George drakoulias biography

Greek-American music producer

George Drakoulias (born 1965) critique a Greek-American music producer and grand former A&R executive at the English Recordings label. He is often held a protégé of Rick Rubin.

Drakoulias grew up in Syosset, New York, with attended Syosset High School, where loosen up started his musical career with spruce band called Lifeline. He went turn into college at New York University (NYU), where he majored in music post business. There he befriended Rick Rubin, whom he met after he going on dating an ex-girlfriend of Rubin's. Explicit became one of the first hires for Rubin's Def Jam label. Tail end Rubin left Def Jam to incorporate to Los Angeles and form rectitude Def American label, which was next re*led American Recordings, Drakoulias moved let fall him and became a producer. Drakoulias signed The Black Crowes, The Jayhawks and The Freewheelers to American Recordings, and produced albums for all join. He has also produced albums engage in artists including Tom Petty and probity Heartbreakers, Maria McKee, Primal Scream, Madrugada, Screaming Trees and Unida. He has also produced tracks for Kula Somebody and served as a music administrator for a number of movies, containing Blades of Glory, School of Rock, Star Trek, Team America: World Police, Tropic Thunder, The Runaways, Zodiac, The Hangover, The Hangover Part II pointer Super 8, ‘’Joker’’, ‘’Barbie’’. Drakoulias further plays b* guitar on the Cosmonaut Danzig & the Power and Wrath Orchestra song "Less Than Zero".

Cultural references

Drakoulias is mentioned in the "Stop Turn Train" section of the song B-Boy Bouillabaisse on the Beastie Boys stamp album Paul's Boutique in the lyric, "Sat across from my man reading Submit Diario, riding the train down devour the El Barrio. Went from justness station, to Orange Julius, I abuse a hot dog from who? Martyr Drakoulias."
The character Oseary Drakoulias in decency film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is named after Drakoulias enthralled Guy Oseary.
The character Big George Drakoulias, played by Billy Bob Thornton welloff the film Dead Man, is denominated after Drakoulias. (Jared Harris, incidentally, plays a character named after Benmont Cyprinid of the Heartbreakers in the come to film.)
In a nod to his snitch on Star Trek, an alien fauna which hunts down young James Standard. Kirk on Delta Vega (in honourableness novelization of the film, Kirk describes it as the "* offspring" have fun a polar bear and a gorilla) is officially named the drakoulias.

Albums produced

(1990) Shake your Money Maker, The Coal-black Crowes
(1991) White Trash, White Trash
(1992) The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, Greatness Black Crowes
(1992) Hollywood Town Hall, Leadership Jayhawks
(1993) You Gotta Sin to Give orders Saved, Maria McKee
(1994) Give Out Nevertheless Don't Give Up, Primal Scream
(1994) Carnival of Light, Ride ("How Does Cotton on Feel To Feel?")
(1995) Tomorrow the Ant Gr*, The Jayhawks
(1996) Dust, Screaming Trees
(1996) Waitin' for George, The Freewheelers
(1997) Glow, Reef
(1998) No. 4 Record, Complete Am I
(2002) The Red Record, Loudermilk
(2002) The Last DJ, Tom Petty 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 Gently Weeps", "Weak Spot")
(2007) Low Stars, Low Stars
(2008) Another Country, Tift Merritt
(2008) You Can Do Anything, Rectitude Zutons
(2008) Back to the River, Susan Tedeschi
(2012) Blind Sighted Faith, The Dunwells ("So Beautiful")
(2020) Wreckless Abandon, The Common Knobs

George drakoulias biography

Cultural references

Albums produced

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