Iain Burgess

Iain Burgess (24 November 1953 – 11 February 2010) was an English record producer and audio engineer. He helped define the sound of the Chicago post-punk music scene in the 1980s and early 1990s,[1] working with a number of key underground bands, including Big Black, Naked Raygun, The Effigies, Get Smart!, Ministry, Green, Bloodsport, Pegboy, Poster Children, and Bhopal Stiffs.[2][3]

Iain Burgess
Background information
Birth nameIain Burgess
Born(1953-11-24)24 November 1953
Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Died11 February 2010(2010-02-11) (aged 56)
France
GenresAlternative rock
Occupation(s)Record producer and audio engineer
Years active1980–2010
Associated actsBig Black, Naked Raygun, The Effigies, Get Smart!, Ministry, Pegboy, Poster Children, Bhopal Stiffs, the Cows, the Didjits, Breaking Circus, Jawbox, ONO, Green

A native of Weymouth, Dorset, England, Burgess defined a "Chicago sound", described by the Chicago Tribune as "built on no-nonsense elements: powerhouse drumming, prominent bass lines, bold guitars that split the difference between anthemic and anarchic";[2] the Chicago Sun-Times described it as a "massive, crunching, live-and-in-your-face sound".[4] It was a sound that influenced Burgess' friend and student, Steve Albini.

Burgess also worked with the Defoliants, Heavy Manners, the Cows, the Didjits, Breaking Circus, Jawbox, Heliogabale, Daria, Les Vilains clowns, Papier Tigre and many others.[4] Burgess moved to Europe in the early 1990s, working at Black Box, his own recording studio in rural France.[5]

Burgess died in France on 11 February 2010 of a pulmonary embolism, a complication of pancreatic and liver cancer.[2]

References
  1. Jenkins, Mark (4 August 1993). "Adventures in - And Out - Of Guyville". Washington Post.
  2. Kot, Greg (12 February 2010). "Iain Burgess dead; produced key Chicago underground bands". Chicago Tribune.
  3. Kot, Greg (21 January 1991). "A guitarist's gambit John Haggerty forges ahead with an old standby". Chicago Tribune.
  4. DeRogatis, Jim (12 February 2010). "R.I.P., Iain Burgess, a key architect of the Chicago punk sound". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010.
  5. Best, David (5 January 1990). "Building on success Chicago's top rock producer is bound for Europe". Chicago Tribune.


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