Rich Costey is an American record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

, engineer

Audio engineering

An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...

, and mixer who has worked with many bands including Muse

Muse (band)

Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...

, Cave In

Cave In

Cave In is an American rock band that formed in 1995, in Methuen, Massachusetts. After several members changes in the late 90's, their lineup solidified with the 1998 release of Until Your Heart Stops through Hydra Head Records. Their early albums were prominent releases in the independent...

, Thursday

Thursday (band)

Thursday were an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Formed in 1997, the group has released six full-length albums, their most recent being No Devolución, which was released in April 2011 on Epitaph Records...

, Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand (band)

Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish post-punk revival band formed in Glasgow in 2002. The band is composed of Alex Kapranos , Bob Hardy , Nick McCarthy , and Paul Thomson .The band first experienced chart success when their second single, "Take Me Out", reached #3 in...

, Glasvegas

Glasvegas

Glasvegas are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. The band consists of James Allan , Rab Allan , Paul Donoghue and Jonna Löfgren . The band received critical acclaim for their debut album Glasvegas which was released in September 2008, reaching No...

, The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...

, Doves, Bloc Party

Bloc Party

Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...

, Ontronik (The Apex Theory), Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....

, My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance is an American alternative rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way and have a diverse sound incorporating elements of punk, emo, glam metal, and progressive rock...

, Supergrass

Supergrass

Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....

, Audioslave

Audioslave

Audioslave was an American rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of former Soundgarden lead singer/rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk...

, Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...

, Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...

, Weezer

Weezer

Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...

, Philip Glass

Philip Glass

Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...

, Mew

Mew (band)

Mew is a Danish alternative music band consisting of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006...

, Dave Navarro

Dave Navarro

David Michael "Dave" Navarro is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and many others.- Early life :...

, Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success...

, Mastodon

Mastodon (band)

Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. The band is composed of bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor...

, Atreyu

Atreyu (band)

Atreyu is an American rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of vocalist/lyricist Alex Varkatzas, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, bassist Marc McKnight and drummer/vocalist Brandon Saller...

, Apocalyptica

Apocalyptica

Apocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso and drummer Mikko Sirén...

, System of a Down

System of a Down

System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...

, and Interpol

Interpol (band)

Interpol is an American indie rock and post-punk revival band from New York City. Formed in 1997, the band's original line-up consisted of Paul Banks , Daniel Kessler , Carlos Dengler and Greg Drudy . Drudy left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Sam Fogarino...

.

His remix of New Order

New Order

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...

's "Waiting for the Sirens' Call

Waiting for the Sirens' Call (song)

"Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is a single released in 2005 by the group New Order. The third single from the Waiting for the Sirens' Call album, it was released by London Records on 26 September 2005....

" is the lead mix for the single of the same name. It appears on the first 7" single, the subsequent CD single and as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Singles

Singles (New Order album)

-Chart positions:...

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In March/April 2008 he worked on the debut album by Scottish indie band Glasvegas

Glasvegas

Glasvegas are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. The band consists of James Allan , Rab Allan , Paul Donoghue and Jonna Löfgren . The band received critical acclaim for their debut album Glasvegas which was released in September 2008, reaching No...

 which he co-produced with James Allan

James Allan (musician)

James Allan is the lead singer and guitarist of the Scottish rock band Glasvegas, and a former footballer.-Early and personal life:...

He recently produced and mixed the upcoming Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001, both times...

 album The Great Escape Artist

The Great Escape Artist

The Great Escape Artist is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, released on October 18, 2011, on Capitol Records. The album is their first since their 2008 reunion, and features multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek on bass guitar, alongside Chris Chaney who...

, which is scheduled for release September 27, 2011.

Albums Produced

• Cave In - Antenna
  Antenna (Cave In album)
  Antenna is the third studio album and first major label album by American rock band Cave In. Released in 2003, it marks Cave In's first and only album under RCA before being dropped and resigning fully with Hydra Head. Antenna marked a more commercial shift in Cave In's style which, while...
  
  , 2003
• Mew - Frengers
  Frengers
  Frengers is the third album by Danish band Mew, released in April 2003.The title is a portmanteau of the words friend and stranger...
  
  , 2003
• Muse - Absolution, 2003 (also mixer)
• Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
  You Could Have It So Much Better
  You Could Have It So Much Better is the second studio album by Glaswegian indie rock band Franz Ferdinand that was first released 3 October 2005 in the United Kingdom. Recorded in both the United States and their own studio in Glasgow with producer Rich Costey, the album gave birth to the release...
  
  , 2005 (also mixer)
• Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
  Black Holes and Revelations
  Black Holes and Revelations is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released on 3 July 2006. Recording was split between New York and France, and it was the first time Muse had taken a more active role in the album's production...
  
  , 2006 (also mixer)
• Interpol - Our Love To Admire
  Our Love to Admire
  Our Love to Admire is the third studio album by the American post-punk revival band Interpol, released July 10, 2007 on Capitol Records. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village and The Magic Shop Studios in New York City, the album is the group's first to be released on a major label...
  
