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Chris Tsangarides

 
Artist: Chris Tsangarides
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Mats Olausson, Yngwie Malmsteen
  • Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Producer

Biography

Chris Tsangarides' name should be familiar to anyone who's looked at the credits on the back of an album by any early '80s British metal band. An avid metal fan, Tsangarides presided over the recording of albums by everyone from Helloween and Ozzy Osbourne to the Tygers of Pan Tang and the poppier Tigertailz. Fortunately, he has avoided being stuck to one genre and has been able to work with a diverse range of acts, such as Billy Ocean and Depeche Mode. Tsangarides got his start when a friend prompted him to try engineering and he found himself at London's Morgan Studios in 1975. A year later he was assisting on Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny, and when Britain's new wave of heavy metal exploded Tsangarides' fate was sealed. Though his mainstay was heavy metal acts like Anvil, the producer made a concerted effort to branch out and he began working with underground and alternative acts, like Stiv Bators and Concrete Blonde, who asked him to produce their Free album, as well as Bloodletting and Walking in London. In 1990, Tsangarides' reunited with the band that got him on his way to produce Judas Priest's Painkiller and he has kept himself busy throughout the '90s. ~ Steve Kurutz, All Music Guide
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Chris Tsangarides is a British Grammy-nominated record producer, sound engineer, and mixer. He is best known for his work with many heavy metal bands, including Judas Priest, Anvil, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, Helloween, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Tsangarides has worked with many pop and alternative artists as well, including Depeche Mode, Tom Jones, and Concrete Blonde.

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Career

Tsangarides began engineering in 1975 at Morgan Studios (later Battery Studios) in London, where he assisted on Judas Priest's album Sad Wings of Destiny. [1] Their further collaboration on Painkiller earned them a Grammy nomination in 1991.

1999 saw a collaboration for Chris as a performer and writer with Shin Hae-Chul in the techno/metal act Monocrom. They made one album and did an arena tour in Shin's native Korea.

In 2006, Tsangarides opened his own recording facility, Ecology Room Studios in Kent, England.[2]

In June 2007, Tsangarides entered the studio with the UK band LunarMile[3]. LunarMile's members include Toni-Marie Iommi (daughter of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi) and Alex Hill (son of Judas Priest's Ian Hill)

Since 2006, Chris has worked on albums with: Anvil, Mountain, Crowning Glory, Kings Call, Glyder, Ethan Brosh, Solenoid, The Delfins, Anthem, Biomechanical, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Bitches Sin, The Haze, Dave Cousins, King Lizard, Cirkus, Breaker, The Strawbs, Blanco Diablo, and Stray.

Chris is featured in Sacha Gervasi's documentary film Anvil! The Story of Anvil, released in 2009.[4]

Chris recently spoke about his extensive career on an episode of The Rock Show LIVE! on 106.5FM Radio Tircoed, and the interview is available on edition #60 of the shows podcast, released on Sunday 06 September 2009 at The Rock Show website.

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References

  1. ^ http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Chris%20Tsangarides:1927188463:page=biography
  2. ^ http://www.audioauthority.co.uk/christsangarides.html
  3. ^ http://www.lunarmile.com
  4. ^ "Movie Review: Sweetness and humor lighten load of 'Anvil'". Sacramento Bee. May 1, 2009. http://www.sacbee.com/moviereviews/story/1821539.html. Retrieved 2 May 2009. 

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