Bob Weston

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This article is about the American musician and sound engineer. For the Fleetwood Mac member, see Bob Weston (guitarist). For the English songwriter, see R. P. Weston.

Bob Weston
Bob Weston live with Shellac (ATP festival 2007)
Bob Weston live with Shellac (ATP festival 2007)
Background information
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, producer, recording engineer, record mastering engineer
InstrumentsBass guitar, vocals, trumpet
Years active1987–present

Bob Weston (born 1965) is an American musician, producer,

underground rock of the post-punk era, producing and engineering dates for a seemingly endless number of bands." As a performer, Weston is best known as the bass guitarist in the groups Volcano Suns and Shellac
.

Biography

Weston was born and raised in Waltham, Massachusetts. During the summers of 1985 and 1987, he marched as a bugler with the renowned Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps from Garfield, New Jersey.[2] The corps won the Drum Corps International World Championships in both those years. Weston still plays trumpet, as on the albums The Sea and the Bells by Rachel's (1996) and Things We Lost in the Fire by Low (2001).[3]

In 1988, he earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts.[1] While working at the university's campus radio station, WJUL, he began mixing live performances of Boston-area bands such as Pixies and the Blake Babies.[1]

In 1987 Weston joined the

Peter Prescott, (previously the drummer for Mission of Burma, who had broken up in 1983).[1]

Weston joined

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, which is headquartered in Chicago.[5][6]

In 2002, Weston joined the reunited

The Sound The Speed The Light, and Unsound
.

In early 2007, Weston opened Chicago Mastering Service with Jason Ward on Chicago's west side.[2]

Equipment

  • A detailed gear diagram of Bob Weston's Shellac bass rig is well-documented.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ankeny, Jason. "Bob Weston: Overview" from Allmusic.com
  2. ^ a b "Engineers Archived January 16, 2019, at the Wayback Machine," from Chicago Mastering Service
  3. ^ a b "Bob Weston: Credits," from Allmusic.com
  4. ^ Mitts, Eric. "Bob Weston of Shellac Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine", 2006
  5. ^ a b DeRogatis, Jim. 2005. "Weston remains one of the most in-demand bass players."
  6. ^ Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me: This Week's Show June 29, 2002[permanent dead link]"
  7. ^ Cooper, Adam (2000). "Bob Weston's 2000 Shellac Bass Rig". GuitarGeek.Com.

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