Rick Rubin : in the studio /

Discusses the career of Rick Rubin, arguing that he has taken great risks as a producer over twenty-five years, and covers his beginnings and his work with various artists, including Run-DMC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Johnny Cash, since the 1980s

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Jake
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : ECW Press, [2009], ©2009
Toronto : c2009
Toronto : ©2009
Toronto : [2009]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • In the beginning. Production by reduction : Rubin's approach in the studio ; Growing up in Long Island
  • The 1980s. DJ Double R and the birth of Def Jam ; Run-DMC : Raising hell and making history ; Beastie Boys : Licensed to ill ; Public Enemy brings the noise ; Rick Rubin goes to Hollywood ; The Cult : Electric ; From rock to metal : Slayer and Danzig
  • The early 1990s. Building Def American ; Red Hot Chili Peppers : Blood sugar sex magik ; A tug-of-war album : Mick Jagger's Wandering spirit
  • The mid-to-late '90s. The man in black : American recordings ; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers : Wildflowers
  • Ballbreaker and One hot minute ; Three legends : Tom Petty, Donovan, and Johnny Cash ; Slayer and System of a Down ; Dream of Californication ; We'll meet again : American III : solitary man and American IV : the man comes around
  • The 2000s. The rise of the supergroup : Audioslave ; Red Hot Chili Peppers : By the way ; Rick's a believer : Weezer and Neil Diamond ; Out of exile and Mezmerize/hypnotize ; The best album we've done : Stadium arcadium ; Dixie Chicks : Taking the long way ; Linkin Park : Minutes to midnight ; Metallica : Death magnetic ; Rick Rubin, record executive