Don Fury
Don Fury | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Recording engineer, record producer, mastering engineer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | Building Records |
Don Fury is an American recording engineer and producer who owned three rehearsal and recording studios in New York City. He has recorded and produced music for a variety of punk and hardcore bands including
Quicksand
. In 2008 Fury moved his studio to Troy, New York.
Early life
Don Fury grew up on Long Island in New York.[1]
Career
In the late 1970s Fury moved to Manhattan and built a rehearsal studio on 17th Street named Roach, less than two blocks from punk club Max's Kansas City.[1][2][3][4] The studio was used by punk pioneers The Voidoids, James Chance, The Stimulators, and the Bush Tetras.[1][4] Inspired by Sam Phillips' Sun Studio in Memphis, Fury built a second studio on 18 Spring Street four blocks from punk club CBGB, where Sonic Youth rehearsed.[1][2]
Fury recorded New York hardcore, punk,
Quicksand,[1][2][3][5] and Fury proposed the CBGB Hardcore Matinee to Carol Costa and Hilly Kristal.[3][4] In 1996 Fury was represented by manager Sandy Roberton of World's End,[5] and Fury and Roberton secured a subsidiary label deal for Fury's imprint Building Records with TVT Records, signing the progressive post-hardcore band Stillsuit.[5]
Fury built a third studio named Cyclone Sound on
The World Inferno Friendship Society and Celtic rockers Black 47.[1] In 2008 Fury built a new studio in Troy, New York and recorded the bands After The Fall, Skeletons In The Piano, The Erotics, Murderers' Row, and Aficionado,[2][3][6] and mixed and mastered recordings for Deep Throat (Italy), Volver (Guatemala), Remission (Chile), Radical Noise (Turkey), and Outright (Australia).[4]
Selected recordings
- Agnostic Front "United Blood" EP (independent release 1983)[7]
- Agnostic Front "Victim in Pain" LP (Ratcage Records 1984)[7]
- Gorilla Biscuits "Gorilla Biscuits" EP (Revelation Records 1988)[7]
- Judge "New York Crew" EP (Schism Records 1988)[7]
- Gorilla Biscuits "Start Today" LP (Revelation Records 1989)[7]
- Helmet "Born Annoying" EP (Amphetamine Reptile Records 1989)[7]
- Ball of Destruction" EP (In Effect Records 1989)[7]
- Burn "Burn" EP (Revelation Records 1990)[7]
- Quicksand "Quicksand" EP (Revelation Records 1990)[7]
- Born Against "Eulogy" EP (Vermiform Records 1990)[7]
- Born Against "Born Against" EP (Vermiform Records 1990)[7]
- Citizens Arrest "A Light In The Darkness" EP (Wardance Records 1990)[7]
- Shelter "No Compromise" EP (Equal Vision Records 1990)[7]
- Sick of It All "We Stand Alone" EP (In Effect Records 1991)[7]
- S.F.A. "So What" LP (Wreck-Age Records 1991)
- Yuppicide "Fear Love" LP (Wreck-Age Records 1991)
- Bad Trip "Fear and Loathing" LP (Wreck-Age Records 1992)
- Madball "Droppin' Many Suckers" EP (Wreck-Age Records 1992)
- Cat Power "Headlights" single (The Making Of Americans 1993)
- Yuppicide "Shinebox" LP (Wreck-Age Records 1993)
- Snapcase "Lookinglasself" LP (Victory Records Records 1993)
- Alive Records1993)
- Mind Over Matter "Security" LP (Wreck-Age Records 1994)
- Dropdead "落とす死" LP (Selfless Records 1994)
- Stillsuit "Green Spock Ears" EP (Wreck-Age Records 1995)
- Yuppicide "Dead Man Walking" LP (Wreck-Age Records 1995)
- Bad Trip "Buzzy" LP (Wreck-Age Records 1995)
- Voice Of Reason "New Beginnings" LP (Triple Crown Records 1999)[7]
- Indecision "To Live And Die In NYC" EP (Exit Records 1999)
- Motor Betty "Redline" (Skeet Records 1999)
- Locked In A Vacancy "Ethos" EP (Purity Records 2002)
- Wide Awake "CT Hardcore" EP (Schism Records 1988)
Further reading
- Beth Lahickey (1997). All Ages: Reflections On Straight Edge. Revelation Books. ISBN 1-889703-00-1.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Kirsten Ferguson (January 15, 2009). "The Shape Of Troy To Come". Metroland. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Brian McElhiney (October 9, 2010). "Don Fury is master at producing 'real' sound in studio". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Curro Onate (January 1, 2010). "Don Fury,p.52-55". Staf Magazine. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Bianca Valentino (September 21, 2012). "NY Record Producer Don Fury". Conversations With Bianca. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c Chris Morris (September 28, 1996). "TVT, Don Fury Bow Building,p.6,99". Billboard.
- ^ Kirsten Ferguson (March 1, 2012). "Rough Mix". Metroland. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Fury's discography at discog.com