Grammy Award Winning Producer Brendan O'Brien- Interview Pt.1

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  • @kevinbell6292
    @kevinbell6292 2 роки тому +34

    I met Brendan when I was 13 years old in 1974. He lived down the road from me. We went to the same high school. I loved music, and the awesome music of that time. The first time I went to his house, there were guitars, amps, drums, musical instruments everywhere. I was fascinated. He picked up a stratocaster and started playing Stairway to Heaven note for note. I was blown away. I was hooked. I've been playing guitar, bass and drums ever since. Now I'm 60. I've lost touch with him over the years. He used to borrow my bass to play with The Georgia Satellites on Monday nights at a club called Hedgens in Atlanta back in the early eighties. Those were good times.

    • @hartshepherd5060
      @hartshepherd5060 Рік тому +2

      I knew Brendan back then as well. Lived next door to Gary. He was cool but didn't spend his time just hanging out. He already knew what he wanted, and was playing lead guitar in clubs when just in high school. Had the opportunity to see his first studio. He had this pet duck that had the run of the place.

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr 3 роки тому +19

    Brendan resides in this niche of the music industry that I find to be absolute perfection. He’s not well known by the general populace so he can have a normal life but his body of work is world class and extensive. That, to me, is the pinnacle. You don’t have to worry about your music’s “fad” dying, you don’t have to watch your mouth at all times and worry about goofy things like cancellation as much, you can go places and not be bothered…but at the end of the day, you’re still as high level as ANY of the faces on the cover of Rolling Stone and you’re not a paper pushing, suit wearing executive whom everyone hates. How does it get any better than that?

  • @dunnmonkey
    @dunnmonkey 2 роки тому +8

    my favourite thing about Brendan's work is that it sounds like your stood in the room with the band... rage, incubus, soundgarden etc. he has steered all my influences in a creative direction one of a kind.

  • @johnlevalley521
    @johnlevalley521 5 років тому +28

    The unofficial 5th member of STP. Brilliant producer. Really grasps the art of making great records.

  • @rockboy360
    @rockboy360 7 років тому +24

    My favorite rock producer of all time.
    Best drum sounds known to man.

  • @hummarstraful
    @hummarstraful 2 роки тому +12

    this guy played those timeless solos on Black Crowes' Hard to Handle. Those solos are top notch in every way.

    • @shinomorello
      @shinomorello 2 роки тому

      I never heard that story, those solos are great!

    • @foodog777
      @foodog777 Рік тому +1

      Wiki says “Shake Your Money Maker”: Brendan O'Brien - engineer, mixing, “a potpourri of instruments". 🤔

  • @nathanwalsh3028
    @nathanwalsh3028 6 років тому +8

    The thing I love about Brendan the most is he doesn't put his own stamp on bands he produces. He allows the artist to remain faithful to how they sounded before he got involved with them. He brings out the best in the musicians he works with, he's not trying to change or make them the flavor of the month such as Bob Rock has done in the past with other bands. No disrespect of Bob I just like brendan's approach because he keeps the integrity of the artist still intact. ✌

    • @renmanmb
      @renmanmb  6 років тому +6

      THAT is a very insightful comment Nathan! And its true. His mission was to get the best of the artist and he once told me that if he did his job he would leave no fingerprints.

    • @nathanwalsh3028
      @nathanwalsh3028 6 років тому +4

      Steve Rennie Thank you very much for the compliment. Coming from someone like yourself that really means a lot. I've always admired how great producers can just bring the best out in the artist and like you said not leave a fingerprint. When I look at Brendan's work and even guys such as Andy Johns or even one of my favorites Michael Barbario. Those guys somehow bring the best out in everybody they work with and like you said they leave no finger prints. Also the names of the producers I just mentioned have an affinity for having the bands play live together in one room. Plus they somehow keep the instrumentation sounding real and correct and by that I mean the guitars still sound like guitars and the drums still sound like drums. They don't sound like some compressed, sampled, pro tooled garbage like you here on current stuff of today. Cheers!🥂

  • @scottfielding6179
    @scottfielding6179 2 роки тому +2

    Humble dude who doesn't care for the praise. He loves his job and that's it. He is an absolute pro in his technical skills and dealing with his clients. This is why he is highly sought after. Nothing beats talent coupled with absolute professionalism.

  • @MCM686
    @MCM686 3 роки тому +4

    I came after Rick Beaton 90s episode from his channel.

