Ron Saint Germain
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Ron Saint Germain (alternate spellings Ron St. Germain, Ron Saint-Germaine and similar) is a record producer, engineer, and mixer who was born in post-war Frankfurt, Germany, into a career Air Force family. Prior to his career in engineering he was an actor, singer, musician[1] He has helped several up and coming artists enjoy a long career in the music industry, and has even taken to naming bands. Saint Germain currently works mainly out of his own studio lives in the adjacent to New York countryside with his family.
Discography
- I Against I by Bad Brains (1986)
- Quickness by Bad Brains (1989)
- Goo by Sonic Youth (1990)
- Stain by Living Colour (1993)
- 311 by 311 (1995)
- Cruzential by Kashmir (1996)
- From Chaos by 311 (2001)
- El Cielo by Dredg (2002)
- Don't Tread on Me by 311 (2005) .
He is also known for remixes such as "Hot Hot Hot!!!" from the album Galore by The Cure.
In his more than 4 decades plus in the music industry, he has worked on 19 Grammy-nominated projects with 14 winners. He has earned over 60 gold and platinum records with sales upward of a quarter of a billion units.
Collaborations
Artists he has worked with include:
- Nels Cline
- Muse
- Bad Brains
- Jean Michel Jarre
- 311
- Tool
- Living Colour
- Soundgarden
- U2
- Creed
- DMC
- Mos Def
- Breed 77
- Sonic Youth
- Alien Ant Farm
- Jimi Hendrix
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Killing Joke
- Creed
- Kraftwerk
- Whitney Houston
- Diana Ross
- Michael Jackson
- Ashford & Simpson
- Ornette Coleman
- McCoy Tyner
- Dexter Gordon
- The Last Poets
- Scott Stapp
- Boy Hits Car
- Pepper
- Modern West
- Saez
References
- ^ Foege, Alec (1994). Confusion Is Next: The Sonic Youth Story. Macmillan. p. 203. ISBN 9780312113698. Retrieved 5 August 2012.