Howard Benson

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Howard Benson is a prolific music producer who has worked with bands such as:

• Chris Daughtry [Daughtry (2006)]
• Meriwether [Title-To-Be-Announced (2007)]
• Am Radio [Radioactive (2003)]
• Pretty Boy Floyd [Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz (1989)]
• Saosin [Saosin (2006)]
• Sepultura [Against (1998)]
• Motörhead [Bastards (1993); Sacrifice (1995); Overnight Sensation (1996); Snake Bite Love (1998)]
• Start Something
• Papa Roach [Getting Away With Murder (2004); The Paramour Sessions (2006)]
• P.O.D. [The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999);Satellite (2001); Payable On Death (2003)]
• The All-American Rejects [Move Along (2005)]
• My Chemical Romance [Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (2004);Life on the Murder Scene (2006)]
• Head Automatica [Popaganda (2006)]
• Crazy Town [Darkhorse (2002)]
• Reveille
• Flyleaf [Flyleaf (2005)]
• Blindside [Silence (2002); About a Burning Fire (2004)]
• Cold [Year of the Spider (2003)]
• Hoobastank [The Reason (2003); Every Man for Himself (2006)]
• Less Than Jake [Hello Rockview (1998); In With the Out Crowd (2006)]
• Three Days Grace [One-X (2006)]
• Switched [Subject to Change (2002)]
• The Buzzhorn [Disconnected (2002)]
• Skindred [Babylon (2002)]
• Relient K [Five Score and Seven Years Ago (2007)]
• Vendetta Red [Sisters Of The Red Death (2005)]
• Mae [Title-To-Be-Announced (2007)]

Audio engineer Mike Plotnikoff often works with Benson. In the words of Cold drummer Sam McCandless: "The band had been playing with Manson and Staind, so I wanted the drums to sound huge," he explains, "like dump trucks falling from the sky. Howard and Mike got that right away, and since it usually takes a week or two to get the drum tracks down, I was blown away."