Garth Richardson

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Garth Richardson
Born1960 (age 6364)
Canada
Other namesGGGarth
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • sound engineer
  • composer
Website gggarth.com

Garth "GGGarth" Richardson is a Canadian record producer and music engineer. [1] He is the son of music producer Jack Richardson (Alice Cooper, the Guess Who, Badfinger, Poco), a pioneer of the music recording industry in the 1960s and 1970s. [2] Garth Richardson has done music engineering work for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nickelback, and Mötley Crüe, and produced for Kittie, [3] Biffy Clyro, [4] Rage Against the Machine, Mudvayne, Melvins, Shihad, Kensington, and many others. He cofounded the Nimbus School of Recording Arts in Vancouver, British Columbia together with Bob Ezrin and Kevin Williams. The school was named after Richardson's father's production company, Nimbus 9, and offers courses in production, recording, and audio. Richardson has the nickname 'GGGarth' due to his mild stutter.

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Throughout his career, Richardson has received three Juno Award nominations and won once, in 1997. [5]

Selected production credits

YearArtistAlbumNotes/ref.
1988 Sword Sweet Dreams Co-produced with Jack Richardson
1991 The Scream Man in the MoonCo-produced with Eddie Kramer
1992 Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine [6]
1993 Melvins Houdini Co-produced with Melvins and Kurt Cobain [7]
1994 L7 Hungry for Stink [8]
Surgery Shimmer [9]
Testament Low [10]
1995 Ugly Kid Joe Menace to Sobriety [11]
Voodoo Glow Skulls Firme [12]
1996Melvins Stag Co-produced with Melvins and Joe Barresi
The Jesus Lizard Shot [13]
Skunk Anansie Stoosh [14]
1997 Kerbdog On the Turn [15]
Sick of It All Built to Last [16]
1998 The Urge Master of Styles [17]
1999 Shihad The General Electric
The O.C. Supertones Chase the Sun [18]
2000 Kittie Spit [3]
Project 86 Drawing Black Lines
Mudvayne L.D. 50 [19]
Spineshank The Height of Callousness [20]
2001Kittie Oracle
40 Below Summer Invitation to the Dance [21]
Puya Union [22]
2002 Chevelle Wonder What's Next [23]
Downthesun Downthesun [24]
Trapt Trapt [6]
2003 Beloved Failure On [25]
Spineshank Self-Destructive Pattern
Spoken A Moment of Imperfect Clarity [26]
From Autumn to Ashes The Fiction We Live
2004 Atreyu The Curse [27]
Rise Against Siren Song of the Counter Culture [28]
2005From Autumn to Ashes Abandon Your Friends [29]
Shihad Love Is the New Hate [30]
Bloodsimple A Cruel World [31]
Still Remains Of Love and Lunacy [32]
Haste the Day When Everything Falls [33]
Project 86 ...And the Rest Will Follow [34]
Hedley Hedley Co-produced with Brian Howes [35]
2006 GrimSkunk Fires Under the Road [36]
It Dies Today Sirens [37]
Ten Second Epic Count Yourself In [38]
2007Haste the Day Pressure the Hinges
Life in Your Way Waking Giants [39]
Biffy Clyro Puzzle
Autovein Bullets and Bruises
2008Trapt Only Through the Pain [40]
Blessed by a Broken Heart Pedal to the Metal [41]
2009Ten Second Epic Hometown
Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions [4]
Dead and Divine The Machines We Are [42]
Gallows Grey Britain [43]
2011 Japanese Voyeurs Yolk [44]
You Me at Six Sinners Never Sleep [45]
2012 All the Young Welcome Home [46]
The Washboard Union The Washboard Union [47]
2013 Head of the Herd By This Time Tomorrow [48]
Biffy Clyro Opposites
2015 The ReAktion Selknam [49]
2016The Empty PageUnfolding [50]
2017 Big Wreck Grace Street [51]
2018GrimSkunkUnreason in the Age of Madness [52]
2019 Danko Jones A Rock Supreme [53]
Kensington Time [54]
Hanggai Big Brass Band [55]
2022 Devin Townsend Lightwork Co-produced with Devin Townsend

Awards and nominations

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