Lou Giordano

Lou Giordano is a record producer and recording engineer who worked at Radiobeat Studios and Fort Apache Studios. He has produced a wide variety of bands, including Hüsker Dü, the Goo Goo Dolls, and many others.

While he was a student at MIT and a member of the local band The Vacuum Heads he created two famous guitar effect pedals for seminal post-punk act Mission of Burma: the Vacu-Fuzz ("a Big Muff Pi on steroids") and the Vacu-Trem a souped up Tremolo unit. Both units are often cited as key to the Mission of Burma sound. ( [http://www.missionofburma.com/elec_body.html] )

List of bands produced by Lou Giordano

* Ashbury
* Belly
* Bim Skala Bim
* Boys Night Out
* Deep Wound
* DYS
* Goo Goo Dolls
* Hüsker Dü
* Jewel
* King Missile
* Live
* Millencolin
* Mission of Burma
* Negative FX
* Paul Westerberg
* Pere Ubu
* Greeley Estates
* Samiam
* Sherwood
* Siege
* Small Ball Paul
* S.S.Decontrol
* A Static Lullaby
* Sugar
* The Connells
* Sunny Day Real Estate
* Taking Back Sunday
* The Ataris
* The Lemonheads
* The Smithereens
* Treble Charger
* Yo La Tengo
* Halifax
* The Bats
* Waking Ashland
* Plain White T's
* The Color Fred