  , 2007
• Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
  You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
  -Personnel:*James Rushent - lead vocals, bass, guitar, synth, vocoder*Rob Bloomfield - drums, bass, guitar, synth, backing vocals*Dan Coop - synth*Sebastien Grainger - vocals on "Let's Make Out"*Elliot James - guitar...
  
  , 2008
• Mew - No More Stories...
  No More Stories...
  No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away is the fifth studio album by the Danish band Mew. It was released in Scandinavia on 17 August, the UK on 24 August, the U.S...
  
  , 2009
• Jane's Addiction - The Great Escape Artist
  The Great Escape Artist
  The Great Escape Artist is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, released on October 18, 2011, on Capitol Records. The album is their first since their 2008 reunion, and features multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek on bass guitar, alongside Chris Chaney who...
  
  , 2011

Selection of albums mixed

• Lilys - Eccsame The Photon Band, 1995
• Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering Worlds of the Salons, 1996
• Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
  Quality Control (album)
  -Supplemental information:* The photo on the cover is at San Vicente Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, California* On the European release of Quality Control, one track differs - track 14 is "Concrete and Clay"...
  
  , 1998
• Fiona Apple - When the Pawn..., 1999 (co-mixed with Jon Brion)
• Rage Against the Machine - Renegades, 2000
• Spokane - The Proud Graduates, 2001
• The Apex Theory - Self-Titled EP, 2001 and various tracks Topsy-Turvy 2002
• Injected - Burn It Black, 2002
• Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer
  Box Car Racer (album)
  Box Car Racer is the debut and only studio album by American post-hardcore band Box Car Racer. Produced by Jerry Finn, the album was released May 21, 2002 through MCA Records...
  
  , 2002
• Audioslave - Audioslave
  Audioslave (album)
  Audioslave is the eponymous debut studio album by the American rock supergroup Audioslave and was released on November 19, 2002 . The album's music features Chris Cornell providing his familiar classic rock-esque wails and croons to the songs. It features the hit singles "Cochise", "Show Me How to...
  
  , 2002
• The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
  De-Loused in the Comatorium
  De-Loused in the Comatorium is the debut studio album of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta. Released on June 24, 2003 on Gold Standard Laboratories and Universal Records, De-loused is based on a short story written by lead singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and sound manipulation artist Jeremy...
  
  , 2003
• P.O.D. - Payable on Death
  Payable on Death
  Payable on Death is the eponymous fifth studio album and third major label release by Californian metal quartet P.O.D.. This is also their first album to include guitarist Jason Truby and their last album produced by Howard Benson. Payable on Death was released on November 4, 2003 through Atlantic...
  
  , 2003
• Jimmy Eat World - Futures
  Futures (album)
  Futures is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock/emo band Jimmy Eat World, released on October 19, 2004. Futures was led by the successful single "Pain", followed by "Work" and "Futures"...
  
  , 2004
• My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
  Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
  * Track 11 is commonly censored as "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish"-Charts:-Singles:-Release history:-Personnel:Band*Frank Iero – rhythm guitar, backing vocals*Matt Pelissier – drums*Ray Toro – lead guitar, backing vocals...
  
  , 2004
• The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
  Together We're Heavy
  Together We're Heavy is the second release from Dallas symphonic rock group The Polyphonic Spree. Produced by Eric Drew Feldman and released in Japan on June 30, 2004, Europe on July 12 and North America on July 13. It includes the hit singles "Hold Me Now" and "Two Thousand Places"...
  
  , 2004
• 22-20s - 22-20s
  22-20s (album)
  22-20s is the debut self-titled album by the English rock band 22-20s, released 20 September 2004.-Track listing:#"Devil in Me"#"Such a Fool"#"Baby Brings Bad News"#"22 Days"#"Friends"#"Why Don’t You Do It for Me?"#"Shoot Your Gun"...
  
  , 2004
• Ash - Meltdown, 2004
• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
  Silent Alarm (album)
  Silent Alarm is the debut studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. Recorded in Copenhagen and London in mid-2004 with producer Paul Epworth, it was released in February 2005 on Wichita Recordings. The record peaked at number three on the United Kingdom Albums Chart...
  
  , 2005
• The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
  Frances the Mute
  Frances the Mute is the second studio album by progressive rock band The Mars Volta released in the US on March 1, 2005. Though not as commercially successful as De-Loused in the Comatorium, it received considerable critical praise...
  
  , 2005
• Leaves - "The Angela Test", 2005
• Nine Black Alps - Everything Is
  Everything Is
  Everything Is is the debut album by English alternative rock band Nine Black Alps. The album generally received favorable reviews among critics, and heralded acclaim from portions of the British music press, earning the band a loyal fanbase following in the UK. The single Unsatisfied was featured...
  
  , 2005
• Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine
  Say Hello to Sunshine
  Say Hello to Sunshine is the second studio album by American rock band Finch, released on June 7, 2005. This album signaled a sharp departure from the band's last release, What It Is to Burn. Say Hello to Sunshine introduced a harder, gritty sound, with more screaming and a less of a alternative...
  
