Andy Wallace

Andy Wallace (born 1947) is an American record producer and audio and mixing engineer. Over the years, he focused exclusively on mixing. Wallace is described as "legendary" in the recording industry and has worked on many best-selling and influential records, mainly in heavy metal, alternative rock, grunge and other styles of rock and roll, including with Nirvana, Linkin Park, System of a Down, Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, Sepultura, Jeff Buckley, and Ghost. Wallace won a Grammy for his work on The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow.

Career Wallace was born in New Jersey. From the 1970s he worked as a musician, playing bass guitar and singing backup vocals; his favorite music as a performer was "old R&B" inspired by Stax Records and Little Richard. After a few years of moderate success, he returned to New York City during the emergence of hip-hop in the early 1980s.

As of May 2021, over 120 million album units had been sold worldwide that contained a credit to Wallace.

Discography (selection) e = engineered; m = mixed; p = produced

1983: Mtume – Juicy Fruit

1986: Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock: The Album Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell [e/m] Slayer – Reign in Blood [e/m]

1987: The Cult – Electric [e/m]

1988: Slayer – South of Heaven [e/m]

1989: The Front – The Front [p/e/m] New Model Army – Thunder and Consolation The Godfathers – More Songs About Love & Hate

1990: Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss [p/m]

1991: Radio Active Cats – Radio Active Cats [p/e/m] Sepultura – Arise Head Candy – Starcaster (Head Candy album) Fear Of God – Within the Veil Nirvana – Nevermind

1992: The Rollins Band – The End of Silence White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One [p/e/m] Sonic Youth – Dirty Helmet – Meantime Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine Ned's Atomic Dustbin – Are You Normal? [p/e/m] Nirvana – Hormoaning (2, 5) Screaming Trees – Sweet Oblivion

1993: Galactic Cowboys – Space in Your Face Fishbone – Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe Sepultura – Chaos A.D. [p/m]

1994: Toadies – Rubberneck Bad Religion – Stranger Than Fiction [p/m] Helmet – Betty Jeff Buckley – Grace [p/e/m] Shudder To Think – Pony Express Record Big Head Todd & The Monsters – Strategem

1995: Faith No More – King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime [p/m] Blind Melon – Soup [p/e/m] Rancid – ...And Out Come the Wolves Seaweed – Spanaway Front 242 – 06:21:03:11 Up Evil

1996: Sepultura – Roots Nirvana – From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah Rage Against the Machine – Evil Empire Rush – Test for Echo Screaming Trees - Dust Sense Field – Building

1997: Silverchair – Freak Show Everclear – So Much for the Afterglow Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen The Misfits – American Psycho Limp Bizkit – Three Dollar Bill, Y'all

1998: Soulfly – Soulfly Phish – The Story of the Ghost [p/m]

1999: Bernard Butler – Friends and Lovers Atari Teenage Riot – 60 Second Wipeout Feeder – Yesterday Went Too Soon Tonic – Sugar Foo Fighters – There Is Nothing Left to Lose (3, 6, 7) Sevendust – Home Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill [p/m] Luscious Jackson – Electric Honey

2000: Disturbed – The Sickness The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Pay Attention Mudvayne – L.D. 50 Soulfly – Primitive Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water [p/m] Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory Ultraspank – Progress At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command

2001: Toadies – Hell Below / Stars Above Staind – Break the Cycle System of a Down – Toxicity Slipknot – Iowa Stereophonics – Just Enough Education to Perform Natalie Imbruglia – White Lilies Island Oleander – Unwind Systematic – Somewhere in Between Fenix TX – Lechuza Powerman 5000 – Anyone for Doomsday? Puddle of Mudd – Come Clean

2002: System of a Down – Steal This Album! Trapt – Trapt Disturbed – Believe Taproot – Welcome Pacifier – Pacifier (1, 4, 8) Trust Company – The Lonely Position of Neutral Chevelle – Wonder What's Next Earshot – Letting Go Korn – Untouchables

2003: Staind – 14 Shades of Grey The Distillers – Coral Fang Fuel – Natural Selection Pete Yorn – Day I Forgot Rooney – Rooney Linkin Park – Meteora Thrice – The Artist in the Ambulance Revis – Places for Breathing (1, 4) A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step Blink-182 – Blink-182 (4, 5, 8, 11)

2004: Chevelle – This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) Sum 41 – Chuck (1, 4, 7–11, 13) Patti Smith – Trampin' System of a Down – Mezmerize System of a Down – Hypnotize Rise Against – Siren Song Of The Counter Culture

2005: LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil 3 Doors Down – Seventeen Days Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

2006: The Strokes – First Impressions of Earth Dashboard Confessional – Dusk and Summer Kasabian – Empire Elefant – The Black Magic Show From First to Last – Heroine

2007: Biffy Clyro – Puzzle Good Charlotte – Good Morning Revival [e/m] Avenged Sevenfold – Avenged Sevenfold Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full (2007) m Atreyu – Lead Sails Paper Anchor The Cribs – Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever Kelly Clarkson – My December Airbourne – Runnin' Wild

2008: 3 Doors Down – 3 Doors Down Shiny Toy Guns – Season of Poison Kaiser Chiefs – Off With Their Heads Guns N' Roses – Chinese Democracy Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Plain White T's – Big Bad World

2009: Gallows – Grey Britain Relient K – Forget and Not Slow Down Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions

2010: Kashmir – Trespassers Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare

2011: Portugal. The Man – In The Mountain, In The Cloud Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events X Japan – "Jade" Blink-182 – "Natives" from Neighborhoods

2013: The Joy Formidable – Wolf's Law Skillet* - Rise Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King

2014: Linkin Park – The Hunting Party

2015: Ghost – Meliora

2016: A Day to Remember – Bad Vibrations Avenged Sevenfold – The Stage

2018: The Voidz – Virtue (The Voidz album) Ghost – Prequelle

2021: Gojira – Fortitude

2022: Ghost – Impera

2023: Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But a Dream...

2025: Ghost – Skeletá

Awards and nominations Grammy Awards Ref.

Rage Against the Machine Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical