Mark Dodson

Terry Date
Born	10 September 1953 London, England
Genres	Heavy metal, hard rock, thrash metal, alternative metal, groove metal, funk metal
Occupation(s)	Producer, engineer
Years active	1977–present

Mark Dodson (born 10 September 1953) is a British record producer and sound engineer, who mostly works with artists in the heavy metal genre. He is best known for producing albums by Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies.

Biography

Dodson's musical career began in the late 1970s, engineering recordings by Advertising,^[1] Judas Priest,^[2] Joan Jett^[3] and mixing an album by The Modern Lovers.^[4] He also worked for a number of heavy metal artists, such as Metal Church,^[5] Ozzy Osbourne,^[6] Prong,^[7] Glenn Tipton, U.D.O.^[8] and Ugly Kid Joe.^[9]

In late 1980s and early 1990s, Dodson worked with Anthrax to produce two of their albums State of Euphoria (1988)^[10] and Persistence of Time (1990)^[11] as well as the Europe-only EP Penikufesin (1989) and the compilation album Attack of the Killer B's (1991).^[12] Around 1992, Anthrax and Dodson discontinued their collaboration and the band had Dave Jerden produce their next album, Sound of White Noise (1993).^[13]

Dodson also produced the Suicidal Tendencies albums How Will I Laugh Tomorrow (1988),^[14] Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu (1989) and Lights...Camera...Revolution! (1990)^[15] as well as the compilation album Still Cyco After All These Years (1993). The band parted ways with him in 1991 while they decided to move in a different musical direction for their next album, The Art of Rebellion (1992). Dodson also worked with the Infectious Grooves, a project featuring Suicidal Tendencies members, to produce their first two albums, The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move (1991) and Sarsippius' Ark (1993). Dodson also produced the Electric Love Hogs only release in 1992. Tommy Lee Co-produced two tracks on this album with Dodson.

References

1. "Credits: Jingles". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
2. "Credits: Sin After Sin". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
3. "Credits:Bad Reputation". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
4. "Credits: Live". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
5. "Credits: Human Factor". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
6. "Credits: Prince of Darkness". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
7. "Credits: Beg to Differ". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
8. "Credits: Mean Machine". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
9. "Credits: Collection". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
10. "Credits: State of Euphoria". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
11. "Credits: Persistence of Time". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
12. "Credits: Attack of the Killer B's". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
13. "Credits: Sound of White Noise". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
14. "Credits: How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
15. "Credits: Lights...Cameras...Revolution!". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 March 2010.