Dave Jerden

Dave Jerden is an American record producer, engineer and mixer who mostly works with artists in the alternative rock, punk rock and metal genres.

Jerden produced the Alice in Chains albums Facelift (1990) and Dirt (1992). In 1993, Alice in Chains and Jerden discontinued their collaboration and the band had Toby Wright to produce/engineer their later releases. Other than Alice in Chains, Jerden also produced highly acclaimed albums by Jane's Addiction, Fishbone, Anthrax, The Offspring and Social Distortion.^[1]

Selected discography

• 1980: Remain in Light - Talking Heads (engineer, mixing)
• 1981: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - David Byrne/Brian Eno (engineer)
• 1983: The Man From Utopia - Frank Zappa (engineer)
• 1983: Future Shock - Herbie Hancock (engineer, mixing)
• 1984: The Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Red Hot Chili Peppers (engineer)
• 1985: She's the Boss - Mick Jagger (engineer)
• 1986: Dirty Work - The Rolling Stones (engineer)
• 1988: Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
• 1989: Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers (mixing)
• 1990: Social Distortion - Social Distortion
• 1990: Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
• 1990: Facelift - Alice in Chains
• 1991: Circa - Mary's Danish
• 1991: The Reality of My Surroundings - Fishbone
• 1991: Symbol of Salvation - Armored Saint
• 1991: Burning Time - Last Crack
• 1991: Swandive - Bullet LaVolta
• 1992: Break Like the Wind - Spinal Tap (mixing, producer)
• 1992: Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell - Social Distortion
• 1992: Sap - Alice in Chains
• 1992: Dirt - Alice in Chains
• 1992: Rattlebone - Rattlebone
• 1992: That What Is Not - Public Image Ltd.
• 1993: Independent - Sacred Reich
• 1993: Sweet Water - Sweet Water
• 1993: Sound of White Noise - Anthrax
• 1993: Dig - Dig
• 1994: Love Spit Love - Love Spit Love
• 1995: Driver Not Included - Orange 9mm
• 1995: Hello - Poe
• 1995: Superfriends - Sweet Water
• 1996: Mata Leão - Biohazard
• 1996: Bar Chord Ritual - Rust
• 1997: Wacko Magneto - Ednaswap
• 1997: Hang-Ups - Goldfinger
• 1997: Ixnay on the Hombre - The Offspring
• 1998: Rattlebone - Rattlebone
• 1998: Americana - The Offspring
• 1998: Darkest Days - Stabbing Westward
• 1999: Suicide - Sweet Water
• 1999: Rev - Perry Farrell (mixing, engineer, producer)
• 1999: F=0 - Dis.Inc.
• 2000: Deviant - Pitchshifter
• 2001: The Pleasure and the Greed - Big Wreck
• 2001: Cringe - Cringe
• 2002: A Passage in Time - Authority Zero
• 2003: Before Everything & After - MxPx
• 2004: Dropbox - Dropbox

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