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Mike Clink
Mike
Clink is best known for producing the incredible debut
album for Guns N’ Roses. This record, combined
with the four follow up albums that Mike produced for
the band, sold over 35 million copies in the US alone.
Mike
Clink started his career as an engineer at the
famed Record Plant, recording such bands as Metallica
(including tracks found on “Garage, Inc.”),
UFO (including “Strangers In The Night”),
Jefferson Starship, The Babys, Heart, Eddie Money,
and many others. Clink
began producing in 1987. Steve Kurutz at www.allmusic.com
writes about one of Clink’s earliest production
experiences: “…after a series of failed
attempts, a young band named Guns N' Roses asked Clink
to produce their debut album, ‘Appetite For Destruction’… Channeling
the unruly GNR's energy into a cohesive, landmark album
was no easy task, and because of it Clink is regarded
as a man who knows how to get the best results from
the acts he works for.”
“Clink is also known to choose his projects
carefully and, rather than take on every big name act
that has been offered to him, he has carved out a smaller,
but credible, portfolio of production credits. Those
credits include, Megadeth's Rust in Peace (arguably
speed metal's finest hour)…and I Mother Earth's
[Juno award winner] ‘Dig’.”
Mike
has been involved in a variety of projects. He recorded
and mixed the live half-time show for Superbowl
XXXV that featured Aerosmith, ‘N Sync, Nelly,
and Britney Spears. He recorded and mixed a live television
special for Union Underground, and he produced an album
for Pure Rubbish (a group of 16 year olds signed to
Ozzy Osbourne’s label, Divine Records). And he
produced Camp Freddy which features featuring Dave
Navarro (of JANE'S ADDICTION) on guitar, Billy Morrison
(of THE CULT) on guitar, Matt Sorrum (of The Cult,
Guns N' Roses, VELVET REVOLVER) on drums, Donovan Leitch
(of NANCY BOY) on vocals, and some very special guest
artists.
P=produced
CW=co-wrote
E=engineered
M=mixed
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Some
highlights from his career include:
› Guns
N' Roses – Use
Your Illusion II (P)
#1 debut
on The Billboard 200
#1
album in UK, Australia
over 770,000 copies sold in its
first week
7x
Platinum in US
Platinum
in UK
9x
Platinum in Canada
› Guns
N' Roses – Use Your Illusion
I (P)
#2
on The Billboard 200
#2
album in UK, Australia
#1 album in Canada
over
685,000 copies sold in its first week
7x
Platinum in US
Platinum
in UK
Diamond
in Canada
Nominated for 2 Grammys (1992/1993)
› Guns
N' Roses – Lies (P)
#2 on
The Billboard 200
5x
Platinum in US
Grammy nominee (1990)
› Guns
N' Roses – Appetite For Destruction
(P)
#1
on The Billboard 200
Best-selling
debut album of all time in the US
18x Platinum in US
2x
Platinum in UK
Diamond
in Canada
› I
Mother Earth – Dig (P)
Platinum
in Canada
Juno
Award Winner "Best Hard Rock Album" (1994)
› Megadeth – Rust
In Peace (P)
#23 debut
on The Billboard 200
#8
album in UK
Platinum in US, Canada
Silver
in UK
Nominated
for 2 Grammys (1991/1992)
considered
one of the most influential heavy metal albums of all time
Selected
PRODUCTION / MIX credits
- Mumiy
Troll - 5 songs from Vladivostok (Mumiy
Troll Music) (P-CW)
- State
Line Empire - Octane EP (TuneCore)
(P-E)
including
the single "Drive Me" featuring Slash
Go
inside the studio here
- The
Sonic Graffiti - "Mystery Number" from
The Haiti Project (Round) (P)
- Camp
Freddy - forthcoming album
(P-E-M)
- Crushed - My Machine (No Relief)
(P-E-M)
- Sarah Kelly - When The Past
Meets Today (Gotee) (P-E-M)
Grammy nominee
"Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album" (2006)
- The Glitterati - self-titled
debut album (Warner Music UK) (P-E-M)
- Pure Rubbish - Glamorous Youth (Divine) (P-E)
- Fuzzbubble - “Out There” from
the Godzilla soundtrack (Columbia) (P)
- Fuzzbubble - “Bliss” from
the Hell City, Hell soundtrack (Ignition) (P)
- Pushmonkey - Pushmonkey (Arista) (P)
- Size 14 - Size 14 (Volcano) (P)
- Beth Hart Band - several tracks
including the title track from Immortal (143/Lava/Atlantic)
(P)
- Motley Crue - New Tattoo (Beyond) (P)
- XC NN - Lifted (Sony/550/Rhythm King) (P)
- Slash - “Magic Carpet Ride” for
the Coneheads Soundtrack (Warner Bros.) (P)
- Slash - It’s Five O’Clock
Somewhere (Geffen) (P)
- Bone Club - Bellow (Imago) (P)
- I Mother Earth - Dig (Capitol) (P)
- Roxy Blue - Want Some? (Geffen) (P)
- Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For
Destruction (Geffen) (P)
- Guns N’ Roses - Lies (Geffen)
(P)
- Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion
1 (Geffen) (P)
- Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion
2 (Geffen) (P)
- Guns N’ Roses - The Spaghetti
Incident (Geffen) (P)
- Megadeth - Rust In Peace (Capitol)
(P)
- Sammy Hagar - Marching To Mars (The Track Factory)
(P)
- Sammy Hagar - (Un)boxed (Geffen) (P)
- Whitesnake - Slip Of The Tongue” (Geffen)
(P) - 2x platinum
- Simon F - F Machine (WBR) (P)
- Sea Hags - Sea Hags (Chrysalis) (P)
- Little Caeser - Street Survivors (Metal Blade) (P)
- Hurricane - Over The Edge (Enigma) (P)
- Triumph - Sport Of Kings (MCA) (P)
P=produced
/ CW=co-wrote / E=engineered
/ M=mixed
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