Nick DiDia

Nick DiDia has engineered some of the biggest rock records of the past decade, including:

› five albums for Stone Temple Pilots
› five albums for Pearl Jam
› two albums for Rage Against The Machine
› four albums for Bruce Springsteen
› two albums for Train

Plus albums for The Offspring, Matthew Sweet, Michael Penn, Paul Westerberg, and others. Collectively these records have sold more than 35 million copies.

As a producer, Nick helmed phenomenally successful albums for the Australian band, Powderfinger. He also produced the gold debut (500,000 copies) by Nine Days, which spawned the hit single, "Absolutely (The Story Of A Girl)." In addition, he’s produced critically acclaimed records for Rose Hill Drive and Trial Kennedy

Selected PRODUCTION / MIX credits

- Powderfinger - "Empty Space" from The Ultimate Collection (Universal) (P-E)
- The Living End - The Ending is Just the Beginning Repeating
     (Dew Process) (P-E)
     #3 debut on ARIA's album chart
     ARIA Winner "Best Rock Album" (2011)
     ARIA Winner "Most Popular Australian Live Artist" (2011)
- Powderfinger - "I'm On Your Side" for Premier's Flood Relief Appeal (P-E-M)
- Holland (fka Fatis Valour) - forthcoming album (P-E-M)
- Ryan Meeking and the Few - forthcoming album (Warner AUS) (P-E-M)
- Katie Noonan & the Captains - Emperor's Box (Sony) (P-E-M)
- Powderfinger - Golden Rule (Universal) (P-E-M)
     #1 debut in Australia
     2x Platinum
     ARIA Winner "Most Popular Australian Artist" (2010)
     ARIA Winner "Most Popular Australian Album" (2010)
- Michelle Malone - Debris (Thirty Tigers) (P-E)
     2010 Grammy nomination consideration for Best Americana Album
- Trial Kennedy - New Manic Art (Sony Music AUS) (P-E-M)
     #1 Most Played Song @ Triple J - "Neighbors" & "The Great Escape"
- Abbie Cardwell - By Hook Or By Crook (Rootsytoons) (AP-M)
- Rose Hill Drive - self-titled debut album (Megaforce) (P-E-M)
     RHD is featured in Rolling Stone,
       and the band gets its fair share of praise.
      Check it out here...
- Powderfinger - Fingerprints / The Best of Powderfinger 1994-2000 (Universal/Australia) (P-M)
      2x Platinum
- Powderfinger - Vulture Street (Universal/Australia) (CP-E)
     #1 debut in Australia
      6x Platinum
      Winner of 4 ARIA Music Awards, including:
      Album of the Year, and Best Rock Album
- Bird3 - Bird 3 (Immergent) (P-E-M)
- Nine Days - The Madding Crowd (550/Sony) (P-E-M)
     including the #1 single "Absolutely (The Story Of A Girl)"
      Gold in US
- Powderfinger - Odyssey Number Five (Universal/Australia) (P-E-M)
     #1 debut in Australia, certified platinum on its third day of release
      8x Platinum
      Winner of 6 ARIA Music Awards, including:
      Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Rock Album
      #1 Hottest Australian Album Of All Time - Triple J (2011)
- Powderfinger - “My Kinda Scene” from the Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack (Hollywood) (P-E-M)
- Powderfinger - Internationalist (Polydor/Australia) (P-E-M)
     #1 debut in Australia
      5x Platinum
      Winner of 4 ARIA Music Awards, including:
      Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Single of the Year
- Joan Jones - Starlight Criminal (Hollywood) (P-E-M)
- The Tories - Wonderful Life (N2K) (CP-E)
- Brad - Interiors (Epic) (P-E-M)
- Green Apple Quick Step - Reloaded (Medicine/Sony) (P-E-M)
- Soul Hat - Good To Be Gone (Epic) (P-E-M)

Selected MIX credits

- Michelle Malone - Sugarfoot (SBS) (M)
- El Pus - Hoodlum Rock, Vol.1 (Virgin) (M)
- Screaming Soul Hill - Avalanche (Pony Canyon) (M)
- Martin Sexton - Wonder Bar (Atlantic) (M)
- Nash Kato - "Queen Of The Gangsters" and "Octotroon" from Debutante (M)
- Other Star People - Diamonds In The Belly Of The Dog (A&M) (M)
- Local H - Pack Up The Cats (Island) (E-M)
- Local H - Here Comes The Zoo (Palm Pictures) (E-M)
- Satchel - 4 songs from The Family (Epic) (M)
- The Honeydogs - Seen A Ghost (Debris/Mercury) (M)
- Devilhead - Pest Control (Loose Groove) (M)
- Pearl Jam - Push Me, Pull Me (Epic) (M)
- Caroline’s Spine - Monsoon (Hollywood) (M)
- Caroline’s Spine - Attention Please (Hollywood) (M)
- Outkast - “Bombs Over Baghdad” remix (M)
- Rage Against The Machine - “Testify” remix (M)