  • @rhythmista7707
    @rhythmista7707 10 років тому +56

    The albums this guy was responsible for producing are some of the best i've ever heard..
    Early STP albums are a testament to that fact..

  • @placebosyndrome
    @placebosyndrome 5 років тому +10

    finally decided to see what this guy looks and sounds like...loved his work for years and years.

  • @metalplaylist
    @metalplaylist 4 роки тому +10

    King's X Dogman is one of the most huge sound I ever listened on a record. It fits so well these incredible songs, that produced , to me, the best record of the 90's, and maybe of the last 30 years.

    • @216Numbskull
      @216Numbskull 4 роки тому +2

      @Stef Vidal, That ones up there fat & big live sound. "Black the Sky" & "Flies and Blue Skies" great tunes! Tough call though? Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker,Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magik,Stone Temple Pilots-Core,Purple,,Pearl Jam-Vs.,Rage Against the Machine-Evil Empire,Korn-Issues, just to name a few to the mix of his catalog in the 90's.

    • @MoreMeRecording
      @MoreMeRecording 4 роки тому +2

      @@216Numbskull PJ's Vs has to be added to that list. Sounds raw, tight and HUGE! It's the album that really turned me onto Brenadan

    • @216Numbskull
      @216Numbskull 4 роки тому +2

      @@MoreMeRecording I agree, it's on my list. XD

  • @gary3510
    @gary3510 3 роки тому +6

    Went to see the Wallflowers over 20 years ago. Some dude was just killing on lead guitar. I was like...who the hell is that guy?! It was Brendan O'Brien.

  • @zziggymaan
    @zziggymaan 12 років тому +44

    is it just me? or does Brendan O'Brien and Butch Vig look a lot alike? O.o

    • @decmccallion
      @decmccallion 8 років тому +2

      Haha, now that would make for a story of 'Twins Separated at Birth' who went on to dominate the world of rock music production!! Two of my absolute favorites you mentioned right there.

    • @kurdtjohn
      @kurdtjohn 4 роки тому +1

      If Butch Vig and Butch Walker had a baby

    • @mattgrey1373
      @mattgrey1373 7 місяців тому +1

      They’re the same guy. This version talks faster.

  • @rhythmista7707
    @rhythmista7707 3 роки тому +2

    Bob Ezrin also did Destroyer from Kiss.

  • @spectorfriend
    @spectorfriend 3 роки тому +3

    Rick Beato brings me here ahahha ;).

  • @SynTemple82
    @SynTemple82 11 років тому +60

    In my opinion, Brendan O'Brien is the fifth member of Stone Temple Pilots.

    • @kodykindhart8230
      @kodykindhart8230 4 роки тому +11

      He’s a member of most bands he recorded

    • @pitpride1220
      @pitpride1220 2 роки тому +1

      100%

    • @redfalcon9
      @redfalcon9 6 місяців тому

      They blew it by not using him on that self titled record. Love STP, but that was a huge misstep.

  • @jakester585
    @jakester585 10 років тому +12

    I've become a big fan of O'Brien's work over the last few years. His work on AC/DC's "Black Ice" and now "Rock Or Bust" is the best I have heard the band sound since the days of Mutt Lange.

    • @ImperialRadioYT
      @ImperialRadioYT 9 років тому

      +Jake Cravotta you're fuckin brain dead. of course somebody who likes that useless fuck mutt lange would think this guy's a good producer. how could you dis-like Flick Of The Switch? nevermind fuckin Ballbreaker, and I'm not even gonna go IN to Stiff Upper Lip, produced by The Great George Young. Black Ice and Rock Or Bust, they sound good, but are garbage compared to the 2 albums before them

    • @jakester585
      @jakester585 9 років тому +8

      +ImperialRadioYT - My oh my, I was only expressing my opinion (9 months ago at that). You don't know me in the least and you think I dislike the albums you mentioned? Wrong on all counts lad... and my brain, while it ages every day, yes, is far from dead. I love Stiff Upper Lip, and Ballbreaker has some amazing cuts and I would die for any AC/DC period of the garbage that rules the airwaves today. That includes Mutt's recent works with mainstream music. I can't list all my favorite AC/DC albums and songs cause it's just to much to type for someone who thinks I'm an Alzheimers candidate. But trust me, AC/DC has become a religion not a band for me. I simply appreciate what Brenden O'Brien did for the band these past two outings and obviously the boys in the band think so as they are loyal to the core to those who treat them right and understand their sound.
      Cheers!

