Rob Schnapf

Rob Schnapf is an American record producer. He was the co-producer (along with Tom Rothrock) of Elliott Smith's albums Either/Or, XO (on which he also played guitar on the song "Baby Britain"), Figure 8 and From a Basement on the Hill, for which he was recruited by Smith's family to complete after Smith's death.

Schnapf runs the Mant Sounds studio.

Background Schnapf, along with Rothrock and partner Bradshaw Lambert, started Bong Load Custom Records in the early 1990s which is notable for releasing Beck's "Loser" single. Schnapf first heard Beck as he was playing on the street during the annual Sunset Junction Fair. A week later Rothrock saw Beck jump onstage to play in between bands during a show at Jabberjaw and approached him afterwards about recording his songs. Together Rothrock, Schnapf, Beck and Karl Stephenson recorded the bulk of what would become "Loser", and subsequently Mellow Gold, Beck's first major label album. Rothrock and Schnapf would continue to record with Beck working on material for what was intended to be his follow-up to Mellow Gold, a somber acoustic affair meant to silence detractors that claimed he was a one hit wonder joke act. Beck eventually had a change of heart and went on to record Odelay with The Dust Brothers only using one song from the Rothrock/Schnapf sessions, "Ramshackle", as the album closer.

Schnapf and Rothrock produced the 1993 Dog Society album entitled Test Your Own Eyes.

Schnapf later produced Guided By Voices' second of two TVT Records releases, Isolation Drills, in 2001 and The Vines debut album Highly Evolved in 2002. In 2003, he produced Saves The Day's album, In Reverie. In 2005, he produced Nine Black Alps' debut album Everything Is.

Schnapf has also worked in conjunction with Australian band Powderfinger in the production of their sixth studio album Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.

Schnapf produced Brooklyn-based artist Kevin Devine's major label debut Put Your Ghost to Rest. Following the success of the partnership, Schnapf was also recruited to produce Devine's "Another Bag of Bones", a single released prior to Devine's follow-up album. This was followed by work with The Whigs on their debut Mission Control for ATO Records.

Schnapf worked with Australian rock band Kisschasy on their third studio album, Seizures, and Wild Light's debut for Startime International Records. Schnapf then worked with Booker T. Jones on his Grammy winning Potato Hole album featuring the Drive By Truckers and Neil Young. He also worked with Dr. Dog and Toadies' 2010 release of Feeler.

Schnapf produced Canadian indie-rock band Tokyo Police Club's 2010 second album Champ.

Production discography 1993: Test Your Own Eyes – Dog Society (Co-producer w/ Tom Rothrock) 1994: Mellow Gold – Beck (co-producer) 1994: Rubberneck – Toadies (Co-producer w/ Tom Rothrock) 1995: Daredevil – Fu Manchu (Co-producer w/ Tom Rothrock and Fu Manchu) 1996: Mic City Sons - Heatmiser (Co-producer w/ Tom Rothrock and Heatmiser) 1997: Either/Or – Elliott Smith (Co-producer w/ Tom Rothrock) 1998: XO – Elliott Smith (Co-producer w/ Tom Rothrock) 1999: Mock Tudor – Richard Thompson (Co-producer w/ Tom Rothrock) 2000: Figure 8 – Elliott Smith (Co-producer w/ Tom Rothrock) 2001: Isolation Drills – Guided by Voices 2001: Stay What You Are – Saves the Day 2002: Your Majesty – The Anniversary 2002: Highly Evolved – The Vines 2003: In Reverie – Saves the Day 2003: La Musica Negra – Verbena 2004: From a Basement on the Hill – Elliott Smith 2004: Winning Days – The Vines 2005: Everything Is - Nine Black Alps 2006: Put Your Ghost To Rest – Kevin Devine 2007: Dream Days at the Hotel Existence – Powderfinger 2007: Scream And Light Up The Sky – The Honorary Title 2007: Heart Tuned To D.E.A.D. – Switches 2008: Mission Control – The Whigs 2008: Melodia – The Vines 2009: Adult Nights – Wild Light 2009: Potato Hole – Booker T. Jones (co-producer) 2009: Seizures – Kisschasy 2010: Champ – Tokyo Police Club 2010: Sweet Thing – Sweet Thing 2010: Shame, Shame – Dr. Dog 2012: Emerge – Dog Society 2012: "A Sleep & a Forgetting" – Islands 2013: Bulldozer – Kevin Devine 2013: FIDLAR – FIDLAR 2013: "Saves The Day" - Saves The Day 2014: Night Moves – H-Burns 2015: St. Catherine – Ducktails 2016: Cody – Joyce Manor 2016: Cold Coffee – Barrie-James O'Neill 2017: Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset – Richard Edwards 2018: Heaven – Dilly Dally 2018: Marlin Fisher – Henry Chadwick 2020: Alphabetland – X 2020: "Underground Forever"/"Hustlin" - Jonathan Tyler 2020: Lullaby For You - Greer 2021: Yak: A Collection of Truck Songs - Angel Du$t 2022: Canary Yellow – Soft Kill 2022: (watch my moves) – Kurt Vile (co-producer) 2022: 40 oz. to Fresno - Joyce Manor 2023: Come June - Mitch Rowland 2024: Smoke & Fiction – X 2025: Where the Earth Bends – Daffo (Gabi Gamberg) 2025: Whistling Pie - Mitch Rowland 2025: Big Smile - Greer 2026: Philadelphia's Been Good To Me - Kurt Vile