaskellsDumster DivingYesYes
2003 The Network Money Money 2020 YesYes
Iggy Pop Skull Ring YesYes
2002The EnemiesSeize The DayYesYesYes
The Frustrators Achtung Jackass YesYes

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