  • @davidhopkins5791
    @davidhopkins5791 2 роки тому +2

    Saw him in the 70s with Pranks at the Mad Hatter and Front Page in Underground Atl. He had to be 16 .Saw him later with The Samurai Catfish Band playing with a broken arm. Glad to see he's done OK for himself. Wonder how the rest of the band survived they were all outrageous.

  • @57eleven1
    @57eleven1 4 роки тому +2

    I saw you play in Pranks at Gold Key apartments when I was 16 in 1978. Loved it

  • @johnstahrstartcleanfitwell1051
    @johnstahrstartcleanfitwell1051 2 роки тому +2

    IDk 🤷🏻 Rick ... Siamese Dream... I've never heard guitars 🎸 like that before man... Jimmy Chamberlain on the drums man
    WOWWWWW changed my life!!

  • @jordandean3998
    @jordandean3998 4 роки тому +2

    He has done fantastic work with ACDC

  • @InkDrivenPh
    @InkDrivenPh 11 років тому +2

    yep, they do... both great producers!

  • @Andrewkafp
    @Andrewkafp 2 роки тому +2

    I heard that Brendan played the killer solo on Too Hard to Handle.
    If so he has another great skill

  • @JeraCravoMyself
    @JeraCravoMyself 12 років тому +2

    Yep, I would love to watch the whole thing!

  • @im215exempt
    @im215exempt 7 років тому +10

    Easily the most thorough, original and detail-oriented producer of the past 25 years. Just break down Chris Cornell's "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" with the mandolin intro, perfectly mixed soft harp plucks and orchestral hits at :28 to :41, the reverse guitar, the hand claps. Want to learn to produce or just use Pro Tools? Just break down a Brendan O'Brien song and try to recreate it, you will then see the genius.

    • @NickGeraldPeterson
      @NickGeraldPeterson 6 років тому +1

      Beautifully worded and exactly correct. I could use the ability to switch off the "verbose" mode. It is made painfully clear w/ O'Brien and others, why I cringe and personally find bedroom/home studio "producers" who don't play an instrument: or it's all virtual instruments via keyboard controller: all of which has it's time and place...this is the class of producer/engineer I was trained to be. Still working, developing my abilities & wish I were recording anything I liked as aside from my own or my bandmate's songs.

  • @FeelingShred
    @FeelingShred 8 років тому +6

    King's X albums Dogman (1994) and Ear Candy (1996)
    Talk about taking a band which was already superb and elevating them to a whole new level, this is the dude

    • @remthunderknife2778
      @remthunderknife2778 8 років тому

      FeelingShred now Mastodon

    • @adamka30y
      @adamka30y 8 років тому +2

      only Dogman is Brendan's production, ear candy isn't.

  • @chadm4976
    @chadm4976 5 років тому +10

    I'd pay 1500 for 4 days of Brendan O'Brien lol!

  • @roelsantosjr5593
    @roelsantosjr5593 8 років тому +2

    One of the BEST! Amazing producer!

  • @vinihuebrlives
    @vinihuebrlives 5 років тому +4

    Trivia: Brendan O'Brien was the first voice actor for Doctor Neo Cortex and for Doctor Nitrus Brio in Crash Bandicoot

    • @Jackattack359
      @Jackattack359 4 роки тому +1

      Is this the same Brendan?

    • @DoktorWoron
      @DoktorWoron 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah that's guy voiced in naughty dog

    • @shippy1991
      @shippy1991 Рік тому +1

      That's a different Brendan O'Brien

  • @mikegrossmanmusic
    @mikegrossmanmusic 6 років тому +1

    Thanks for this interview.

  • @camdenmullenaux4897
    @camdenmullenaux4897 7 років тому +15

    Butch Vig's little brother? Seriously though this guy knows what he's doing. See Mastodon's Crack the Skye for reference 👌

    • @deceiver444
      @deceiver444 7 років тому +2

      Or just the new Mastodon album for that matter.

  • @fernie2583
    @fernie2583 8 років тому +19

    This guy is a waaaaaaayyyyyy better producer than Rick Rubin. Rubin's sound sounds a little to distorted for my liking but otherwise a great producer. I'd just rather go with O'Brien and be on the safe side!

