Chris Dugan

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Not to be confused with Chris Duggan.

Chris Dugan (born May 11, 1973) is an American Grammy-winning audio engineer, cinematographer, record producer, musician, and singer, best known as the drummer of the Effection and as an audio engineer for Green Day. In 2018, along with Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, guitarist Jason White, and tour manager Bill Schneider (musician), he formed The Coverups, for which he plays drums.

History[]

Dugan began his musical pursuits as a drummer.[1] Needing to be resourceful, he learned to do basic recordings for his high school bands. Engineering was an instinctual progression and it was the purist recording styles of the '60s and '70s that really inspired him. In 1996, he opened Nu-Tone Studios in Pittsburg, California with fellow engineer Willie Samuels, renting space from local Studio 880 in Oakland.[1][2] Nu-Tone quickly became an indie band favorite, drawing the local rock scene and labels like Lookout!, Adeline, and Alternative Tentacles. In 2002, Dugan began engineering for Green Day at Jingletown Recording. In 2003, The Effection, with Dugan as the band's drummer, released the album Soundtrack to a Moment via Adeline Records. In 2009, he won his first Grammy with Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown for Best Rock Album.[3]

Dugan currently resides in Oakland, California. In August 2013, he married Mari Tanaka, Jingletown Recording's studio manager.

Projects[]

Dugan has worked with bands such as U2, Iggy Pop, Green Day, and Smash Mouth. He has also worked with producers Rob Cavallo, Butch Vig, Bob Ezrin, and Jeff Saltzman. In 2009, he won the Grammy for Best Rock Album of the Year for engineering Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown.” In 2010, he won the Grammy for Best Musical Show Album for engineering Green Day’s "American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording”.[3]

Partial discography[]

Year Artist Release Producer Engineer Mixing
2020 Alanis Morissette Such Pretty Forks In The Road Yes
Matt Nathanson Yes
Green Day Father of All... Yes Yes Yes
2018 Swingin' Utters Peace and Love Yes Yes Yes
2016 Green Day Revolution Radio Yes
2014 Green Day Demolicious Yes Yes
Swingin' Utters Fistful Of Hollow Yes Yes Yes
2013 Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones Foreverly Yes Yes
2013 Yes
2012 Green Day ¡Uno! Yes
¡Dos! Yes
¡Tré! Yes
2011 Green Day Awesome As Fuck Yes
2010 American Idiot Broadway Cast & Green Day American Idiot – Original Broadway Cast Recording Yes
2009 Green Day 21st Century Breakdown Yes
Last Night on Earth: Live in Tokyo Yes
2008 Foxboro Hot Tubs Stop Drop and Roll!!! Yes Yes
2007 Lillix Inside The Hollow Yes
2006 U2 and Green Day The Saints Are Coming Yes
Smash Mouth Summer Girl Yes
2004 Green Day American Idiot Yes
The Phenomenauts Re-Entry Yes Yes Yes
Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards Viking Yes
Dumster Diving Yes Yes
2003 The Network Money Money 2020 Yes Yes
Iggy Pop Skull Ring Yes Yes
2002 The Enemies Seize The Day Yes Yes Yes
The Frustrators Achtung Jackass Yes Yes

Other work[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Jackson, Blair (February 1, 2014). "Chris Dugan: From Nu-Tone to JingleTown". mixonline.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Lingle, Breean (November 1, 2004). "Studio 880". mixonline.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Chris Dugan - Artist". grammy.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p605042/credits
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20091008002123/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Green%20Day&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110921052233/http://www.eqmag.com/article/green-day-simple/jul-09/97443
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629142021/http://mixonline.com/recording/tracking/audio_green_day_3/index.html

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