Nick DiDia with Zach de la RochaNick DiDia

Nick DiDia has engineered some of the biggest alternative rock records of the past decade, including five albums for Stone Temple Pilots, four for Pearl Jam, two for Rage Against The Machine, as well as albums for The Offspring, Train, Matthew Sweet, Michael Penn, Paul Westerberg, and others -- with collective sales of over 35 million copies.

As a producer, Nick helmed two phenomenally successful albums for Australian band, Powderfinger. He also produced the gold debut by Nine Days, which spawned the hit single, "Absolutely (The Story Of A Girl)."

 

Selected PRODUCTION / MIX credits

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- 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)
- Powderfinger - Vulture Street (Universal/Australia) (CP-E)
- Bird3 - Bird 3 (Immergent) (P-E-M)
- Nine Days - The Madding Crowd (550/Sony) -- gold album (P-E-M)
     includes the #1 single, "Absolutely (The Story Of A Girl)"
- Powderfinger - Odyssey Number Five (Universal/Australia) (P-E-M)
     this album debuted at #1 in Australia, and was certified platinum
      on its third day of release -- currently 6x platinum & winner of six Arias
     (Australia’s equivalent to the Grammys) including Album of the Year,
      Record of the Year (for “My Happiness”) and Best Rock Album

- Powderfinger - “My Kinda Scene” (Hollywood) from the Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack (P-E-M)
- Powderfinger - Internationalist (Polydor/Australia) (P-E-M)
     #1 album in Australia, 4x platinum
- 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 - Live from Red Rocks (Sony)
- The Thorns
- The Thorns (Aware/Columbia)
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Core (Atlantic)
- Train
- My Private Nation (Columbia)


Selected ENGINEERING Credits

- Bruce Springsteen - Magic (Columbia) (E)
    #1 debut in US, UK and iTunes
    3 Grammy nominations, including "Best Rock Album" and "Best Rock Song"
- 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 - 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

 
For more information on any of these producers or mixers, contact Frank McDonough at frank@mcdman.com
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