To date, 14 of the albums O'Brien has produced have reached #1 in the United States of America on the Billboard Hot 200 Charts. In 2009, he was awarded the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. In 2002, he won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for his work on Bruce Springsteen's The Rising. In 1995 he joined Pearl Jam and Neil Young on keyboard for the Mirror Ball tour across Europe. He also played a Hammond organ for Bob Dylan's appearance on MTV Unplugged. In the mid 1990s, O'Brien became vice president of Epic Records and the Epic imprint 57 Records. He began working at Geffen Records under Rick Rubin, producing bands like Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam. His studio career was propelled by the success of the first Black Crowes album, Shake Your Money Maker, on which he played guitar and bass and engineered.Īlong with his wife Robin and three daughters Jackie, Allie, and Hannah, O'Brien left his home base of Atlanta in the early 1990s to pursue his career in Los Angeles. He played guitar on the Atlanta Rhythm Section's 1989 album Truth in a Structured Form. In the 1980s, he performed studio work with many local artists, including the Indigo Girls and the Downtown Executives, and played bass with The Georgia Satellites for a short time. His son, Max, followed in his footsteps and has become a stand-up comedian. He was married to Kathleen Monica from 1992 to 2002. He became the first comedian whose act sold out Madison Square Garden two nights in a row. In the late 1970s, he moved on to writing, performing and recording with the band Samurai Catfish. Andrew Dice Clay was born in Brooklyn, United States. Brendan O'Brien (born Jin Atlanta, Georgia) is a record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician.Īt age 14, O'Brien played guitar for the Atlanta-based cover band Pranks.
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