Selected 5.1 MIX Credits

- Audioslave - forthcoming DVD
- Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust (Sony)
    part of DualDisc release
- The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart (Interscope)
- Powderfinger - These Days (Live DVD)
- The Offspring - Greatest Hits (Columbia)
- The Offspring - Splinter (Columbia)
- Incubus - Alive At Red Rocks (Epic)
    Platinum in US
- The Thorns - The Thorns (Aware/Columbia)
- Stone Temple Pilots - Core (Atlantic)
- Train - My Private Nation (Columbia)


Selected ENGINEERING Credits

- Faith Hill - forthcoming album (E)
- Pearl Jam - Backspacer (Pearl Jam) (E)
    #10 debut on Billboard's Top 200
    Platinum in Canada, Gold in US
    Grammy Nominee "Best Rock Album" (2010)
- Billy Talent - Billy Talent III (Atlantic) (E)
- Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage (Roadrunner) (E)
- Incubus - Monuments & Melodies (Epic) (E)
- Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Columbia) (E)
    #1 debut on Billboard's Top 200
    Grammy nominee "Best Rock Song" (2008)
- Mastodon - Crack The Skye (Reprise) (E)
- Bruce Springsteen - Magic (Columbia) (E)
    #1 debut in US, UK and iTunes
    Platinum in US, Canada and Europe
    3 Grammy nominations, including "Best Rock Album" and "Best Rock Song" (2008)
    #2 Album of 2007 - Rolling Stone
- The Nightwatchmen - One Man Revolution (Epic) (E)
- Velvet Revolver - Libertad (RCA) (E)
    #4 debut on the Billboard Top 200
- The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon (Island) (E)
- Incubus - Light Grenades (Epic) (E)
    Gold in US
- Audioslave - Revelations (Epic) (E)
- Augustana - All The Stars And Boulevards (Epic) (E)
- Train - For Me, It's You (Sony) (E)
- Trey Anastacio - Shine (Sony) (E)
- Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust (Sony) (E)
    #1 debut in UK
    Platinum in US
     Gold in Canada and UK
    Grammy nominee "Best Contemporary Folk Album" (2006)
- Incubus - "Make A Move", "Admiration"and "Neither Of Us Can See"
    from the "Stealth" soundtrack (E)
- The Music - Welcome To The North (Capitol) (E) 
- The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart (Interscope) (E)
- Incubus - A Crow Left Of The Murder (Sony) (E)
    Platinum in US
- The Thorns - The Thorns (Aware/Columbia) (E)
- Train - My Private Nation (Columbia) (E)
- Bruce Springsteen & The East Street Band - The Rising (Columbia) (E)
     nominated for five Grammys including "Album of the Year"
- Papa Roach - lovehatetragedy (Dreamworks) (E)
- Flying Tigers - The Flying Tigers (Atlantic) (E)
- Brand New Immortals - Tragic Show (The Music Company) (E)
- Train - My Private Nation (Columbia) (E)
- Train - Drops Of Jupiter (Columbia) (E)
     nominated for 6 Grammys including "Song Of The Year" & "Record Of The Year"
      2x platinum
- The Offspring - Conspiracy of One (Columbia) (E) 1x platinum
- Korn - Issues (Immortal) (E) 3x platinum
- Pearl Jam - forthcoming self-released album 'Backspacer' (E)
- Pearl Jam - Yield (Epic) (E) 1x platinum
- Pearl Jam - No Code (Epic) (E) 1x platinum
- Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (Epic) (E) 5x platinum
- Pearl Jam - Vs. (Epic) (E) 7x platinum
- Stone Temple Pilots - Core (Atlantic) (E) 8x platinum
- Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (Atlantic) (E) 6x platinum
- Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... (Atlantic) (E) 2x platinum
- Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri-La Dee Da (Atlantic) (E)
- Stone Temple Pilots - No. Four (Atlantic) (E) 1x platinum
- Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire (Epic) (E) 3x platinum
- Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles (Epic) (E) 2x platinum
- Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun (Zoo) (E)
- Matthew Sweet - Blue Sky On Mars (Zoo) (E)
- Dan Baird - Love Songs For The Hearing Impaired (American) (E)
- King's X - Dogman (Atlantic) (E)
- Michael Penn - Resigned (57/Epic) (E)
- Paul Westerberg - Eventually (Reprise) (E)
- Dangerman - Dangerman (550/Sony) (E)

P=produced / CP=coproduced / E=engineered / M=mixed