Chris Dugan
Born (1973-05-11) May 11, 1973
GenresPunk rock, pop punk
Occupation(s)
  • Audio engineer
  • cinematographer
  • record producer
  • musician
  • singer
Instrument(s)Drums
Years active1996–present
LabelsLookout!, Adeline, Recess, Reprise

Chris Dugan (born May 11, 1973) is an American Grammy-winning 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.

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
2022 Weezer SZNZ: Autumn Yes
2020Alanis MorissetteSuch Pretty Forks In The RoadYes
Matt NathansonLive in Paradise: BostonYes
Green DayFather of All...YesYesYes
2018Swingin' UttersPeace and LoveYesYesYes
2016Green DayRevolution RadioYes
2014Green DayDemoliciousYesYes
Swingin' UttersFistful Of HollowYesYesYes
2013Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah JonesForeverlyYesYes
2013Thirteen DaysWanna Be Fameass (single)Yes
2012Green Day¡Uno!Yes
¡Dos!Yes
¡Tré!Yes
2011Green DayAwesome As FuckYes
2010American Idiot Broadway Cast & Green DayAmerican Idiot – Original Broadway Cast RecordingYes
2009Green Day21st Century BreakdownYes
Last Night on Earth: Live in TokyoYes
2008Foxboro Hot TubsStop Drop and Roll!!!YesYes
2007LillixInside The HollowYes
2006U2 and Green DayThe Saints Are ComingYes
Smash MouthSummer GirlYes
2004Green DayAmerican IdiotYes
The PhenomenautsRe-EntryYesYesYes
Lars Frederiksen & the BastardsVikingYes
The Eddie HaskellsDumster DivingYesYes
2003The NetworkMoney Money 2020YesYes
Iggy PopSkull RingYesYes
2002The EnemiesSeize The DayYesYesYes
The FrustratorsAchtung JackassYesYes

Other work

References

  1. 1 2 Jackson, Blair (February 1, 2014). "Chris Dugan: From Nu-Tone to JingleTown". mixonline.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ Lingle, Breean (November 1, 2004). "Studio 880". mixonline.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Chris Dugan - Artist". grammy.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p605042/credits
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20091008002123/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Green%20Day&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110921052233/http://www.eqmag.com/article/green-day-simple/jul-09/97443
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629142021/http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/audio_green_day_3/index.html

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