    • @FeelingShred
      @FeelingShred 8 років тому +1

      Loud is cool but can get annoying when listened closer, specially with hifi earphones

    • @nathanwalsh3028
      @nathanwalsh3028 6 років тому +5

      Could not agree more. Metallica's Death Magnetic listen to on a good system or as you said a good set of Hi fi headphones sounds like crap. You can hear everything peeking out and everything is definitely running in the red. Sometimes that's a good thing, but not on that record and when is the last time Rick Rubin put out a good record that had some serious bottom end? Oh yeah that would be blood sugar sex magic by the chili peppers and guess who engineered it Brendan O'Brien. Go figure!

    • @randoshus3762
      @randoshus3762 4 роки тому +4

      Rubin is a joke now.

    • @rome8180
      @rome8180 4 роки тому

      @@nathanwalsh3028 I think even BSSM is a pretty thin sounding record, tbh.

    • @rome8180
      @rome8180 4 роки тому +1

      Rubin also seems to hate using effects. There are some terrible lead guitar parts on Chili Peppers albums (specifically Californication) that would have been fine if they just had some reverb or delay on them. They sound like dry DI parts.

  • @AndySalinger33
    @AndySalinger33 7 років тому +4

    Great interview with a living legend. Very humble, considering the amazing albums he's produced.

  • @moonkef
    @moonkef 5 років тому +8

    The Prophets Of Rage album doesnt come close to his earlier work. A sign of the declining music industry maybe (as in not enough budget to make it as good as old RATM/STP whatever) Also ''mastered for itunes'' is a shame, I put the Evil Empire album on CD the other day, first time in years - feel the lows and airy high end!! Bulls On Parade sounds a lot better on CD for one thing! Rick Beato need to interview Brendan like his CLA interview :)

  • @meghemusic
    @meghemusic 12 років тому +1

    great stuff!!

  • @dm3solomon760
    @dm3solomon760 6 років тому +2

    korn - issues, stp - purple/tiny music, ratm - evil empire are the best lp's ever. They sound so alive and intense!

    • @sawomirde1012
      @sawomirde1012 6 років тому +1

      Dmitry Solomon...add pearl jam-vs.,vitalogy; RHCP blood sugar.. how would '90 sounds without him? he is the ear of the age, he co-founded it..

    • @rowanb4395
      @rowanb4395 4 роки тому +2

      Evil Empire.....insane drums and bass

    • @rowanb4395
      @rowanb4395 4 роки тому

      Purple was great for it's time also! Drum sound was sicker than 'In Utero' - but ffs 'The Evil Empire' - That drum sound.... even to this day.

  • @pb3ch
    @pb3ch 12 років тому

    where can we see the uncut interview? i couldn't find it on your livestream page.

  • @RockOfGreece
    @RockOfGreece 5 років тому +2

    This guy made the pearl jam sound

  • @1980tele
    @1980tele 3 роки тому

    What about his guitar work on Dan Bairds "Buffalo Nickle" album...Lil Bit for one

  • @elianarosalba788
    @elianarosalba788 5 років тому +1

    wooooooo espectacular ... hiiiii from ECUADOR.......... WONDERFULLLLLLL

  • @SLAWDOGUSBRAND
    @SLAWDOGUSBRAND Рік тому

    I met Brendan's father...I worked at R.Wood pottery in 2007-8-9? ... one afternoon while I was rolling out clay on the table a silver haired vacation dude came up to my table while his wife was shopping.... he asked me what my deal was...why was I working in a pottery studio..I told him I was a painter and a musician in local rock bands.. he told me that his son was a musician...and "kind of famous " for recording musicians...I asked him his son's name..BRENDAN O BRIAN!!!! IM THE ONLY PEARL JAM FAN IN THE ELEPHANT 6 COLLECTIVE #NMH,##NEUTRALMILKHOTEL, . BRENDAN O'BRIAN RECORDED NO CODE!!! His dad hung out and watched me make clay plates while his family shopped? Crazy world

  • @pangyre
    @pangyre 11 років тому +2

    “I like to work” ++

  • @timtim-hf3ut
    @timtim-hf3ut 7 років тому +18

    stp core...enough said

    • @mikec1554
      @mikec1554 7 років тому

      timtim 1 Such an amazing album. We could be friends.

