Chris Dugan

Chris Dugan is an Audio Engineer, Photographer, Videographer, and Musician.

History

Entering the music realm as a drummer in his elementary school days, Chris Dugan had an instinctual progression towards engineering. The purist recording styles of albums from the 60's and 70's sparked Dugan’s interest in recording early on. In 1996, he opened Nu-Tone Studios in Pittsburg, Ca with fellow engineer Willie Samuels. Nu-Tone quickly became an indie band favorite, drawing in many local artists as well as local record labels Lookout, Adeline, and Alternative Tentacles. In 2003, The Effection, with Dugan as the band’s drummer, released the album “Soundtrack To A Moment” on Adeline Records.

Currently residing in Oakland, Ca, Chris Dugan continues to engineer/mix/produce music, along with working as a photographer and videographer.

Projects

Dugan has worked with bands such as U2, Iggy Pop, Green Day, and Smash Mouth. He has also work with producers Rob Cavallo, Butch Vig, Bob Ezrin, and Jeff Saltzman. In 2010, he won the Grammy for Best Rock Album of the Year for engineering Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown.”

Partial discography

• 2002 – The Enemies – "Seize The Day" – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• 2002 – The Frustrators – "Achtung Jackass" – Engineer, Mixing
• 2003 – The Network – "Money Money 2020" – Engineer, Mixing
• 2003 – Iggy Pop – "Skull Ring" – Engineer, Mixing
• 2004 – Green Day – "American Idiot" – Additional Engineering
• 2004 – The Phenomenauts – Re-Entry – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• 2004 – Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards – "Viking" – Assistant Engineer
• 2006 – U2/Green Day – "The Saints Are Coming" – Engineer
• 2006 – Smash Mouth – "Summer Girl" – Mixing
• 2007 – Lillix – "Inside The Hollow" – Additional Engineering
• 2008 – Foxboro Hot Tubs – "Stop Drop and Roll!!!" – Engineer, Mixing
• 2009 – Green Day – "21st Century Breakdown" – Engineer
• 2009 – Green Day – "Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo" – Mixing
• 2010 – American Idiot Original Broadway Cast and Green Day – "American Idiot – Original Broadway Cast Recording" – Engineer
• 2011 – Green Day – "Awesome As Fuck" – Directed Video Footage and Mixed CD

Other work

• 2009 – Video: – Green Day – "East Jesus Nowhere" – Director, Camera, Photography

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p605042/credits
2. http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/winners/results.aspx?title=&winner=green%20day&year=0&genreid=0&hp=1
3. http://www.eqmag.com/article/green-day-simple/jul-09/97443
4. http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/audio_green_day_3/index.html