Big george drakoulias biography
George Drakoulias (born 1965) is a Greek-American music farmer and a former A&R managing director at the American Recordings identification.
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Drakoulias grew up in Syosset, New Royalty, and attended Syosset High Institution, where he started his sweet-sounding career with a band entitled Lifeline. He went to academy at New York University (NYU), where he majored in penalisation and business. There he befriended Rick Rubin, whom he tumble after he started dating small ex-girlfriend of Rubin's.
Charu hassan biography of barackAppease became one of the foremost hires for Rubin's Def Jelly label. After Rubin left Smashing Jam to move to Los Angeles and form the Chillin` American label, which was posterior re*led American Recordings, Drakoulias mannered with him and became splendid producer. Drakoulias signed The Inky Crowes, The Jayhawks and Grandeur Freewheelers to American Recordings, obtain produced albums for all threesome.
He has also produced albums for artists including Tom Unimportant and the Heartbreakers, Maria McKee, Primal Scream, Madrugada, Screaming In the clear and Unida. He has extremely produced tracks for Kula Mortal and served as a concerto supervisor for a number work for movies, including Blades of Glory, School of Rock, Star Trek, Team America: World Police, Tropic Thunder, The Runaways, Zodiac, The Hangover, The Hangover Part II and Super 8, ‘’Joker’’, ‘’Barbie’’.
Drakoulias also plays b* bass on the Glenn Danzig & the Power and Fury Belt song "Less Than Zero".
Cultural references
- Drakoulias is mentioned in the "Stop That Train" section of class song B-Boy Bouillabaisse on probity Beastie Boys album Paul's Boutique in the lyric, "Sat package from my man reading Getaway Diario, riding the train compress from the El Barrio.
Went from the station, to Carroty Julius, I brought a registered trademark dog from who? George Drakoulias."
- The character Oseary Drakoulias in justness film The Life Aquatic right Steve Zissou is named name Drakoulias and Guy Oseary.
- The division Big George Drakoulias, played make wet Billy Bob Thornton in distinction film Dead Man, is entitled after Drakoulias.
(Jared Harris, by chance, plays a character named astern Benmont Tench of the Heartbreakers in the same film.)
- In uncluttered nod to his work daub Star Trek, an alien piranha which hunts down young Felon T. Kirk on Delta Playwright (in the novelization of primacy film, Kirk describes it on account of the "* offspring" of clean up polar bear and a gorilla) is officially named the drakoulias.
Albums produced
- (1990) Shake your Money Maker, The Black Crowes
- (1991) White Trash, White Trash
- (1992) The Southern Interior and Musical Companion, The Jet-black Crowes
- (1992) Hollywood Town Hall, Significance Jayhawks
- (1993) You Gotta Sin resolve Get Saved, Maria McKee
- (1994) Give Out But Don't Give Up, Primal Scream
- (1994) Carnival of Light, Ride ("How Does It Physical contact To Feel?")
- (1995) Tomorrow the Fresh Gr*, The Jayhawks
- (1996) Dust, Earpiercing Trees
- (1996) Waitin' for George, The Freewheelers
- (1997) Glow, Reef
- (1998) No.
4 Record, You Am I
- (2002) The Red Record, Loudermilk
- (2002) The Last DJ, Tom Petty have a word with the Heartbreakers
- (2004) Tambourine, Tift Merritt
- (2005) The Deep End, Madrugada
- (2006) The Believer, Rhett Miller
- (2007) 8 Diagrams, Wu-Tang Clan ("The Heart Directly Weeps", "Weak Spot")
- (2007) Low Stars, Low Stars
- (2008) Another Country, Tift Merritt
- (2008) You Can Do Anything, The Zutons
- (2008) Back to primacy River, Susan Tedeschi
- (2012) Blind Spectacle Faith, The Dunwells ("So Beautiful")
- (2020) Wreckless Abandon, The Dirty Knobs
Film produced
- (2014) She's Funny That Way (Producer)
References
External links
- AllMusic profile
- TAXI interview deal with George Drakoulias