    • @marshalmagooo3899
      @marshalmagooo3899 6 років тому

      timtim 1 , agreed. Masterpiece

  • @marshalmagooo3899
    @marshalmagooo3899 10 місяців тому

    The DeLeo brothers are genius

  • @widyawidiie0624
    @widyawidiie0624 4 роки тому

    Pearl Jam : Vs, RATM : Evil Empire, Train : Drops of Jupiter, Incubus : If Not Now, When?, The Killers : Battle Born, Bruce Springsteen : Devils & Dust, Papa Roach : Lovehatetragedy, Korn : Issues

  • @vincentshellacque6228
    @vincentshellacque6228 9 років тому +1

    N. Gin?

  • @sawomirde1012
    @sawomirde1012 6 років тому +4

    what would the nineties sound like without this man? in a sense, he created them...for me: RHCP blood sugar, STP core and others, pearl jam vs., vitalogy, ratm evil empire, Korn issues, soundgarden superunknown...

  • @maxcreed3
    @maxcreed3 7 років тому +1

    He also produced The Fray's "Scars & Stories" which is one of the best albums I've ever heard and ever made too, I think. This guy is just genius at the business, and the albums he worked on are proof of that

  • @russwilson2305
    @russwilson2305 7 років тому +7

    This dude was the catalyst for Soundgarden's Superunknown.

    • @apostrophicom
      @apostrophicom 6 років тому +4

      He came in to mix the record - Michael Beinhorn produced it. An incredible album either way

    • @JohnsDough1918
      @JohnsDough1918 6 років тому +3

      Yeah, Superunknown was superbly mixed, but Michael Beinhorn and Adam Kasper were the guys in the studio with the band.

  • @jakubbielak7273
    @jakubbielak7273 6 років тому +23

    Brendan should mix the sound of this video...it's terrible

    • @renmanmb
      @renmanmb  6 років тому +3

      I'll mention that to him next time I see him.

    • @erichaller9822
      @erichaller9822 4 роки тому +2

      Hahahahaha

  • @VanKenway
    @VanKenway 4 роки тому +2

    crash...?

  • @ollyc167
    @ollyc167 8 років тому +24

    RATM evil empire

    • @adamka30y
      @adamka30y 8 років тому +4

      the best record of the Universe all time. Unbelievable!

    • @moonkef
      @moonkef 5 років тому +2

      Andy Wallace on that also (track 1 & 2) but yes, Brendan is God. Kings X also!

    • @kurdtjohn
      @kurdtjohn 4 роки тому

      @@moonkef I thought Andy Wallace mixed the whole record (except for "Year of tha Boomerang")

    • @PopCultureKick
      @PopCultureKick 3 роки тому

      Favorite album of all time

  • @baub58
    @baub58 Рік тому

    I would like to hear Brendan explain why Bruce Springsteen’s “Magic” has such an awful mix? Was it screwed up in mastering?

  • @cindywhite1445
    @cindywhite1445 6 років тому +2

    Hey Brendan, It is Stan White, your neighbor in Tucker buddy! Been happily married for 35 yrs. and we have 2 successful kids in Atlanta. We live in Anderson. SC. Hit me up sometime. My wife, Cindy White, is on FB.

  • @korolario
    @korolario 5 років тому

    This Guy is responsible of the UNREPETEABLE SOUND OF THE 90s, Period.

  • @XHIRC
    @XHIRC 3 роки тому

    That guy is Crash Bandicoot?

    • @shippy1991
      @shippy1991 Рік тому

      No. Same name, different person. This is the one who voiced Crash Bandicoot: ua-cam.com/video/zD3-SL8wATk/v-deo.html

  • @MrROTD
    @MrROTD 5 років тому +1

    The list of credits is a mile long

  • @Lalo-8000
    @Lalo-8000 7 років тому +2

    Crash! :D

  • @jsauce311
    @jsauce311 Рік тому

    Can't keep my eyes off of that 335 with P-90s..

  • @danejurus69
    @danejurus69 5 років тому

    He looks like Butch Vig.

  • @GarySUPERTRAMPER
    @GarySUPERTRAMPER 6 років тому +1

    BREAKING NEWS! ... ACDC to record non ACDC written song "AUSSIE GIRLS " written by Australian songwriter Gary Shaw!

  • @josephbruce6317
    @josephbruce6317 3 роки тому

    think i may have an ear an eye and mind that would be half ass not too sucky at doin a similar thang ;)

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy 5 років тому +2

    Failure again! Capture Him! Prepare the Female Bandicoot

    • @theskull4106
      @theskull4106 5 років тому

      i don't know if this brendan who was voiced actors in crash bandicoot characters or other brendan.