  , 2005
• My Chemical Romance - Life on the Murder Scene
  Life on the Murder Scene
  - DVD 1 :*Video Diary**Introduction**Band Members**Jersey**The Early Years**Influences**The Dawn of MCR**Early Collaborations**Skylines and Turnstiles**"My Chemical Romance"**Frank**The First My Chem Show**Brian**Bullets**Taking on the World...
  
  , 2006
• Mastodon - Blood Mountain
  Blood Mountain (album)
  -Story notes:* The main character is in search of the Crystal Skull which he hopes to place at the top of Blood Mountain. In the making of DVD, the Crystal Skull is supposed to remove "the reptile brain" causing its owner the ability to achieve the next step of human evolution.* In an interview...
  
  , 2006
• Muse - Black Holes & Revelations, 2006
• The Mars Volta - Amputechture
  Amputechture
  -Notes:#"Vicarious Atonement" is the theory that the atonement of Jesus Christ was legal in God's eyes and that Jesus died in the place of the humans that sinned....
  
  , 2006
• Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
  The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
  The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me is the third full length album by the alternative rock band Brand New, and their major label debut on Interscope Records. It was released on November 20, 2006 in the United Kingdom, on November 21, 2006 in the United States and Canada, November 25, 2006 in...
  
  , 2006
• Against Me! - New Wave
  New Wave (Against Me! album)
  New Wave is Against Me!'s fourth full-length studio album and their debut album on Sire Records. Produced by Butch Vig of Nevermind fame, it was released on July 10, 2007. The album debuted at #57 on the Billboard 200 on the week of its release. The album's first single, "White People for Peace",...
  
  , 2007
• Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
  Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
  The album debuted at the top of the UK album chart, selling 135,685 albums in its first week. The album also went platinum in its first week in both Australia and New Zealand. In the U.S., it entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #3, selling 168,000 copies in its first week, and has since been...
  
  , 2007
• The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
  The Bedlam in Goliath
  The Bedlam in Goliath is the fourth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta. It was released on January 29, 2008, and January 26, 2008 in Australia through Universal Motown Records...
  
  , 2008
• Weezer - Weezer
  Weezer (2008 album)
  Weezer, also known as "The Red Album", is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on June 3, 2008. Rick Rubin and Jacknife Lee both helped to produce the album...
  
  , 2008
• The Subways - All or Nothing
  All or Nothing (The Subways album)
  All or Nothing is the second studio album by English trio The Subways and was released on 30 June 2008. Recorded in Conway Studios in Los Angeles by producer Butch Vig, the album was preceded by the release of two singles: "Girls & Boys", released 27 March 2008, and available as a free download,...
  
  , 2008
• The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
  The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
  -Personnel:* Matthew Murphy – vocals, guitar, synths, piano* Dan Haggis – backing vocals, drums, piano, stylophone, harmonica, melodica, synthesizers* Tord Øverland-Knudsen – backing vocals, bass, synths, cello...
  
  , 2008
• Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
  You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
  -Personnel:*James Rushent - lead vocals, bass, guitar, synth, vocoder*Rob Bloomfield - drums, bass, guitar, synth, backing vocals*Dan Coop - synth*Sebastien Grainger - vocals on "Let's Make Out"*Elliot James - guitar...
  
  , 2008
• Marmaduke Duke - Duke Pandemonium
  Duke Pandemonium
  Duke Pandemonium is the second studio album by Scottish conceptual rock duo Marmaduke Duke, released on the May 11, 2009 on 14th Floor Records. Band member JP Reid describes the album as "superfunky, supertight, superunique."...
  
  , 2009
• The Mars Volta - Octahedron
  Octahedron (album)
  Octahedron is the fifth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, released on June 23, 2009. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records in North America and Mercury Records worldwide...
  
  , 2009
• Atreyu - "Congregation of the Damned
  Congregation of the Damned
  Congregation of the Damned is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Atreyu, released through Hollywood Records on October 27, 2009.-Writing and recording:...
  
  ", 2009
• Arctic Monkeys - "Humbug
  Humbug (album)
  Humbug has received major critical acclaim, with many praising the band's newfound maturity. Billboard stated that the band "justif[ies] the hype by shifting its best qualities into different, equally dazzling shapes," while The Record Review noted that with Humbug, the Arctic Monkeys proved...
  
  ", 2009
• AFI - "Crash Love
  Crash Love
  Crash Love is the eighth studio album by the rock band AFI. Produced by Joe McGrath and Jacknife Lee, it was released on September 29, 2009 through Interscope Records.- Background and recording :...
  
  ", 2009
• Circa Survive - "Blue Sky Noise
  Blue Sky Noise
  Blue Sky Noise is the third album by Circa Survive. It was released on April 20, 2010 by Atlantic Records.Studio recording was completed at the end of October 2009, mixing was completed on the first of February 2010 by Rich Costey...
  
  ", 2010
• TV on the Radio - "Nine Types of Light
  Nine Types of Light
  Nine Types of Light is the fourth studio album by American art rock band TV on the Radio, released on April 11, 2011. The band released "Will Do", a song from the album, on February 23. Another song, "Caffeinated Consciousness", was made available for free download on March 10, 2011...
  
  ", 2011

External links

• [ Rich Costey at Allmusic]
• Rich Costey Biography