![]() Greg Fidelman began his music career as the lead guitarist of the band Rhino Bucket, with whom he recorded three albums between 1989 and 1994, the first two on a major label. Twenty years later, he has a very impressive credit list as an engineer and mixer, featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Johnny Cash, U2, Neil Diamond, Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, the Dandy Warhols and Bush, and in recent years he’s produced, engineered and mixed albums by Slayer, Slipknot and Metallica. How and why did he switch from being a guitar hero to becoming a successful but behind-the-scenes studio man? “I was always the guy in the band who was interested in recording and sonically curious,” explained Fidelman. “The first Rhino Bucket album was engineered by Brendan O’Brien and what he did was very inspiring for me. The second album was produced by Terry Manning, who is more of an old-school guy who’d worked with ZZ Top and Led Zeppelin, and he was very generous with his knowledge and became a bit of a mentor to me. Our third album was done on an independent label, and although we worked with a more experienced producer/engineer, I was for the most part able to get hands-on in the studio. ![]() After that I decided to focus on engineering. We were not selling millions of records and while I liked being in a band, I realised that for me the most enjoyable part was being in the studio. “I was really lucky to call Sound City at a moment when they needed a runner. This was at the end of 1994. After six months they started throwing me into the deep end and I began assisting gigs. I worked a lot with Garth Richardson and also with Sylvia Massey. Then Rick Rubin came in to do the second and third Johnny Cash records that he was involved with, and my real break came in 1998, when Rick was producing the first System Of A Down album, which I engineered the basic tracking sessions for. I have continued working with Rick, and in the late ’90s and early ’00s I also worked a lot with Dave Sardy.”. All contents copyright © SOS Publications Group and/or its licensors, 1985-2018. All rights reserved. Guitar Rig includes 12 amps, 17 guitar and six bass. Couple of tips for creating a preset in Guitar Rig 3. The Guitar Rig 3 tone as a download. This is a preset I made on Guitar Rig 4, I tried to get the black album sound, I think it's pretty close. The contents of this article are subject to worldwide copyright protection and reproduction in whole or part, whether mechanical or electronic, is expressly forbidden without the prior written consent of the Publishers. Great care has been taken to ensure accuracy in the preparation of this article but neither Sound On Sound Limited nor the publishers can be held responsible for its contents. The views expressed are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the publishers. Web site designed & maintained by PB Associates & SOS. Metal music is one of the most fluid genres out there. With that said, everyone knows just what kind of impact Metallica had on this, at the time emerging music direction, and what kind of role they had shaping it into what it is today. This band has reached the type of global fame only a few artists ever reached.
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